圖書標籤: 英文 小說 美國 移民 非洲 政治文學 埃塞 Mengestu
发表于2024-11-24
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
A literary debut hailed by The New York Times Book Review as "a great American novel." Awards Include: Finalist for the Young Lions Fiction Award Finalist for the "Los Angeles Times" Book Prize for First Fiction Winner of the Guardian First Book Prize "New York Times" Notable Book Winner of the National Book Foundation's a5 Under 35a Award Recipient of a Lannan Literary Fellowship Winner of the Prix du Premier Roman Named the Seattle Reads Selection of 2008 Seventeen years ago, Sepha Stephanos fled the Ethiopian Revolution for a new start in the United States. Now he finds himself running a failing grocery store in a poor African-American section of Washington, D.C., his only companions two fellow African immigrants who share his bitter nostalgia and longing for his home continent. Years ago and worlds away Sepha could never have imagined a life of such isolation. As his environment begins to change, hope comes in the form of a friendship with new neighbors Judith and Naomi, a white woman and her biracial daughter. But when a series of racial incidents disturbs the community, Sepha may lose everything all over again.
一個埃塞移民的“美國夢”故事,在異國他鄉,仇恨、恐懼和孤獨都化為虛無,隻有愛和希望的影子在破敗的街角忽隱忽現。很容易跟去年大熱的 Americanah聯係起來,主角都是高度自覺和敏感的非洲知識分子,隻不過有性彆差異:他們都在不斷地奮鬥、經曆挫摺、自我懷疑,他們都嘗試去融入、去理解、去愛,但這一本明顯比Americanah更現實,更悲觀。
評分一個埃塞移民的“美國夢”故事,在異國他鄉,仇恨、恐懼和孤獨都化為虛無,隻有愛和希望的影子在破敗的街角忽隱忽現。很容易跟去年大熱的 Americanah聯係起來,主角都是高度自覺和敏感的非洲知識分子,隻不過有性彆差異:他們都在不斷地奮鬥、經曆挫摺、自我懷疑,他們都嘗試去融入、去理解、去愛,但這一本明顯比Americanah更現實,更悲觀。
評分Flow很棒描寫很細緻。
評分一個埃塞移民的“美國夢”故事,在異國他鄉,仇恨、恐懼和孤獨都化為虛無,隻有愛和希望的影子在破敗的街角忽隱忽現。很容易跟去年大熱的 Americanah聯係起來,主角都是高度自覺和敏感的非洲知識分子,隻不過有性彆差異:他們都在不斷地奮鬥、經曆挫摺、自我懷疑,他們都嘗試去融入、去理解、去愛,但這一本明顯比Americanah更現實,更悲觀。
評分subtle 但是同一本書涉及話題太多 American Dreams, dislocation, gentrification, racism, social class看的有點雜
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024