 
			 
				England, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country's most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents in Old Shanghai when he was a small boy. Now, as the world lurches towards total war, Banks realizes that the time has come for him ... more »to return to the city of his childhood and at last solve the mystery - that only by doing so will the world be saved from the approaching catastrophe.
Moving between London and Shanghai of the inter-war years, When We Were Orphans is a story of remembrance, deception and the longing for home; of a childhood vision of the world surviving deep into adulthood, indelibly shaping and distorting a person's life.
石黑一雄,日裔英国小说家,1954年生于日本长崎,与奈保尔、拉什迪并称为“英国文坛移民三雄”。石黑一雄的作品并不多,但几乎每部作品都获得重要的文学奖项:《远山淡影》获温尼弗雷德•霍尔比纪念奖,《浮世画家》获惠特布莱德年度最佳小说奖,《长日将尽》获布克奖,《无可慰藉》获切尔特纳姆文学艺术奖,《浮世画家》《我辈孤雏》和《莫失莫忘》均入围布克奖决选名单;1995年英女王授予石黑一雄文学领域的大英帝国勋章,1998年获法国文学艺术骑士勋章,2017年因“以其巨大的情感力量,发掘了隐藏在我们与世界的虚幻联系之下的深渊”而获诺贝尔文学奖。
这部作品,作者充分展示了他的隐喻技巧。以讲故事见长的石黑一雄,在这部作品中先是将一个具有完整轮廓的故事打碎成记忆的残片,再将隐喻赋予到人物,情节和对白上,使故事不再只是一个简单的故事,而是时时刻刻具有强烈的精神指向。故事的一根主线推动所有表面碎片的情节向前...
评分正值考研失败,感受着努力未曾得到回报的痛苦。连着去了四天的校招,越来越迷茫、越来越不甘。我和别人说,不用担心,我有给自己做好心理建设,考研失败了嘛就找工作啊,又不是只有一条路。我可以找个普通工作,朝九晚五,给自己做饭、整理屋子、读读书、周末和朋友逛街小聚、...
评分 评分《我辈孤雏》是我看的第四本石黑一雄小说。看到80%,我已经抑制不住吐槽的冲动了,等看完连吐槽的兴趣都没有了。 故事如下:一个英国小孩生活在上海租界,与邻居日本小孩是朋友。一天,他爸跟情妇跑了,但他认为他爸是为了反抗帝国主义霸权被绑架了。又过了一阵,他妈妈被一个...
评分《我辈孤雏》是我看的第四本石黑一雄小说。看到80%,我已经抑制不住吐槽的冲动了,等看完连吐槽的兴趣都没有了。 故事如下:一个英国小孩生活在上海租界,与邻居日本小孩是朋友。一天,他爸跟情妇跑了,但他认为他爸是为了反抗帝国主义霸权被绑架了。又过了一阵,他妈妈被一个...
Smacked into the materialism of the world of adulthood when still in the romanticism of early life. Solipsism, was it the word that would justifiably describe C. B.'s psychological status the moment he landed in Shanghai after eighteen years?
评分Smacked into the materialism of the world of adulthood when still in the romanticism of early life. Solipsism, was it the word that would justifiably describe C. B.'s psychological status the moment he landed in Shanghai after eighteen years?
评分Smacked into the materialism of the world of adulthood when still in the romanticism of early life. Solipsism, was it the word that would justifiably describe C. B.'s psychological status the moment he landed in Shanghai after eighteen years?
评分Smacked into the materialism of the world of adulthood when still in the romanticism of early life. Solipsism, was it the word that would justifiably describe C. B.'s psychological status the moment he landed in Shanghai after eighteen years?
评分Smacked into the materialism of the world of adulthood when still in the romanticism of early life. Solipsism, was it the word that would justifiably describe C. B.'s psychological status the moment he landed in Shanghai after eighteen years?
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