Ilustrado A Novel
- 作者
- 出版社 Picador
- 出版时间 2011年5月
- ISBN 9780312572938
- 定价 325.06
内容简介
WINNEROFTHE2008MANASIANLITERARYPRIZEANEWYORKTIMESBOOKREVIEWNOTABLEBOOKOFTHEYEARItbeginswithabody.Onacleardayinwinter,thebatteredcorpseofCrispinSalvadorispulledfromtheHudsonRiver.Gone,too,istheonlymanuscriptofhisfinalbook,aworkmeanttorescuehimfromobscuritybyexposingthecrimesoftheFilipinorulingfamilies.Miguel,hisstudentandonlyremainingfriend,setsoutforManilatoinvestigate.Theresultisarichanddramaticfamilysagaoffourgenerations,tracingonehundredandfiftyyearsofPhilippinehistoryforgedundertheSpanish,theAmericans,andtheFilipinosthemselves.Exuberantandwise,wildlyfunnyanddeeplymoving,Ilustradoisadaringandinventivedebutnovelthat"beginsasamurdermysteryanddevelopsintoanambitiousexplorationofculturalidentity,ambition,andartisticpurpose."(TheNewYorker).,
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