Miguel Street
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
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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
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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.
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作者简介:
V.S.NaipaulwasborninTrinidadin1932.HewenttoEnglandonascholarshipin1950.AfterfouryearsatOxfordhebegantowrite,andsincethenhehasfollowednootherprofession.Heistheauthorofmorethantwentybooksoffictionandnonfictionandtherecipientofnumeroushonors,includingtheNobelPrizein2001,theBookerPrizein1971,andaknighthoodforservicestoliteraturein1990.HelivesinWiltshire,England.
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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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