A Bend in the River
- 书名:A Bend in the River
- 作者: V. S. Naipaul
- 格式:EPUB,MOBI,AZW3
- 时间:2024-06-19
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- ISBN:9780330522991
'Brilliant and terrifying' Observer Set in an unnamed African country, the book is narrated by Salim, a young man from an Indian family of traders long resident on the coast. He believes The world is what it is; men who are nothing, who allow themselves to become nothing, have no place in it. So he has taken the initiative; left the coast; acquired his own shop in a small, growing city in the continent's remote interior and is selling sundries little more than this and that, really to the natives. This spot, this 'bend in the river', is a microcosm of post-colonial Africa at the time of Independence: a scene of chaos, violent change, warring tribes, ignorance, isolation and poverty. And from this rich landscape emerges one of the author's most potent works a truly moving story of historical upheaval and social breakdown. 'Naipaul has fashioned a work of intense imaginative force. It is a haunting creation, rich with incident and human bafflement, played out in an immense detail of landscape rendered with a poignant brilliance.' Elizabeth Hardwick 'Always a master of fictional landscape, Naipaul here shows, in his variety of human examples and in his search for underlying social causes, a Tolstoyan spirit' John Updike
V.S.奈保尔(1932—2018 )
英国著名作家。1932年生于特立尼达岛上一个印度移民家庭,1950年进入牛津大学攻读英国文学,毕业后迁居伦敦。
50年代开始写作,著有《米格尔街》、《斯通先生与骑士伙伴》、《自由国度》、《大河湾》、“印度三部曲”、《非洲的假面剧》等。20 01年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。
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#Wergenga#06-22【2015.02.15-06.22】中间隔断了至少一个多月,现在终于下决心读完了。很多地方还是感觉太深奥读不明白,不过也总有共鸣之处。毕竟我现在也想逃离这个困境啊。
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朗韵08-29为什么作家一定要有同情心?何况奈保尔并非没有,他不是以我们习以为常的方式表露的。奈保尔尖刻,毒辣,以Salim的视角道出了现代人普遍被异化的、displaced的感受;抛开政治历史文化背景不谈,也许每一个人在一生中都有一次或数次这样的机会,体验那种虽生犹死的无力感与微茫感。
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silentcape10-11一个自认为是欧洲人的印度人对非洲人的感悟。。。。
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