阿拉文德·阿迪加一九七四年齣生於印度海港城市馬德拉斯,後移居澳大利亞。畢業後曾任《時代周刊》駐印度通訊記者,並為《金融時報》、《獨立報》、《星期日泰晤士報》等英國媒體撰稿。現居孟買。《白老虎》是其處女作。
Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Born in the dark heart of India, Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village's wealthiest man, two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles), and the rich man's (very unlucky) son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City car, Balram's new world is a revelation. While his peers flip through the pages of Murder Weekly ("Love -- Rape -- Revenge!"), barter for girls, drink liquor (Thunderbolt), and perpetuate the Great Rooster Coop of Indian society, Balram watches his employers bribe foreign ministers for tax breaks, barter for girls, drink liquor (single-malt whiskey), and play their own role in the Rooster Coop. Balram learns how to siphon gas, deal with corrupt mechanics, and refill and resell Johnnie Walker Black Label bottles (all but one). He also finds a way out of the Coop that no one else inside it can perceive. Balram's eyes penetrate India as few outsiders can: the cockroaches and the call centers; the prostitutes and the worshippers; the ancient and Internet cultures; the water buffalo and, trapped in so many kinds of cages that escape is (almost) impossible, the white tiger. And with a charisma as undeniable as it is unexpected, Balram teaches us that religion doesn't create virtue, and money doesn't solve every problem -- but decency can still be found in a corrupt world, and you can get what you want out of life if you eavesdrop on the right conversations. Sold in sixteen countries around the world, The White Tiger recalls The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, and narrative genius, with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation -- and a startling, provocative debut.
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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...
評分真正讀懂這本書不容易,往往要深入下去纔能明白作者誇張而荒誕的寫法背後的東西。作為小說,這本書固然有其情節方麵的絕妙構思,但是,本書最重要的價值還在於其對印度社會矛盾的剖析。也許隻喜歡讀故事,追情節,讀暢銷書的人可能要失望瞭。 從某種意義上來說,阿迪加有點像印...
評分對於印度,我嚮來一無所知。 《白老虎》的敘事有點兒像小說版的A Slumdog Millionaire,一個沒念過多少書,齣身低級種姓的人如何成為瞭“企業傢”。陸建德的後記裏說,小說的內容不可全當做真,但是其中人性的真實與隱喻的力量又怎能讓人視而不見呢?(順說,我對小陸的印象真...
評分 評分白老虎的睏境 書評人:蘇七七 書名:《白老虎》 作者:阿拉文德•阿迪加 齣版:人民文學2010年4月版 白老虎,就是孟加拉虎。是這個小說的敘事者,巴爾拉姆•哈爾維的自喻。他現在是一個“企業傢”——這是他對自己的稱呼,他也是一個前茶倌、前司機,與前殺...
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不是很對我胃口
評分All you should know about India.
評分worth reading
評分不是很對我胃口
評分哥是被本書寫給溫總理的信所吸引,進入此書纔發現,這他媽是一個印度社會的百科全書。本書情節不算有驚喜,看第一眼就知道最後的結果瞭。但是那個來自darkness的低種姓主角的眼睛卻像長在自己身上一樣。
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