Miguel Street

Miguel Street

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作者: V.S. Naipaul 著

出版社: Random House US

出版时间: 2011-11

版次: 1

ISBN: 9780375713873

定价: 112.10

装帧: 平装

开本: 32开

纸张: 胶版纸

页数: 224页

正文语种: 英语

丛书: Vintage International

分类: 外文古旧书>英文书>文学

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“AstrangercoulddrivethroughMiguelStreetandjustsay‘Slum!’becausehecouldseenomore.”ButtoitsresidentsthisderelictcornerofTrinidad’scapitalisacompleteworld,whereeverybodyisquitedifferentfromeverybodyelse.There’sPopothecarpenter,whoneglectshislivelihoodtobuild“thethingwithoutaname.”There’sMan-man,whogoesfromrunningforpublicofficetostaginghisowncrucifixion,andthedreadedBigFoot,thebullywithglasstearducts.There’sthelovelyMrs.Hereira,inthralltohermonstroushusband.Inthistender,funnyearlynovel,V.S.Naipaulrenderstheirlives(andthelegendstheirneighborsconstructaroundthem)withDickensianverveandChekhoviancompassion.
SetduringWorldWarIIandnarratedbyanunnamed–butprecociouslyobservant–neighborhoodboy,MiguelStreetisaworkofmercurialmoodshifts,byturnssweetlymelancholyandanarchicallyfunny.Itoverflowswithlifeoneverypage. V.S.NaipaulwasborninTrinidadin1932.HewenttoEnglandonascholarshipin1950.AfterfouryearsatOxfordhebegantowrite,andsincethenhehasfollowednootherprofession.Heistheauthorofmorethantwentybooksoffictionandnonfictionandtherecipientofnumeroushonors,includingtheNobelPrizein2001,theBookerPrizein1971,andaknighthoodforservicestoliteraturein1990.HelivesinWiltshire,England. 1  BOGART

2  THE THING WITHOUT A NAME

3  GEORGE AND THE PINK HOUSE

4  HIS CHOSEN CALLING

5  MAN-MAN

6　B.WORDSWORTH

7　THE COWARD

8  THE PYROTECHNICIST

9  TITUS HOYT I.A.

1O  THE MATERNAL INSTINCT

11  THE BLUE CART

12  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, ALONE

13 THE MECHANICAL GENIUS

14 CAUTION

I5  UNTIL THE SOLDIERS CAME

16　HAT

17　HOW I LEFT MIGUEL STREET
内容简介:
“AstrangercoulddrivethroughMiguelStreetandjustsay‘Slum!’becausehecouldseenomore.”ButtoitsresidentsthisderelictcornerofTrinidad’scapitalisacompleteworld,whereeverybodyisquitedifferentfromeverybodyelse.There’sPopothecarpenter,whoneglectshislivelihoodtobuild“thethingwithoutaname.”There’sMan-man,whogoesfromrunningforpublicofficetostaginghisowncrucifixion,andthedreadedBigFoot,thebullywithglasstearducts.There’sthelovelyMrs.Hereira,inthralltohermonstroushusband.Inthistender,funnyearlynovel,V.S.Naipaulrenderstheirlives(andthelegendstheirneighborsconstructaroundthem)withDickensianverveandChekhoviancompassion.
SetduringWorldWarIIandnarratedbyanunnamed–butprecociouslyobservant–neighborhoodboy,MiguelStreetisaworkofmercurialmoodshifts,byturnssweetlymelancholyandanarchicallyfunny.Itoverflowswithlifeoneverypage.
作者简介:
V.S.NaipaulwasborninTrinidadin1932.HewenttoEnglandonascholarshipin1950.AfterfouryearsatOxfordhebegantowrite,andsincethenhehasfollowednootherprofession.Heistheauthorofmorethantwentybooksoffictionandnonfictionandtherecipientofnumeroushonors,includingtheNobelPrizein2001,theBookerPrizein1971,andaknighthoodforservicestoliteraturein1990.HelivesinWiltshire,England.
目录:
1  BOGART

2  THE THING WITHOUT A NAME

3  GEORGE AND THE PINK HOUSE

4  HIS CHOSEN CALLING

5  MAN-MAN

6　B.WORDSWORTH

7　THE COWARD

8  THE PYROTECHNICIST

9  TITUS HOYT I.A.

1O  THE MATERNAL INSTINCT

11  THE BLUE CART

12  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, ALONE

13 THE MECHANICAL GENIUS

14 CAUTION

I5  UNTIL THE SOLDIERS CAME

16　HAT

17　HOW I LEFT MIGUEL STREET

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