The White Tiger

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阿拉文德·阿迪加一九七四年出生于印度海港城市马德拉斯,后移居澳大利亚。毕业后曾任《时代周刊》驻印度通讯记者,并为《金融时报》、《独立报》、《星期日泰晤士报》等英国媒体撰稿。现居孟买。《白老虎》是其处女作。

出版者:Free Press
作者:Aravind Adiga
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页数:276
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出版时间:2008-4-1
价格:GBP 24.00
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9781416562597
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  • 小说 
  • 印度 
  • 外国文学 
  • 英文原版 
  • 原版 
  • 后殖民文学 
  • capitalism 
  • white 
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Introducing a major literary talent, The White Tiger offers a story of coruscating wit, blistering suspense, and questionable morality, told by the most volatile, captivating, and utterly inimitable narrator that this millennium has yet seen. Balram Halwai is a complicated man. Servant. Philosopher. Entrepreneur. Murderer. Over the course of seven nights, by the scattered light of a preposterous chandelier, Balram tells us the terrible and transfixing story of how he came to be a success in life -- having nothing but his own wits to help him along. Born in the dark heart of India, Balram gets a break when he is hired as a driver for his village's wealthiest man, two house Pomeranians (Puddles and Cuddles), and the rich man's (very unlucky) son. From behind the wheel of their Honda City car, Balram's new world is a revelation. While his peers flip through the pages of Murder Weekly ("Love -- Rape -- Revenge!"), barter for girls, drink liquor (Thunderbolt), and perpetuate the Great Rooster Coop of Indian society, Balram watches his employers bribe foreign ministers for tax breaks, barter for girls, drink liquor (single-malt whiskey), and play their own role in the Rooster Coop. Balram learns how to siphon gas, deal with corrupt mechanics, and refill and resell Johnnie Walker Black Label bottles (all but one). He also finds a way out of the Coop that no one else inside it can perceive. Balram's eyes penetrate India as few outsiders can: the cockroaches and the call centers; the prostitutes and the worshippers; the ancient and Internet cultures; the water buffalo and, trapped in so many kinds of cages that escape is (almost) impossible, the white tiger. And with a charisma as undeniable as it is unexpected, Balram teaches us that religion doesn't create virtue, and money doesn't solve every problem -- but decency can still be found in a corrupt world, and you can get what you want out of life if you eavesdrop on the right conversations. Sold in sixteen countries around the world, The White Tiger recalls The Death of Vishnu and Bangkok 8 in ambition, scope, and narrative genius, with a mischief and personality all its own. Amoral, irreverent, deeply endearing, and utterly contemporary, this novel is an international publishing sensation -- and a startling, provocative debut.

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白老虎的困境    书评人:苏七七 书名:《白老虎》 作者:阿拉文德•阿迪加 出版:人民文学2010年4月版      白老虎,就是孟加拉虎。是这个小说的叙事者,巴尔拉姆•哈尔维的自喻。他现在是一个“企业家”——这是他对自己的称呼,他也是一个前茶倌、前司机,与前杀...  

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13年游走印度的时候我一直有不解,跟中国相比那些不收门票的寺庙总是香火极旺当地信徒虔诚敬拜人数极多,可“以XXX神的名义向你保证”却也是商贩们讨价还价的常用语调。比如在瓦拉纳西看宗教仪式,跑过来当导游的小伙子会首先警告你尊重仪式不能拍照,而后会带你到旁边选取一个...

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This is first book I ever read about India, which recommended by a financial theory professor. But I don't think he implies us to follow the strategy of Balram to become an "entrepreneur" by murdering his master, taking possession of his money which suppose...  

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抱着好奇的心开始看这本书,起初对印度北部农村的一些陋习感到好笑,渐渐地,心情变得沉重,透过小说表面戏虐 的描述,我看到的是鸡笼般桎梏人性的压抑,穷苦大众也好,富商也罢,抑或高科技产业的从业人员,无不是生活在鸡笼中,耗费生命和智慧的挣扎。正如小说中提及的人们到...  

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i have been to india many times and stayed there for quite some time. i think i may have a fair view of what india may be like since in china or rest of the world, people may have two sharply contrasting points of view towards india: a giant moving fast wit...  

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I f***ing like black humour!! Weirdly, miss India even more while reading. The country fucked up.

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这是我所读过的,关于印度的,最真实最辛辣也最深刻的小说。虽然明知道这种政治题材不可能在国内引进,我还是非常非常希望能够翻译这本书。最近看《浮生一日》,看《巴别塔》,看《白老虎》,都让我哭让我笑,让我良心不得安宁。说什么各扫自家门前雪,一个人的享乐,背后永远是一群人在受折磨。

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worth reading

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这是我所读过的,关于印度的,最真实最辛辣也最深刻的小说。虽然明知道这种政治题材不可能在国内引进,我还是非常非常希望能够翻译这本书。最近看《浮生一日》,看《巴别塔》,看《白老虎》,都让我哭让我笑,让我良心不得安宁。说什么各扫自家门前雪,一个人的享乐,背后永远是一群人在受折磨。

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Chindia!!! 印度社会描写真是入了骨,把中国放在一起更有意思了

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