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No writer has rendered our boundariless, post-colonial world more acutely or prophetically than V. S. Naipaul, or given its upheavals such a hauntingly human face. A perfect case in point is this riveting novel, a masterful and stylishly rendered narrative of emigration, dislocation, and dread, accompanied by four supporting narratives.
In the beginning it is just a car trip through Africa. Two English people--Bobby, a civil servant with a guilty appetite for African boys, and Linda, a supercilious “compound wife” [117]-- are driving back to their enclave after a stay in the capital [111]. But in between lies the landscape of an unnamed country whose squalor and ethnic bloodletting suggest Idi Amin’s Uganda. [111-12, 120, 130-1, 150, 178, 220-40] And the farther Naipaul’s protagonists travel into it, the more they find themselves crossing the line that separates privileged outsiders from horrified victims. Alongside this Conradian tour de force are four incisive portraits of men seeking liberation far from home. By turns funny and terrifying, sorrowful and unsparing, In A Free State is Naipaul at his best.
V.S.奈保爾(V.S.Naipaul):
英國著名作傢。1932年生於特立尼達島上一個印度移民傢庭,1950年進入牛津大學攻讀英國文學,畢業後遷居倫敦。
50年代開始寫作,著有《米格爾街》、《斯通與騎士夥伴》、《自由國度》、《河灣》、“印度三部麯”、《非洲的假麵劇》等。2001年,榮獲諾貝爾文學奬。
更喜歡前麵的幾個短篇,同名的短篇還沒有讀完
評分We all come out of the same pot, but some people move ahead and some people get left behind. Some people get left behind so far they don't know and they stop caring.
評分有點失望。兩個短篇還不錯,主打的短長篇令人厭煩,通篇沒話找話的大段景物描寫,沒看齣起到什麼必不可少的作用。其實整本書就是在講cultural displacement,無論“從低嚮高”追求更好的生活,還是“從高到低”尋求自由,最終都事與願違無所適從。
評分We all come out of the same pot, but some people move ahead and some people get left behind. Some people get left behind so far they don't know and they stop caring.
評分我看短評裏大傢偏愛的前兩個短篇時,心裏隻有WHAT THE ACTUAL FXXK 同名中篇纔能說得上是有質感。個人生活經曆大概是奈保爾創作的最重要源泉,他寫特立尼達的小城故事,清甜的熱帶氣息讓人動容;寫白人去南非尋找自由,能完美與人物共情;寫印度人的苦難,讓人覺得他歧視自己的種族。
读罢《孤独的人》,去阳光房冲咖啡休息眼睛,窗外夜色溶溶,远处高楼闪着荧蓝的霓虹,城市在进入睡眠前高调着喧闹,越过丛丛被黑暗浸溶色泽深紫的树冠,能听见马路上车来车往的呼啸。 适才的阅读仍给我快意的享受。V S 奈保尔,自从他以诺贝尔获奖作家的身份进入我的书单后,...
評分In A Free State is much better than the other stories in this book. It is modern-style, cool, taut, rthymic and balanced. You'll never be bored by this story if you're reading its original English version. The emotion is controlled; the conversation is prov...
評分 評分先看的《大河湾》,这是我读的奈保尔的第二本书,并不是很理想。 因为《自由国度》是获奖作品,所以理所当然有期待,所以希望落空时很失落就是了。 我比较喜欢第一个篇《合众为一》,将一个印度仆人死缠烂打主人之后跟着去了美国,在哪里开始觉醒,逃离主人开始人生,最后妥协...
評分for 上海壹周 一个印度厨师跟随他的主人去了美国华盛顿;一个西印度青年远赴伦敦挣钱照顾弟弟;一对英国殖民者在新近独立的非洲国家旅行,目睹了部族残杀和社会动荡……在2001年诺贝尔文学奖得主奈保尔的虚构世界里,每个人都远离故土。这本获得1971年布克奖的《自由国度》...
In a Free State pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2025