When We Were Orphans 我辈孤雏 2017诺贝尔文学奖得主作品

作者 Kazuo Ishiguro著
出版社 FABER
出版时间 2000年1月
ISBN 9780571205622
定价 80.60

内容简介

Themazeofhumanmemory--thewaysinwhichweaccommodateandalterit,deceiveanddeliverourselveswithit--isterritorythatKazuoIshigurohasmadehisown.Inhispreviousnovels,hehasexploredthisinnerworldanditsmanifestationsinthelivesofhischaracterswithrareinventivenessandsubtlety,shrewdhumorandinsight.InWhenWeWereOrphans,hisfirstnovelinfiveyears,hereturnstothisterraininabrilliantlyrealizedstorythatilluminatesthepowerofone'spasttodeterminethepresent.ChristopherBanks,anEnglishboyborninearly-twentieth-centuryShanghai,isorphanedatageninewhenhismotherandfatherbothvanishundersuspiciouscircumstances.SenttoliveinEngland,hegrowsuptobecomearenowneddetectiveand,morethantwentyyearslater,returnstoShanghai,wheretheSino-JapaneseWarisraging,tosolvethemysteryofthedisappearances.Thestoryisstraightforward.Itstellingisremarkable.Christopher'svoiceiscontrolled,detailed,anddetached,itsprecisionunsurprisinginsomeonewhohasdevotedhislifetotheexaminationofdetailsandtherigorsofobjectivethought.Butwithinthelayersofhisnarrativeisslowlyrevealedwhathecan't,orwon't,see:thathismemory,despitewhathewantstobelieve,isnotunaffectedbyhischildhoodtragedies;thathispowersofperception,theheraldedclarityofhisvision,canbeblindingaswellasenlightening;andthatthesimplestdesires--achild'sforhisparents,aman'sforunderstanding--maygiverisetothemostcomplicatedtruths.Amasterfulcombinationofnarrativecontrolandsoaringimagination,WhenWeWereOrphansisKazuoIshiguroathisbest.

作者简介

KazuoIshiguroistheauthoroffivepreviousnovels,includingTheRemainsoftheDay,whichwontheBookerPrizeandbecameaninternationalbestseller.Hisworkhasbeentranslatedintotwenty-eightlanguages.In1995hereceivedanOrderoftheBritishEmpireforservicetoliterature,andin1998wasnamedaChevalierdel’OrdredesArtsetdesLettresbytheFrenchgovernment.HelivesinLondonwithhiswifeanddaughter.石黑一雄，著名日裔英国小说家。曾获得了在英语文学里享有盛誉的“布克奖”。他的文体以细腻优美著称，几乎每部小说都被提名或得奖，其作品已被翻译成二十八种语言。所获奖项：1989年，石黑一雄获得了在英语文学里享有盛誉的“布克奖”。石黑一雄的文体以细腻优美著称，几乎每部小说都被提名或得奖，其作品已被翻译成二十八种语言。石黑一雄年轻时即享誉世界文坛，与鲁西迪、奈波尔被称为“英国文坛移民三雄”，以“国际主义作家”自称。曾被英国皇室授勋为文学骑士，并获授法国艺术文学骑士勋章。虽然拥有日本和英国双重的文化背景，但石黑一雄却是极为少数的、不专以移民或是国族认同作为小说题材的亚裔作家之一。即使评论家们总是想方设法，试图从他的小说中找寻出日本文化的神髓，或是耙梳出后殖民理论的蛛丝马迹，但事实上，石黑一雄本人从来不刻意去操作亚裔的族群认同，而更以身为一个国际主义的作家来自诩。对石黑一雄而言，小说乃是一个国际化的文学载体，而在一个日益全球化的现代世界中，要如何才能突破地域的疆界，写出一本对于生活在任何一个文化背景之下的人们，都能够产生意义的小说，才是他一向努力的目标。因此，石黑一雄与并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”的鲁西迪、奈波尔相比，便显得大不相同了。

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