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。
Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master."The White Tiger" presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, "The White Tiger" is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.
發表於2025-03-09
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《白老虎》是一本非常特彆的小說,曾一度讓我誤以為是政治性的書信體作品,因為它的封麵語為:一位印度企業傢寫給中國總理的信。結果讀過之後,發現真乃大錯特錯,事實上這是一本詼諧幽默風趣的虛構小說,當然虛中也有實,而它的獨到之處,恰恰就在於書信體的設定上。 ...
評分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...
評分吃人麼? 就是這樣的現實。 能讓人忍俊不禁看完的現實。 作者筆下形容的黑色的蛋,包不住所有人,總會有隻金黃的鳥,衝破蛋殼,用碎片,釋放自己。 印度有牛,有人,有牛人,有神。 隻是,想到咱中國, 中國的老虎已經絕種瞭吧,籠子外麵的,隻有跳跳虎在賣萌
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...
圖書標籤: 小說 poverty indian AravindAdiga 英文 印度 social fiction
拖拖拉拉,到瞭康提纔二刷完畢,和上次讀一樣我更感興趣主僕之間的張力,Balram謀殺的時候,鏡頭迴閃幼時和父親玩耍撫摸身體的情景,讓人有"弑父"的聯想。
評分The beak part is my favorate. you know what I mean.
評分5秒忘劇情,隻記得開頭是寫給溫傢寶的信。
評分不可能通過一部小說就瞭解印度,不過這一本絕對值得推薦為瞭解印度社會的第一本書。作者對印度社會僕役關係和階級衝突的形成,套用在主人公生存、掙紮和最後逃離的故事中。小說沒有直接的批判這種根深蒂固的文化,但第一人稱的無奈敘述語氣,目的是為瞭讓讀者産生共鳴還是主人公的真實想法呢,大傢見仁見智。讀完此書,算是能稍微理解印度人狡猾奸詐的由來,這不是天性,還是由於社會和宗教本身的壓力束縛造成的。就好像作者在書裏比喻的,對那些土生土長的印度人來說,沒有人敢做掙脫牢籠,成為一隻白老虎。
評分I was looking for the key for years, but the door was always open.
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