Author Biography
Aravind Adiga was born in Madras in 1974 and was raised partly in Australia. He studied at Columbia and Oxford Universities. A former correspondent in India for TIME magazine, his articles have also appeared in publications like The Financial Times, The Independent, and The Sunday Times. He lives in Mumbai.
发表于2024-05-05
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This is first book I ever read about India, which recommended by a financial theory professor. But I don't think he implies us to follow the strategy of Balram to become an "entrepreneur" by murdering his master, taking possession of his money which suppose...
评分白老虎的困境 书评人:苏七七 书名:《白老虎》 作者:阿拉文德•阿迪加 出版:人民文学2010年4月版 白老虎,就是孟加拉虎。是这个小说的叙事者,巴尔拉姆•哈尔维的自喻。他现在是一个“企业家”——这是他对自己的称呼,他也是一个前茶倌、前司机,与前杀...
评分i have been to india many times and stayed there for quite some time. i think i may have a fair view of what india may be like since in china or rest of the world, people may have two sharply contrasting points of view towards india: a giant moving fast wit...
评分在豆瓣开了一个专栏,主要写投资与自我管理方面,欢迎关注:http://read.douban.com/column/93927/ 靖昀兄推荐,阅读体验很奇妙。感谢。 我估记此篇在未来会被拍成电影。 一方面里面的故事内容是虚构的;另一方面作者文笔相当生动,而本人又对印度了解得不多,看过《贫民窟...
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Synopsis
Born in a village in heartland India, the son of a rickshaw puller, Balram is taken out of school by his family and put to work in a teashop. As he crushes coals and wipes tables, he nurses a dream of escape - of breaking away from the banks of Mother Ganga, into whose depths have seeped the remains of a hundred generations.
The White Tiger is a tale of two Indias. Balram’s journey from darkness of village life to the light of entrepreneurial success is utterly amoral, brilliantly irreverent, deeply endearing and altogether unforgettable.
seems a light and funny read, but unexpectedly deep and shocking at the same time.
评分出生在鸡笼里面的一他,再也不想挤在着鸡笼里了,他要出去,他成为了一只白虎。
评分想去印度但是又十分害怕。看完这本书的感觉就和贫民窟的百万富翁的感觉一样,觉得印度虽然黑暗但处处有机会,但其实这是一本反乌托邦、完全暴露印度社会黑亮两极分化的现实小说。语言十分诙谐幽默。
评分贯穿全文的rooster coop,由种姓制度主导下的一套社会规则,人们不得不自发地去服从它。Balram被这套规则束缚,受master的束缚,受家庭规则的束缚(主要来自Granny逼他结婚逼他寄钱等),最后把老板杀了以此来报复家庭。我的一位老师去印度做研究的时候,知道这么一件事:一对恋人私奔被抓了回来,女方家里面为了使自己种姓不因为流言而下降,家族秘密地弄死了这个女子。(一系列的事情都可以在种姓制度里面找到原因) 书虽然有些偏激,但确实反映了不少奇怪的事实:Balram没有名字,父母不记得其生日,名字和生日都是由别人随便给予的;印度的仆人为主人顶罪便是好仆人(可以猜想大爆炸里的Raj一家的出生在印度是首陀罗吧?);印度的民主从某种程度上来说真是虚假的民主。。 明年我将去印度,期待一下。
评分Another "hero" from the Indian slum.
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