From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Remains of the Day comes this stunning work of soaring imagination.
Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has ga...
From the Booker Prize-winning, bestselling author of Remains of the Day comes this stunning work of soaring imagination.
Born in early-twentieth-century Shanghai, Banks was orphaned at the age of nine after the separate disappearances of his parents. Now, more than twenty years later, he is a celebrated figure in London society; yet the investigative expertise that has garnered him fame has done little to illuminate the circumstances of his parents' alleged kidnappings. Banks travels to the seething, labyrinthine city of his memory in hopes of solving the mystery of his own, painful past, only to find that war is ravaging Shanghai beyond recognition-and that his own recollections are proving as difficult to trust as the people around him.
Masterful, suspenseful and psychologically acute, When We Were Orphans offers a profound meditation on the shifting quality of memory, and the possibility of avenging one’s past.
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. He is the author of four previous novels, including The Remains of the Day, an international bestseller that won the Booker Prize and was adapted into an award-winning film. Ishiguro's work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. In 1995, he received an Order of the British Emp...
Kazuo Ishiguro was born in Nagasaki, Japan, in 1954 and moved to Britain at the age of five. He is the author of four previous novels, including The Remains of the Day, an international bestseller that won the Booker Prize and was adapted into an award-winning film. Ishiguro's work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. In 1995, he received an Order of the British Empire for service to literature, and in 1998 was named a Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French government. He lives in London with his wife and daughter.
Started from Pingshe guest house, then on the train from Dali to Kunming and Kunming to Xiangyang. half done!
Dreamed of the mather of hero after finished this book, so sorrow and you are unable to l...Started from Pingshe guest house, then on the train from Dali to Kunming and Kunming to Xiangyang. half done!
Dreamed of the mather of hero after finished this book, so sorrow and you are unable to leave it behind after you closed the book.
The most exciting part is the end of this novel! You can't help but moved by it!!!(展开)
白开水小说…… " It's obvious to the reader that Christopher deludes himself about many things, such as his conviction that when he "roots out evil," he is "cleansing the world of wickedness." This inclinati...白开水小说…… " It's obvious to the reader that Christopher deludes himself about many things, such as his conviction that when he "roots out evil," he is "cleansing the world of wickedness." This inclination toward grandiosity is a direct result of Christopher's sense of powerlessness as an orphan. "(展开)
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石黑一雄 作者
布拉格西
译林出版社2002版
王小能
译林出版社2002版
五星旗嘚咿的飘
上海译文出版社2018版
石像
上海译文出版社2018版
汽水太甜
上海译文出版社2018版
0 有用 St. Crescendo 2011-07-11 15:39:08
我可以打兩分嗎?
0 有用 瓜 2017-10-20 10:31:00
Nostalgia encouraged by the loss of memory
0 有用 didiann 2013-11-29 17:08:29
Started from Pingshe guest house, then on the train from Dali to Kunming and Kunming to Xiangyang. half done! Dreamed of the mather of hero after finished this book, so sorrow and you are unable to l... Started from Pingshe guest house, then on the train from Dali to Kunming and Kunming to Xiangyang. half done! Dreamed of the mather of hero after finished this book, so sorrow and you are unable to leave it behind after you closed the book. The most exciting part is the end of this novel! You can't help but moved by it!!! (展开)
0 有用 NW 2017-12-14 08:27:04
典型的虎头蛇尾。石黑一雄文笔好，这是实实在在的。因为这个，我把前半本读了两遍。但石黑一雄缺乏想象力，这也是不可否认的。为什么不去写散文呢！
0 有用 弯弯 2010-08-17 13:21:00
白开水小说…… " It's obvious to the reader that Christopher deludes himself about many things, such as his conviction that when he "roots out evil," he is "cleansing the world of wickedness." This inclinati... 白开水小说…… " It's obvious to the reader that Christopher deludes himself about many things, such as his conviction that when he "roots out evil," he is "cleansing the world of wickedness." This inclination toward grandiosity is a direct result of Christopher's sense of powerlessness as an orphan. " (展开)
0 有用 Jannie 2024-04-13 15:30:36 广东
not as good as other stories by Ishiguro，a dramatic case in a strange place and period. But can feel the solitude that overcasts.
0 有用 卢比比 2024-01-21 13:16:24 美国
我从来没觉得给小说打分这么难，直到读完石黑。很大一部分原因是石黑的小说有很强的道德兼容性。你可以说他是帝国主义无可奈何的合谋者，也可以说他是辛辣的讽刺家。他擅长描写帝国视野下小人物的世界观，暴露他们无可救药的愚蠢，但这种愚蠢又因为殉道者般的坚持，而变得异常动人。我感到纠结的问题是，对于一个工作繁忙的正常人，如果不主动去细读历史哲学，那么TA有什么理解同时代历史的途径。如果没有，那么石黑作为一个小说... 我从来没觉得给小说打分这么难，直到读完石黑。很大一部分原因是石黑的小说有很强的道德兼容性。你可以说他是帝国主义无可奈何的合谋者，也可以说他是辛辣的讽刺家。他擅长描写帝国视野下小人物的世界观，暴露他们无可救药的愚蠢，但这种愚蠢又因为殉道者般的坚持，而变得异常动人。我感到纠结的问题是，对于一个工作繁忙的正常人，如果不主动去细读历史哲学，那么TA有什么理解同时代历史的途径。如果没有，那么石黑作为一个小说家，其历史批判力确实也有限，是只能做到这样。 (展开)
0 有用 edwardyang 2023-11-17 07:42:00 美国
这本确实有点失水准，即使考虑不可靠叙述者的因素，主人公前后人设也明显不一致，几处重要的转折也非常生硬，摊子铺得太大最后也是草草收场。作为熟悉石黑一雄的读者还是值得一看，叙事技巧还是标志性的，英文也是好读的很，不太费力就能读完。如果用最近的例子类比，有点《花月杀手》之于马丁的意思，远非生涯最佳，但是还是能给熟悉导演的观众提供三个半小时愉悦体验。
0 有用 养生中年少女 2022-11-28 13:42:10 河北
一星给写作隐喻。前边还是以往的淡淡叙事，后边真是脑子抽抽了，放弃寻双亲和暧昧对象私奔，可是后面又为了寻双亲冲着在作战的中国军队嗷嗷喊，就你家事最大是吧？又不是一口答应私奔那会了啊？最后得知真相，原来爸爸失踪是因为和女人私奔了，飞利浦叔叔原来是爱着妈妈，可是爱而不得心生恨，使妈妈不得不成为军阀的女人而被其蹂躏，最后战争结束，妈妈出现在精神病院，真是好熟悉的狗血剧情。
0 有用 freebeing 2022-08-28 18:45:21 山东
看的第一本石黑一雄，因为上海。第一句就被吸引了，两个男孩的友谊心思细腻令人感动。可是自从主人公作为名侦探回到上海，我就完全迷惑了....最后对每人都做了交代，乱世人生全是悲剧，唉....可是其1937上海记事部分还是过了……人之徒劳是不是作者的大主题？