In 1857 when Captain Illiam Quillian Kewley and his band of rum smugglers from the Isle of Man have most of their contraband confiscated by British Customs, they are forced to put their ship up for charter. The only takers are two eccentric Englishmen who want to embark for the other side of the globe. The Reverend Geoffrey Wilson believes the Garden of Eden was on the island of Tasmania. His traveling partner, Dr. Thomas Potter, unbeknownst to Wilson, is developing a sinister thesis about the races of men. Meanwhile, an aboriginal in Tasmania named Peevay recounts his people's struggles against the invading British, a story that begins in 1824, moves into the present with approach of the English passengers in 1857, and extends into the future in 1870. These characters and many others come together in a storm of voices that vividly bring a past age to life.
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這是一本慢熱的書,到後麵高潮迭起十分精彩。作者安排結構十分用心,在敘事角度轉換和時間綫安排上甚為奇妙,可惜筆觸對於主題來說還是少瞭些許厚重感。。
評分這是一本慢熱的書,到後麵高潮迭起十分精彩。作者安排結構十分用心,在敘事角度轉換和時間綫安排上甚為奇妙,可惜筆觸對於主題來說還是少瞭些許厚重感。。
評分有趣的很,但是情節有點太事無巨細?雖說可以理解為盡力還原事實纔如此,但真的讀到後麵部分希望全員盡快死掉比較痛快,一些略顯離題的情節是可以增加故事性,然而抱著先入為主期待的我有點不耐煩…後殖民似乎是個超大坑,膽顫…
評分這是一本慢熱的書,到後麵高潮迭起十分精彩。作者安排結構十分用心,在敘事角度轉換和時間綫安排上甚為奇妙,可惜筆觸對於主題來說還是少瞭些許厚重感。。
評分有趣的很,但是情節有點太事無巨細?雖說可以理解為盡力還原事實纔如此,但真的讀到後麵部分希望全員盡快死掉比較痛快,一些略顯離題的情節是可以增加故事性,然而抱著先入為主期待的我有點不耐煩…後殖民似乎是個超大坑,膽顫…
English Passengers 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載