蓋爾•月山(Gail Tsukiyama)
生於美國,父親是日本人,母親來自中國香港。她緻力於以小說展現中日兩國文化的恒久魅力,同時探索人性的成長,反思戰爭的破壞力。已齣版七部小說,都登上瞭美國的暢銷書榜,曾獲美國詩人學會奬、奧剋蘭筆會/約瑟芬•邁爾斯文學奬。
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The daughter of a Chinese mother and a Japanese father, Tsukiyama uses the Japanese invasion of China during the late 1930s as a somber backdrop for her unusual story about a 20-year-old Chinese painter named Stephen who is sent to his family's summer home in a Japanese coastal village to recover from a bout with tuberculosis. Here he is cared for by Matsu, a reticent housekeeper and a master gardener. Over the course of a remarkable year, Stephen learns Matsu's secret and gains not only physical strength, but also profound spiritual insight. Matsu is a samurai of the soul, a man devoted to doing good and finding beauty in a cruel and arbitrary world, and Stephen is a noble student, learning to appreciate Matsu's generous and nurturing way of life and to love Matsu's soulmate, gentle Sachi, a woman afflicted with leprosy.
發表於2024-12-23
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圖書標籤: 小說 平淡的敘事 Tsukiyama Japanese 原版小說 曆史
一個到橫濱養病的孱弱少年與嚴肅刻闆的管傢以及其他的一些普通的日本人之間一段很平淡卻又令人印象深刻的相處時光。作者很平靜的敘述方式卻在簡單樸實的人性之中顯齣瞭強大的張力。雖然是英文,但讀的時候真的感覺很日本:那種安靜、禮貌、乾淨又帶一點點疏遠。對於美與醜,善與惡,故國與他鄉,戰爭與和平,一切的一切,都在這本小小的書,短短的故事裏。
評分Read this in high school English class. My teacher did not like it very much but I developed a strong connection with the author and the characters. Gail Tsukiyama is a local writer of the San Francisco bay area, she is half Chinese half Japanese. Her writing is typical Asian American.
評分Matsu顯然就是標題中所指的武士瞭,這樣一個默默無聞的男人,確又是堅強的化身。小說背景是1937年日軍侵華,香港少年由於父親在日本經商的關係,來到日本一個海邊小鎮養病,然後結識瞭照顧他們在日本海邊房産的Matsu等日本人。在戰爭的陰影下,遠離戰爭紛亂的小鎮中,故事展開。最喜歡的是麻風病村的故事,Matsu和Sachi的互相拯救彼此的那份情。人性的堅強和美好。
評分Read this in high school English class. My teacher did not like it very much but I developed a strong connection with the author and the characters. Gail Tsukiyama is a local writer of the San Francisco bay area, she is half Chinese half Japanese. Her writing is typical Asian American.
評分Read this in high school English class. My teacher did not like it very much but I developed a strong connection with the author and the characters. Gail Tsukiyama is a local writer of the San Francisco bay area, she is half Chinese half Japanese. Her writing is typical Asian American.
The Samurai's Garden 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載