Larissa Lai was born in La Jolla, California, grew up in Newfoundland, and lived for many years in Vancouver. Her first novel, "When Fox is a Thousand", was shortlisted for the "Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award". She recently completed an MA at the University of East Anglia and is currently working on a PhD at the University of Calgary.
"Salt Fish Girl" is the mesmerizing tale of an ageless female character who shifts shape and form through time and place. Told in the beguiling voice of a narrator who is fish, snake, girl, and woman - all of whom must struggle against adversity for survival - the novel is set alternately in nineteenth-century China and in a futuristic Pacific Northwest. At turns whimsical and wry, "Salt Fish Girl" intertwines the story of Nu Wa, the shape-shifter, and that of Miranda, a troubled young girl living in the walled city of Serendipity circa 2044. Miranda is haunted by traces of her mother's glamourous cabaret career, the strange smell of durian fruit that lingers about her, and odd tokens reminiscient of Nu Wa. Could Miranda be infected by the Dreaming Disease that makes the past leak into the present? Framed by a playful sense of magical realism, "Salt Fish Girl" reveals a futuristic Pacific Northwest where corporations govern cities, factory workers are cybernetically engineered, middle-class labour is a video game, and those who haven't sold out to commerce and other ills must fight the evil powers intent on controlling everything. Rich with ancient Chinese mythology and cultural lore, this remarkable novel is about gender, love, honour, intrigue, and fighting against oppression.
發表於2024-12-01
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圖書標籤: 科幻 魔幻 小說 小說 外國文學
類似Margaret Atwood,是那種特彆有野心,包羅一切重大主題(feminist,ecologism,anti-racism,anti-corporation capitalism)的mythical sci-fi,適閤做論文分析文本,但讀起來並不愉快。
評分我太喜歡瞭。通過重新定義reproduction myth而從根本上解構patriarchy和heteronormative。女媧故事加上cyborg manifesto 就是走嚮post-gender 未來的鑰匙!!
評分作者野心很大腦洞很大但還是濃濃的orientalism… 然後說榴蓮是south china廣東廚房的味道?怕不是唐人街的廣東廚房… 1800s廣東會有factory worker??曆史重學吧
評分類似Margaret Atwood,是那種特彆有野心,包羅一切重大主題(feminist,ecologism,anti-racism,anti-corporation capitalism)的mythical sci-fi,適閤做論文分析文本,但讀起來並不愉快。
評分類似Margaret Atwood,是那種特彆有野心,包羅一切重大主題(feminist,ecologism,anti-racism,anti-corporation capitalism)的mythical sci-fi,適閤做論文分析文本,但讀起來並不愉快。
Salt Fish Girl 2024 pdf epub mobi 電子書 下載