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。
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. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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一個陌生的國度,陌生的曆史,陌生的生活...普通人生命的片段展現一個國傢一段曆史,陌生而新奇,沉重而無奈.
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評分在帕慕剋的身邊,有一個皮膚黝黑的高個子女性,當帕慕剋和接待方交談時,她會幫帕慕剋拿起剛脫下的外套,並為帕慕剋拍照。但當帕慕剋和眾人閤影時,她卻總是悄悄地走開。她就是2006年度布剋小說奬獲得者、印度女作傢基蘭•德賽。 5月22日上午,帕慕剋演講後,即席迴答...
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