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。
发表于2024-09-19
The Inheritance of Loss 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书
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, 试图对...
评分读这本书的前半部分是需要很大的勇气的,读了又放下,因为感觉很混乱,读不到希望读不到趣味。放下了很久很久,直到有一天,因为家人生病要陪床,没有什么能够比的上读一本枯燥的书更能打发时间,于是,坚持着读完了书的二分之一。这才开始关心主人公的命运,担心他或她是...
评分to tell the truth. I didn't finish it, though I made my attempts. Maybe I am prejudiced. Never found any contemporary writer from India or Pakistan really interesting. (anyone who want to beat me for this: u r welcome to recommend ur favorite) At least this...
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...
评分你有你的富爸爸,我有我的穷爸爸;然而我今日所承受的失落以及你今天所享受的一切富裕皆因你爸爸当年的无情掠夺!至今我们依旧承受着种种后殖民时代的混乱不公正,你却心安理得过着享乐日子,你何以清白无罪?你何以高高在上蔑视我是个穷孩子? 基兰·德赛以其幽默的笔调展现...
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Published to extraordinary acclaim, The Inheritance of Loss heralds Kiran Desai as one of our most insightful novelists. She illuminates the pain of exile and the ambiguities of postcolonialism with a tapestry of colorful characters: an embittered old judge; Sai, his sixteen-year-old orphaned granddaughter; a chatty cook; and the cook’s son, Biju, who is hopscotching from one miserable New York restaurant to another, trying to stay a step ahead of the INS. When a Nepalese insurgency in the mountains threatens Sai’s new-sprung romance with her handsome tutor, their lives descend into chaos. The cook witnesses India’s hierarchy being overturned and discarded. The judge revisits his past and his role in Sai and Biju’s intertwining lives. A story of depth and emotion, hilarity and imagination, The Inheritance of Loss tells a story of love, family, and loss.
The Inheritance of Loss 2024 pdf epub mobi 电子书