“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for...
“A stranger could drive through Miguel Street and just say ‘Slum!’ because he could see no more.” But to its residents this derelict corner of Trinidad’s capital is a complete world, where everybody is quite different from everybody else. There’s Popo the carpenter, who neglects his livelihood to build “the thing without a name.” There’s Man-man, who goes from running for public office to staging his own crucifixion, and the dreaded Big Foot, the bully with glass tear ducts. There’s the lovely Mrs. Hereira, in thrall to her monstrous husband. In this tender, funny early novel, V. S. Naipaul renders their lives (and the legends their neighbors construct around them) with Dickensian verve and Chekhovian compassion.
Set during World War II and narrated by an unnamed–but precociously observant–neighborhood boy, Miguel Street is a work of mercurial mood shifts, by turns sweetly melancholy and anarchically funny. It overflows with life on every page.
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V·S·奈保尔 作者
东林君
南海出版公司2013版
doxyer
南海出版公司2013版
小小风也
浙江文艺出版社2003版
0 有用 傅诗淇女朋友 2013-03-21 14:49:20
Trinidad-Port of Spain-The Miguel Street-V.S.Naipaul.
1 有用 至秦 2018-09-21 01:58:23
没有想到我竟然一点也不喜欢这本书的英语原文
3 有用 东林君 2017-09-14 00:34:27
全书都是跳跃的灵魂，童真又慈悲，这种人物在中国近现代文学作品中几乎见不到。书的后三分之一作者回忆和总结多了起来，一是写累了，二是回忆已近尾声，告别不可避免。结果便是见字如面，读书如听作者当面回忆讲故事。
0 有用 [已注销] 2007-12-23 10:37:18
我读的是penguin的
0 有用 Al. 2016-02-26 15:45:59
最后一章 离开米盖尔街 真动人
0 有用 里思肯 2024-04-03 23:53:18 上海
故事里的人充满缺点，但感情都是真实的
0 有用 moya 2024-03-09 11:47:52 江苏
read for English Literature course
0 有用 臭脸维纳斯 2024-02-03 21:27:47 英国
其实读的是图书馆Andre Deutsch的一个老老版本 但排版特别舒服 很轻松很delightful的阅读体验 经常笑出声 但也经常很想哭。特别像Selvon的Londoners 虽然地理位置完全不一样 多了一些叙述者本人的参与和情怀 西西弗斯式的小人物和looming empire
0 有用 iBluuuuuuuue 2024-01-27 00:31:16 江苏
4/10 从一开始就不知道有什么好看的结果看完到现在都还是不知道..🥲
0 有用 象一 2023-11-23 23:58:03 德国
Poet is jerk