内容简介
'"SeasonofMigrationtotheNorth"isanArabianNightsinreverse,enclosingapithymoralaboutinternationalmisconceptionsanddelusions.ThebrilliantstudentofanearliergenerationreturnstohisSudanesevillage;obsessionwiththemysteriousWestandadesiretobitethehandthathashalf-fedhim,hasledhimtoLondonandthebedsofwomenwithsimilarobsessionsaboutthemysteriousEast.HekillsthematthepointofecstasyandtheOccident,initsturn,destroyshim.PowerfullyandpoeticallywrittenandsplendidlytranslatedbyDenysJohnson-Davies'-"Observer".
作者简介
TayebSalihorAl-TayyibSalih(Arabic:الطيّبصالح)(1929–18February2009)wasaSudanesewriter.BornintheNorthernProvinceofSudan,hestudiedattheUniversityofKhartoumbeforeleavingfortheUniversityofLondoninEngland.Comingfromabackgroundofsmallfarmersandreligiousteachers,hisoriginalintentionwastoworkinagriculture.Except,however,forabriefspellasaschoolmasterbeforecomingtoEngland,hisworkinglifewasinbroadcasting.Hisworksaregenerallypolitical,dealingwiththemessuchascolonizationandgender.SalihwasalsoconsideredoneofthebestshortstorywritersworkinginArabictoday.[citationneeded]HavingstudiedbothwesternandArabliterature,philosophy,andsociety,Salihinterminglesaspectsofbothculturesinhisworks.SalihachievedimmediateacclaimwhenhisnovelSeasonofMigrationtotheNorthwasfirstpublishedinArabic,inBeirutinthelate1960s.In2001,thiswasdeclared"themostimportantArabicnovelofthe20thcentury"bytheSyrian-basedArabLiteraryAcademyinDamascus.HisworkshavebeentranslatedfromArabicintomorethan20languages.