出版社: Simon & Schuster Ltd
出版年: 2007-03-05
页数: 384
定价: GBP 11.99
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780743259200
内容简介 · · · · · ·
'I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet just like a human being...' Ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, the catastrophic result of what happened on That Night when, thanks to an American chemical company, the Apocalypse visited his slum. Now not quite twenty, he lea...
'I used to be human once. So I'm told. I don't remember it myself, but people who knew me when I was small say I walked on two feet just like a human being...' Ever since he can remember, Animal has gone on all fours, the catastrophic result of what happened on That Night when, thanks to an American chemical company, the Apocalypse visited his slum. Now not quite twenty, he leads a hand-to-mouth existence with his dog Jara and a crazy old nun called Ma Franci, and spends his nights fantasising about Nisha, the daughter of a local musician, and wondering what it must be like to get laid. When a young American doctor, Elli Barber, comes to town to open a free clinic for the still suffering townsfolk - only to find herself struggling to convince them that she isn't there to do the dirty work of the 'Kampani' - Animal plunges into a web of intrigues, scams and plots with the unabashed aim of turning events to his own advantage. Compellingly honest, entertaining and entirely without self-pity, Animal's account lights our way into his dark world with flashes of pure joy - from the very first page all the way to the story's explosive ending.A NIMAL'S PEOPLE is a stunningly humane work of storytelling that takes us right to the heart of contemporary India.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
因德拉·辛哈,一九五0年出生于印度孟买附近的克拉巴,父亲是印度海军军官,母亲为英国作家。辛哈幼年和青少年时期就读于印度和英国的多所学校,最后毕业于英国剑桥大学,主修英国文学。毕业后的辛哈投身广告业,曾被评为有史以来英国最出色的十位广告词撰稿人之一。同时,他还尝试将印度古梵语作品翻译成英语,并开始从事写作,出版了回忆录《网络吉普赛人》和长篇小说《爱情先生之死》。二00七年低调推出的《人们都叫我动物》深受评论界的青睐,入围曼·布克奖,并获得二00八年“英联邦作家奖”的区域奖。
Animal's People的书评 · · · · · · ( 全部 13 条 )
所以,他的女朋友是条狗
一无所有,我们才永远不败
符合西方口味的印度故事
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这是一本以1984年印度博帕尔毒气泄漏事件为背景,模仿一位受害者口述的虚构小说。 男主人公在毒气泄漏前后出生,受毒气影响,幼年时脊椎受损,逐渐变成需要双手触地行走的折叠人,因此被众人称为“动物”。他会偷、会抢、会骗人、会开黄腔,还会觊觎对他友好的女性,意淫来开诊... (展开)我们抗争的不是命运,是自己
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0 有用 Dear Lu 2014-09-29 06:57:20
暑假匆匆翻过,觉得作者目的性太强,修辞过于刻意,不喜欢。这次为了上课仔细读,有几处竟落泪了。只能活在现在时间的绝望,应该不止是环境灾难的人才有。
0 有用 shirley 2015-11-28 08:14:36
是个惊喜,但是觉得有点烂尾了...
0 有用 heterotopia 2021-07-02 12:26:51
Picaresque; apocalypse; postcolonial posthumanism; the power of nothingness; sonic ecologies
0 有用 唐小悦 2015-06-16 23:38:26
一本叨吧叨的小说~形式极其口语化…
0 有用 heterotopia 2021-07-02 12:26:51
Picaresque; apocalypse; postcolonial posthumanism; the power of nothingness; sonic ecologies
0 有用 shirley 2015-11-28 08:14:36
是个惊喜,但是觉得有点烂尾了...
0 有用 唐小悦 2015-06-16 23:38:26
一本叨吧叨的小说~形式极其口语化…
0 有用 Dear Lu 2014-09-29 06:57:20
暑假匆匆翻过,觉得作者目的性太强,修辞过于刻意,不喜欢。这次为了上课仔细读,有几处竟落泪了。只能活在现在时间的绝望,应该不止是环境灾难的人才有。