SacredHunger(NortonPaperbackFiction)

作者 Barry Unsworth著
出版社 W.W.Norton&Co.
出版时间 1993年11月
ISBN 9780393311143
定价 192.10

内容简介

"SacredHunger"isastunningandengrossingexplorationofpower,domination,andgreed.Filledwiththe"sacredhunger"toexpanditsempireanditsprofits,Englandenteredfullintotheslavetradeandspreadthetradethroughoutitscolonies.InthisBookerPrize-winningwork,BarryUnsworthfollowsthefailingfortunesofWilliamKemp,amerchantpinninghislastchancetoaslaveship;hissonwhoneedsafortunebecauseheisinlovewithanupper-classwoman;andhisnephewwhosailsontheshipasitsdoctorbecausehehaslostallhehasloved.Thevoyagemeetsitsdemisewhendiseasespreadsamongtheslavesandthecaptain'sdrasticresponseprovokesamutiny.Joiningtogether,thesailorsandtheslavessetupasecret,utopiansocietyinthewildernessofFlorida,onlytoawaitthevengeanceofthesingle-minded,youngKemp.

作者简介

BarryUnsworth,whowontheBookerPrizeforSacredHunger,wasaBookerPrizefinalistforMoralityPlayandwaslong-listedfortheManBookerPrizeforTheRubyinHerNavel.HelivesinItaly.

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