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发表于2025-03-14
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Balram Halwai is the White Tiger - the smartest boy in his village. His family is too poor for him to afford for him to finish school and he has to work in a teashop, breaking coals and wiping tables. But Balram gets his break when a rich man hires him as a chauffeur, and takes him to live in Delhi. The city is a revelation. As he drives his master to shopping malls and call centres, Balram becomes increasingly aware of immense wealth and opportunity all around him, while knowing that he will never be able to gain access to that world. As Balram broods over his situation, he realizes that there is only one way he can become part of this glamorous new India - by murdering his master."The White Tiger" presents a raw and unromanticised India, both thrilling and shocking - from the desperate, almost lawless villages along the Ganges, to the booming Wild South of Bangalore and its technology and outsourcing centres. The first-person confession of a murderer, "The White Tiger" is as compelling for its subject matter as for the voice of its narrator - amoral, cynical, unrepentant, yet deeply endearing.
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。
不可能通过一部小说就了解印度,不过这一本绝对值得推荐为了解印度社会的第一本书。作者对印度社会仆役关系和阶级冲突的形成,套用在主人公生存、挣扎和最后逃离的故事中。小说没有直接的批判这种根深蒂固的文化,但第一人称的无奈叙述语气,目的是为了让读者产生共鸣还是主人公的真实想法呢,大家见仁见智。读完此书,算是能稍微理解印度人狡猾奸诈的由来,这不是天性,还是由于社会和宗教本身的压力束缚造成的。就好像作者在书里比喻的,对那些土生土长的印度人来说,没有人敢做挣脱牢笼,成为一只白老虎。
评分I was looking for the key for years, but the door was always open.
评分不可能通过一部小说就了解印度,不过这一本绝对值得推荐为了解印度社会的第一本书。作者对印度社会仆役关系和阶级冲突的形成,套用在主人公生存、挣扎和最后逃离的故事中。小说没有直接的批判这种根深蒂固的文化,但第一人称的无奈叙述语气,目的是为了让读者产生共鸣还是主人公的真实想法呢,大家见仁见智。读完此书,算是能稍微理解印度人狡猾奸诈的由来,这不是天性,还是由于社会和宗教本身的压力束缚造成的。就好像作者在书里比喻的,对那些土生土长的印度人来说,没有人敢做挣脱牢笼,成为一只白老虎。
评分拖拖拉拉,到了康提才二刷完毕,和上次读一样我更感兴趣主仆之间的张力,Balram谋杀的时候,镜头回闪幼时和父亲玩耍抚摸身体的情景,让人有"弑父"的联想。
评分拖拖拉拉,到了康提才二刷完毕,和上次读一样我更感兴趣主仆之间的张力,Balram谋杀的时候,镜头回闪幼时和父亲玩耍抚摸身体的情景,让人有"弑父"的联想。
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...
评分开始读者本书的时候,是因为“企业家”“温总理”这几个词语而读的,其实全然无关。但是这本书并没有因此而让我失望。整本书虽然是断断续续一个礼拜才看完的,但是看得很顺。虽然书里面尽写了一些“种姓制度”“奴仆关系”“贫富差距”“政治黑暗”等等,但,真的,印度比想象...
评分吃人么? 就是这样的现实。 能让人忍俊不禁看完的现实。 作者笔下形容的黑色的蛋,包不住所有人,总会有只金黄的鸟,冲破蛋壳,用碎片,释放自己。 印度有牛,有人,有牛人,有神。 只是,想到咱中国, 中国的老虎已经绝种了吧,笼子外面的,只有跳跳虎在卖萌
评分《白老虎》是一本非常特别的小说,曾一度让我误以为是政治性的书信体作品,因为它的封面语为:一位印度企业家写给中国总理的信。结果读过之后,发现真乃大错特错,事实上这是一本诙谐幽默风趣的虚构小说,当然虚中也有实,而它的独到之处,恰恰就在于书信体的设定上。 ...
评分吃人么? 就是这样的现实。 能让人忍俊不禁看完的现实。 作者笔下形容的黑色的蛋,包不住所有人,总会有只金黄的鸟,冲破蛋壳,用碎片,释放自己。 印度有牛,有人,有牛人,有神。 只是,想到咱中国, 中国的老虎已经绝种了吧,笼子外面的,只有跳跳虎在卖萌
The White Tiger pdf epub mobi txt 电子书 下载 2025