Tan Twan Eng was born in Penang, Malaysia, but lived in various places in Malaysia as a child. He worked as an Intellectual Property lawyer before resigning from his position to write his novel, The Gift of Rain. His second novel, "The Garden of Evening Mists," will be published in the United Kingdom in February 2012.
"The Gift of Rain" was nominated for the Man Booker Prize, and has been translated into Italian, Spanish, Greek, Romanian, Czech and Serbian.
Tan Twan Eng lives in Cape Town where he is working on his third novel.
发表于2024-12-22
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1951年的马来西亚,Yun Ling Teoh,一个残酷的日本战俘营伤痕累累的唯一幸存者,在金马仑高原丛林边缘的茶园寻求慰藉。她在这里发现Yugiri,马来西亚唯一的日式花园,和其主人兼创造者,神秘的Aritomo,流亡的日本天皇的前园丁。尽管恨日本人,Yun Ling寻求Aritomo建一个花园以纪念她死在集中营的姐姐。Aritomo拒绝但同意收Yun Ling为徒”直到雨季的到来。”这样,她可以自己设计花园。但随着时间的流逝,更多的秘密开始浮现……
小说翻完了,坐等电影惹
评分我觉得最后和aritomo的情愫毁了整个故事
评分作者无疑下功夫做了功课,大马二战背景本身已经很复杂,大马日英中的文化民俗都有涉猎,一本书里有采燕窝,有南非人的身份认同,水浒传和刺青艺术的联系,还有神风特攻队的断背故事…缺点也很明显,人物都是纸板人,语言和素材都堆砌得过分,对于历史伤痛的反思也是浅尝即止(电影剧本明显做得更好)。写得最到位的反而是弓道,大概和作者练习合气道有关系吧。夕雾来自源氏物语光源氏的儿子。
评分倒真的覺得無需探討講述者是否誠實,本身與自己回憶的角力就是構成自我認同的重要部份吧。
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The Garden of Evening Mists 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书