出版社: Fourth Estate
出版年: 2010-3-4
页数: 320
定价: GBP 7.99
装帧: Paperback
ISBN: 9780007278831
内容简介 · · · · · ·
'I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth.' In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them. 'The Elephant Keeper' ...
'I asked the sailor what an Elephant looked like; he replied that it was like nothing on earth.' In the middle of the 18th century, a ship docks at Bristol with an extraordinary cargo: two young elephants. Bought by a wealthy landowner, they are taken to his estate in the English countryside. A stable boy, Tom Page, is given the task of caring for them. 'The Elephant Keeper' is Tom's account of his life with the elephants. As the years pass, and as they journey across England, his relationship with the female elephant deepens in a startling manner. Along the way they meet incredulity, distrust and tragedy, and it is only their understanding of each other that keeps them together. Christopher Nicholson's charming and captivating novel explores notions of sexuality and violence, freedom and captivity, and the nature of story-telling -- but most of all it is the study of a profound and remarkable love between an elephant and a human being.
作者简介 · · · · · ·
克里斯托弗·尼柯尔森(Christopher Nicholson)
作家,BBC广播公司编剧和制片人。对自然史兴趣浓厚,为BBC制作的节目多以人与动物间的关系为主题,所拍纪录片曾获普利策奖。1984年,在尼泊尔奇旺国家公园同大象初次亲密接触,自此与大象结下不解之缘。
2009年,长篇小说处女作《大象詹妮与我》面世,获得如潮好评。大象詹妮的坎坷一生和守护者汤姆对詹妮毕生追随的故事感人至深。叙事技巧超凡脱俗,笔触余味悠长,字里行间渗透着对人与动物关系的深挚思考及世间万物皆平等的悲悯情怀。
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For those who love animals, The Elephant Keeper written by Christopher Nicholson is a must. Set in the 18th century, the story happens between a boy called Tom Page and his elephant Jenny, which is metaphorized as a try to climb the Babel between human bein... (展开)> 更多书评 14篇
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