After crossing oceans, a man and a boy arrive in a new land. Here they are each assigned a name and an age, and held in a camp in the desert while they learn Spanish, the language of their new country. As Simon and David they make their way to the relocation centre in the city of Novilla, where officialdom treats them politely but not necessarily helpfully.
Simon finds a job in a grain wharf. The work is unfamiliar and backbreaking, but he soon warms to his stevedore comrades, who during breaks conduct philosophical dialogues on the dignity of labour, and generally take him to their hearts.
Now he must set about his task of locating the boy's mother. Though like everyone else who arrives in this new country he seems to be washed clean of all traces of memory, he is convinced he will know her when he sees her. And indeed, while walking with the boy in the countryside Simon catches sight of a woman he is certain is the mother, and persuades her to assume the role.
David's new mother comes to realise that he is an exceptional child, a bright, dreamy boy with highly unusual ideas about the world. But the school authorities detect a rebellious streak in him and insist he be sent to a special school far away. His mother refuses to yield him up, and it is Simon who must drive the car as the trio flees across the mountains.
The Childhood of Jesus is a profound, beautiful and continually surprising novel from a very great writer.
J.M.库切,当代作家,文学大师,史上获得最多文学奖项的作家之一,1940年生于南非开普敦。作品包括《等待野蛮人》《迈克尔?K的生活和时代》《男孩》《青春》《夏日》《耻》《凶年纪事》等。两次夺得布克奖,并于2003年荣获诺内尔文学奖。
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J.M.库切的小说以结构精致、对话隽永、思辨深邃为特色……对当下西方文明中浅薄的道德感和残酷的理性主义给予毫不留情的批判。——2003年诺贝尔文学奖授奖词
这部作品包含库切对文字一贯严苛的精确,他有望成为首位三次夺得布克奖的伟大作家。——《观察家》
发人深省的小说,对生活的拷问来自内心深处……轻透行文下饱含层层深意。——《爱尔兰独立报》
库切的寓言,带有卡夫卡的质感……非常吸引人,是库切这十几年来最好的作品。——《每日邮报》
库切一直是小说创作者里的魔术师,因其作品在风格上几乎就从来没有过自我复制。《等待野蛮人》通过一个虚构帝国的老年行政长官背叛国家的军事目的和自身职责,绝漠出塞,帮助一个因军事袭击而后遭受刑讯致残的野蛮人女孩,找回其所属的游牧部落及对应的文化身份的寓言,呈现多...
评分库切暮年之作,创深巨痛。以寓言之风格,强行携入哲学、宗教之思考,因此,码头上的工人,无不高谈哲学也。故事的核心是幼年大卫,他不知从何而来,不知父母是谁,却具有神秘的魔力,将一切的人物吸引到他的身边。大卫完全沉浸在自己的世界里,他那独特的世界观,显然是对实用...
评分这本书的作者库切是2003年的诺贝尔文学奖得主。库切本身是南非人,在上世纪六十年代初移居英国,后在2002年移居澳大利亚,加入澳洲籍。库切的这本《耶稣的童年》是他探讨新移民问题的‘耶稣三部曲’的第一部。其实我们了解到作者自身不断移民经历的历史可以理解他对这种移民问...
评分库切一直是小说创作者里的魔术师,因其作品在风格上几乎就从来没有过自我复制。《等待野蛮人》通过一个虚构帝国的老年行政长官背叛国家的军事目的和自身职责,绝漠出塞,帮助一个因军事袭击而后遭受刑讯致残的野蛮人女孩,找回其所属的游牧部落及对应的文化身份的寓言,呈现多...
评分他和她。 一个是贫家子弟,一个是娇宠千金。一个瘦瘦高高,皮肤黝黑;一个弱不禁风,面色白皙。 他们操着各自县城的乡音,不约而同地来到了北京。 某一天,在后海的一家小酒吧里,他和她相遇了。他独自一人,她身边也无伴。 “一个人啊?” “你不也是么?” 他俩尝试用...
以为看到现在已经完全掌握了库切,以为再读只是加深理解,不会再遇到完全未知的领域,但这本书就像Giovanni Bellini的Sacred Allegory -- inexplicable, disturbing, not of this world.
评分以为看到现在已经完全掌握了库切,以为再读只是加深理解,不会再遇到完全未知的领域,但这本书就像Giovanni Bellini的Sacred Allegory -- inexplicable, disturbing, not of this world.
评分啊真是大写的Boring……Done with 库切。
评分啊真是大写的Boring……Done with 库切。
评分怎么会有库切这样这么适合我的作家
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