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发表于2024-09-13
The Inheritance of Loss pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
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.
基蘭·德賽,1971年齣生於印度,15歲時定居英國,目前是美國哥倫比亞大學寫作班的一名學生。德賽的母親阿妮塔·德賽也是非常知名的作傢,她自1980年起就曾三次進入布剋奬的總決選名單,可惜從未摺桂。阿妮塔曾經勸說女兒不要進入這個行列,理由是寫作太難。而女兒最終以自己的成就給予母親最大的安慰和迴報。基蘭·德賽的處女作《番石榴園的喧嘩》曾受到各方的一緻贊譽。2006年她憑藉第二部長篇小說《失落》(The Inheritance of Loss,又譯為《失落之遺産》)獲得布剋奬,成為有史以來贏得該奬項的最年輕的女作傢。
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評分作为一个正在苍老,并进化到顽固阶段的读者,我拒绝有意无意的心理暗示,所以咱们先不提她妈,不提博尔赫斯,不提布克奖,只让我们打开书直面文字。 基兰德赛写的失落,充满羞耻与愤怒,包装在自嘲和幽默的礼品纸下,散发着印度咖喱与农家奶酪混合的味道。它属于各族人的,各...
The Inheritance of Loss pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024