After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simon and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where officialdom treats them politely but not necessarily helpfully.
Simon finds a job in a grain wharf. The work is unfamiliar and backbreaking, but he soon warms to his stevedore comrades, who during breaks conduct philosophical dialogues on the dignity of labour, and generally take him to their hearts.
Now he must set about his task of locating the boy's mother. Though like everyone else who arrives in this new country he seems to be washed clean of all traces of memory, he is convinced he will know her when he sees her. And indeed, while walking with the boy in the countryside Simon catches sight of a woman he is certain is the mother, and persuades her to assume the role.
David's new mother comes to realise that he is an exceptional child, a bright, dreamy boy with highly unusual ideas about the world. But the school authorities detect a rebellious streak in him and insist he be sent to a special school far away. His mother refuses to yield him up, and it is Simon who must drive the car as the trio flees across the mountains.
The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful and continually surprising novel from a very great writer.
J.M.库切,当代作家,文学大师,史上获得最多文学奖项的作家之一,1940年生于南非开普敦。作品包括《等待野蛮人》《迈克尔?K的生活和时代》《男孩》《青春》《夏日》《耻》《凶年纪事》等。两次夺得布克奖,并于2003年荣获诺内尔文学奖。
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J.M.库切的小说以结构精致、对话隽永、思辨深邃为特色……对当下西方文明中浅薄的道德感和残酷的理性主义给予毫不留情的批判。——2003年诺贝尔文学奖授奖词
这部作品包含库切对文字一贯严苛的精确,他有望成为首位三次夺得布克奖的伟大作家。——《观察家》
发人深省的小说,对生活的拷问来自内心深处……轻透行文下饱含层层深意。——《爱尔兰独立报》
库切的寓言,带有卡夫卡的质感……非常吸引人,是库切这十几年来最好的作品。——《每日邮报》
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评分 评分我被库切《耶稣的童年》这本书的题目吸引住了,只是无意中一瞥,但本应该忙于其他工作的我还是立即买了这本书来读。读到三分之一的时候想弃书来着,一种说不清道不明的情绪让我一直读完。本来不太习惯写未形成较成熟想法的书评,但这次破例想先留下一点思考。 我倾向于认为库...
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评分过年两天一口气读完了…不明年纪的老人和小孩踏上了新的大陆…书中景、物都模糊化了,突出来的是几个颇具哲学思辨能力的人。关于妥协…关于循规蹈矩 关于有所“追求” …喜欢库切时不时抛出的对生命、世界形式探索的自问
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评分把David和Jesus比附在一起的努力(building an allegory)就像2+1=3一样是充满风险的。Novilla很像科耶夫设想的末日审判之后的世界:人完美地变成了理性的动物,动物变成了能自由自在/顺应本性进行新陈代谢的机器 ← 似乎是个逆转版本的《宗教大法官》。Jesus-David代表了普遍人性和难以理解的神性的结合,不通过抽象思考而是在物的singularity中发现totality,他和他的家庭是对理性至上的世界的挑战。除了对圣经和堂吉诃德的指涉之外,自传三部曲,慢人,科斯特洛甚至耻里都有JC的童年的影子。
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