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《荆棘鸟》是澳大利亚女作家考琳·麦卡洛(Colleen McCullough)在1977年发表的一部长篇小说。小说一经问世就引起了巨大轰动,销售量超过800万册。而且与《教父》一起被美国《时代》杂志列为现代十大经典作品之一。很多读者都称《荆棘鸟》是澳大利亚的《飘》。作为一部家世小说,《荆棘鸟》能取得这么大的影响,因素是多方面的,但其中最重要的应该是里面跳动的女性意识。这种女性意识的觉醒我们可以把它称之为“身体”的觉醒。因为梅洛·庞蒂曾说过:“世界的问题,可以从身体的问题开始。”
The Thorn Birds is a novel published in 1977 by Colleen McCullough, an Australian woman writer. The advent of the novel caused a huge sensation, sales of more than 8 million copies. And with the “Godfather” by the United States “Time” magazine as one of the top ten modern classic. Many readers have called “Thorn Birds” Australia’s “Gone with the Wind.” As a family history novel, The Thorn Birds can make such a big impact. There are many factors, but the most important one is the beating consciousness of women. This awakening of the female consciousness we can call it awakening of “body”. Because Melo Pontiff once said: “The world’s problems can begin with physical problems.” "