The Smell of Apples

该书荣获洛杉矶时报颁发的艺术Seidenbaum奖、M-Net奖、CNA文学奖、贝蒂特拉斯克奖和布克奖提名。讲述了20世纪70年代南非种族隔离制度下，一个11岁的小男孩MarnusErasmus的故事，以此为缩影揭示了整个社会的动荡。WinneroftheArtSeidenbaumAwardforFirstFictionfromtheLosAngelesTimesWinneroftheM-NetAwardWinnerofTheEugeneMaraisAwardWinneroftheCNALiteraryAwardWinneroftheBettyTraskAwardABookerPrizeNomineeSetinthebittertwilightofapartheidinSouthAfricainthe1970s,TheSmellofApplesisahauntingstorynarratedbyeleven-year-oldMarnusErasmus,whorecordsthesocialturmoilandracialoppressionthataredestroyinghisownland.Usinghisfamilyasamicrocosmofthecorrodingsocietyatlarge,Marnustellsatroublingtaleofachildhoodcorrupted,ofunexpectedsexualdefilements,andofaninnocencegoneastray.