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Kiran Desai's first novel, Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard , was published to unanimous acclaim in over twenty-two countries. Now Desai takes us to the northeastern Himalayas where a rising insurgency challenges the old way of life. In a crumbling, isolated house at the foot of Mount Kanchenjunga lives an embittered old judge who wants to retire in peace when his orphaned granddaughter Sai arrives on his doorstep. The judge's chatty cook watches over her, but his thoughts are mostly with his son, Biju, hopscotching from one New York restaurant job to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS, forced to consider his country's place in the world. When a Nepalese insurgency in the mountains threatens Sai's new-sprung romance with her handsome Nepali tutor and causes their lives to descend into chaos, they, too, are forced to confront their colliding interests. The nation fights itself. The cook witnesses the hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judge must revisit his past, his own role in this grasping world of conflicting desires-every moment holding out the possibility for hope or betrayal. A novel of depth and emotion, Desai's second, long-awaited novel fulfills the grand promise established by her first. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
基兰·德赛,1971年出生于印度,15岁时定居英国,目前是美国哥伦比亚大学写作班的一名学生。德赛的母亲阿妮塔·德赛也是非常知名的作家,她自1980年起就曾三次进入布克奖的总决选名单,可惜从未折桂。阿妮塔曾经劝说女儿不要进入这个行列,理由是写作太难。而女儿最终以自己的成就给予母亲最大的安慰和回报。基兰·德赛的处女作《番石榴园的喧哗》曾受到各方的一致赞誉。2006年她凭借第二部长篇小说《失落》(The Inheritance of Loss,又译为《失落之遗产》)获得布克奖,成为有史以来赢得该奖项的最年轻的女作家。
作者写这部小说,构思了七年。她一直用博尔赫斯《宁静的自得》这首诗来鼓励自己的创作。而这首诗,现在也是我的最爱。 “光明的文字划过黑暗,比流星更为神奇。 认不出的城市在田野上显得更为高大。 我确信自己生死有命,瞅着那些野心勃勃的人, ...
评分【读品】罗豫/文 2006年,印度女作家基兰·德赛以一本涉及全球化和经济不平等问题的小说——《失落》折桂布克奖。5万镑奖金到达德赛手中时,不知她是否会联想到,这笔钱中有多少正是当年从印度乘船到达英国的财富在世界资本市场上的徒子徒孙。印度人拿布克奖远不是头一遭,对...
评分读完《失落》的那个晚上,告诉当初把它推荐给我的好友——我读完了。小蝎蝎长叹:你终于读完了。 的确,这是我阅读生涯中,读的最漫长的一部小说。 北京——广州——香港——兰州——天津,天南海北,带着它走了五个城市,读读停停,再重头来,总算读完...
评分1 布克奖,似乎特别钟爱那些移民的作家,奈保尔、拉什迪、库切,加上去年的年轻女作家德赛,而且这其中三个都是印度裔的。他们用英语写自己离开的国度,仿佛只有站的远远的,才看得清那儿的人和事。 人们对成为本族的异族人身份的好奇是如此强大,以至无时无刻不把注意力聚焦...
评分很多作家在写作之初,都回到了故乡――最熟悉的地方。经过距离和时间的酝酿,那里渐渐生出诗意,所以一些作家一辈子孜孜于此,把它当成唯一的源泉,何况刚刚开始写作的作家,那似乎是唯一可写的。诗人里尔克对年青诗人说,如果没有什么可写的,你还有自己的童年。 基兰·德赛...
The Inheritance of Loss pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2024