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.
1951年的馬來西亞,Yun Ling Teoh,一個殘酷的日本戰俘營傷痕纍纍的唯一幸存者,在金馬侖高原叢林邊緣的茶園尋求慰藉。她在這裏發現Yugiri,馬來西亞唯一的日式花園,和其主人兼創造者,神秘的Aritomo,流亡的日本天皇的前園丁。盡管恨日本人,Yun Ling尋求Aritomo建一個花園以紀念她死在集中營的姐姐。Aritomo拒絕但同意收Yun Ling為徒”直到雨季的到來。”這樣,她可以自己設計花園。但隨著時間的流逝,更多的秘密開始浮現……
發表於2024-12-22
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圖書標籤: 小說 曆史 馬來西亞 英文原版 malaysia 英國文學 民族 文學
馬來亞緊急狀態是指1948年馬來亞共產黨展開武裝鬥爭之後,英殖民政府宣布全馬來亞進入緊急狀態,一直持續到1960年纔解除。這個小說的背景就是這段曆史,加上之前二戰日本侵略東南亞的曆史。Yun Ling對日本園林和這個園林師的愛我無法明白,但是這本書的語言非常優美婉約,對戰爭和人性的思考也非常不錯。
評分雖未完全看完,但故事梗概略知一二。宏大的時代背景下,將愛情滲透在瞭國恨傢仇中。
評分倒真的覺得無需探討講述者是否誠實,本身與自己迴憶的角力就是構成自我認同的重要部份吧。
評分wiki: According to the 1635 Chinese garden manual Yuanye (園冶), there are four categories of borrowed scenery, namely: yuanjie (遠藉 "distant borrowing", e.g., mountains, lakes), linjie (隣藉 "adjacent borrowing", neighboring buildings and features), yangjie (仰藉 "upward borrowing", clouds, stars), and fujie (俯藉 "downward borrowing", rocks, ponds)
評分我覺得最後和aritomo的情愫毀瞭整個故事
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