Georges

作者 Alexandre Dumas著Tina Kover著
出版社 RandomHousePublishingGroup
出版时间 2008年6月
ISBN 9780812975895
定价 142.00

内容简介

LongoutofprintinAmerica,AlexandreDumas’smostdaringnarrativeisnowavailableinthismajornewtranslationbyTinaA.Kover.Filledwithintrigue,romance,anddeadlyvengeance,Georgesisthestoryofawealthymulattoboywhoisdrivenfromhisislandhomebyracistlandowners.ReturningtoMauritiusasanaccomplishedyoungman,Georgespitshisstrengthagainstapowerfulplantationowner,leadingadramaticslaveuprisingandclaimingtheheartofabeautifulwhitewoman.GeorgesstandsapartastheonlybookbyDumasthatexploresthepotentsubjectofrace.PraiseforGeorges:“Arousingandvividadventure...packedwithactionandatmosphere.”–TheColumbusDispatch“Aremarkablediscovery...WeareindebtedtoWernerSollorsandJamaicaKincaidforprovidinguswithacriticallensforthejourneyDumashascreatedoutofhisowngenerousandexpansiveimagination.”–RudolphP.Byrd,EmoryUniversity“Ascompellingandrelevanttodayasitwasbackinthe1840s,whenitwasfirstpublished.”–AdrienneKennedy,authorofFunnyhouseofaNegro,

作者简介

AlexandreDumas(1802-70),oneofthemostpopularwritersofalltime,istheauthorofTheCountofMonteCristo,TheThreeMusketeers,andTheKnightofMaison-Rouge(allavailablefromtheModernLibrary),alongwithdozensofotherworksofeverygenre.HisremainswererecentlyremovedtothePantheon,thehighesthonorthatcanbebestowedonaFrenchwriter.TinaA.KoverhasworkedasatranslatorintheUnitedStatesandEuropeformorethantenyears.Herfirstliterarytranslation,GeorgeSand’sTheBlackCity,waspublishedin2004.WernerSollorsteachesAfricanAmericanstudies,English,andcomparativeliteratureatHarvardUniversity.HeistheauthorofBeyondEthnicity:ConsentandDescentinAmericanCultureandNeitherBlackNorWhiteYetBoth:ThematicExplorationsofInterracialLiteratureandeditorofTheoriesofEthnicity:AClassicalReader;TheLifeStoriesofUndistinguishedAmericansasToldbyThemselvesandAnAnthologyofInterracialLiterature:Black-WhiteContactsintheOldWorldandtheNew.JamaicaKincaidistheacclaimedauthorofmanybooks,includingAnnieJohn,ASmallPlace,andLucy.ShelivesinVermont.FromtheHardcoveredition.,,,,,

丛书

ModernLibraryClassics

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