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》
在库切的作品列里,《耶稣的童年》显得十分正单纯。这种单纯源于舍去了许多眼花缭乱的叙事技巧,同样更深层的缘由在于库切对干净洗练的语言不动声色地把握。回想一下移民澳洲后库切完成的作品,《凶年纪事》中那种议论与虚构文体的杂糅,自传性作品《夏日》中以旁观者的身份书...
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评分在库切的作品列里,《耶稣的童年》显得十分正单纯。这种单纯源于舍去了许多眼花缭乱的叙事技巧,同样更深层的缘由在于库切对干净洗练的语言不动声色地把握。回想一下移民澳洲后库切完成的作品,《凶年纪事》中那种议论与虚构文体的杂糅,自传性作品《夏日》中以旁观者的身份书...
评分我被库切《耶稣的童年》这本书的题目吸引住了,只是无意中一瞥,但本应该忙于其他工作的我还是立即买了这本书来读。读到三分之一的时候想弃书来着,一种说不清道不明的情绪让我一直读完。本来不太习惯写未形成较成熟想法的书评,但这次破例想先留下一点思考。 我倾向于认为库...
依旧是后殖民主义,书中不乏哲学性的讨论却很是单薄,另外琐碎的写法和日常的描绘也让人提不起阅读的激情。这本书没有抓住我,反而让我想起当年高考的课题——belonging......(°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥﹏°̥̥̥̥̥̥̥̥)
评分天堂说西班牙 -- 库切最近出的"Jesus"三部曲的最后一部The Death of Jesus最先发行的也不是英语而是西班牙语版。这种小说超世的仙气,最近还是在李翊云的Where Reasons End 里才读到。
评分库切一贯的冷峻简练。不妨看做一个关于乌托邦的思想实验,阔大而精密。
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.
评分这是一个抛去了装饰、不乐于前进的城市,没有目的,没有贪婪,只有善意,秩序,随遇而安,清心寡欲。(难道就没有那么一点,让人向往吗?)可是异乡人西蒙无法洗净身上的记忆与本性与颜色,童年大卫也无法屈服于公用的语言、公用的规范。语言在孩子口中回到了初始的、混沌的、自创的、未经调和的、无需臣服的状态,满嘴跑火车的“妄想”也让不同人眼中的现实的裂缝得到审视。但是对规范的质疑、拒绝承认也意味着隔离、驱逐。书的开头说「Here as opposed to where? There is nowhere else to be but here.」而书的结尾变成了「That's all. Looking for somewhere to stay, to start our new life.」不振奋人心吗?
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