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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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.
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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...
評分《The Inheritance of Loss》,印度女作傢的作品,得到瞭布剋奬的肯定。書的簡介中說,這位叛逆的七十年代生人的女生,曾經為瞭自己的選擇弄得眾叛親離。這樣說也許還是有些過,特彆是在我們這樣一個沒有信仰的國度;而“道不同,不與為謀”則是我們古人的道理瞭。作者的母...
評分你有你的富爸爸,我有我的窮爸爸;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當年的無情掠奪!至今我們依舊承受著種種後殖民時代的混亂不公正,你卻心安理得過著享樂日子,你何以清白無罪?你何以高高在上衊視我是個窮孩子? 基蘭·德賽以其幽默的筆調展現...
評分圖書標籤: TheInheritanceofLoss 姬蘭德賽 小說 閱讀 失落的遺産 romance racial of
Slivers of atmospheric descriptions, but overall disappointing.
評分由這本書激起對印度曆史的好奇。除瞭冗長的過分細化的場景描寫,其他的我都很喜歡,最後讀完感受到沉甸甸的失落感。Biju迴到印度和cook赤裸相見真的淚目,當他在美國的時候感覺已經像豬一樣瞭,迴到印度生活卻更加艱難。人活著好難,尤其周圍的人對你的遭遇完全漠視。
評分讀的是中文
評分讀的是中文
評分讀的是中文
The Inheritance of Loss 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載