Sonia Faleiro is an award-winning reporter. She is the author of The Girl (Viking, 2006) and Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars (Grove, 2012). The New York Times described Beautiful Thing as 'an intimate and valuable piece of reportage' that 'will break your heart many times over.' In a starred review Kirkus called it an 'international sensation and rightfully so.' Following its publication in the UK in 2011, Beautiful Thing was named an Eonomist, Observer and Guardian Book of the Year, a Time Out Subcontinental Book of the Year, and The Sunday Times Travel Book of the Year 2011.
Sonia writes The Other India column on India's marginalized communities and sub-cultures for The New York Times' India site, India Ink. She has spoken about India's marginalized on NPR's All Things Considered and Tell Me More, at TedXAmsterdam Women 2011, and the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City. She lives between Mumbai and San Francisco.
For more information about Sonia's work, please visit www.soniafaleiro.com.
发表于2024-11-24
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图书标签: 印度 纪实文学 社会学 女权
Already published in India to great acclaim and named a Time Out Subcontinental Book of the Year and an Observer Book of the Year, Beautiful Thing is a stunning piece of reportage that offers a rare firsthand glimpse into Bombay’s notorious sex industry.
Sonia Faleiro was a reporter in search of a story when she met nineteen-year-old Leela, a charismatic exotic dancer with a story to tell. Leela introduced Sonia to the underworld of Bombay’s dance bars: a world of glamorous women; of fierce love, sex, and violence; of gangsters, police, prostitutes, and pimps. When an ambitious politician cashed in on a tide of false morality and had Bombay’s dance bars wiped out, Leela’s proud independence faced its greatest test. In a city where almost everyone is certain that someone, somewhere, is worse off than them, she fights to survive—and to win.
Sonia Faleiro has crafted one of the most original works of nonfiction about India in years. Unforgettable for its artistry and intimacy, Beautiful Thing is a vivid portrait of one reporter’s journey into the dark, damaged soul of Bombay.
精彩而转瞬即逝的舞女生涯。起起伏伏,酸甜苦辣,爱罢不能。身世虽然很惨,但女主角并不希望被作者or NGO可怜,最后找到了自己的出路。作者却很少提及自己身为女性的不适之感,感觉诚意不够。“孟买是我的生命 Bombay meri jaan”变成“迪拜是我的生命 Dubai meri jaan”,没有钱可赚的城市,没有留恋,终将被淘汰。
评分还不错。底层人民输在见识吧
评分邂逅:2015.7.; 旅程:2015.7.5.-2015.7.5.; 地点:坡县寝室; 印度农村里如此随意地出售女儿的性服务、风尘女子被各种亲属强奸以及hijra不打麻药的极端痛苦的变性历程看得太震惊。但感觉书前半部分作者的着墨笔力明显高于后半部分。这个法案的废除对舞女沦为性工作者的影响,原本可以挖得更深。最后去了迪拜,书会有第二部么?
评分性侵,暴力,贫穷,动荡。然而遭遇再惨,生活也是要过下去的,爱也是要继续寻求的。啊,心碎。
评分还不错。底层人民输在见识吧
Beautiful Thing 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书