Gweilo：Memories of a Hong Kong Childhood

图书标准信息

• 作者 Martin Booth（马丁·布斯） 著
• 出版社 Bantam Press
• 出版时间 2005-08
• ISBN 9780553816723
• 定价 107.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 269页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

MartinBoothdiedinFebruary2004,shortlyafterfinishingthebookthatwouldbehisepitaph--thiswonderfullyremembered,beautifullytoldmemoirofachildhoodlivedtothefullinafar-flungoutpostoftheBritishEmpire...

Aninquisitiveseven-year-old,MartinBoothfoundhimselfwiththewholeofHongKongathisfeetwhenhisfatherwaspostedthereintheearly1950s.UnrestrictedbyparentalcontrolandblessedwithbrightblondhairthatsignifiedgoodlucktotheChinese,hehadfreeaccesstohiddencornersofthecolonynormallyclosedtoaGweilo,a'palefellow'likehim.Befriendingrickshawcooliesandlocalstallholders,helearntCantonese,sampleddelicaciessuchasboiledwaterbeetlesandone-hundred-year-oldeggs,andparticipatedincolourfulfestivals.HeevenenteredtheforbiddenKowloonWalledCity,wanderedintothesecretlairoftheTriadsandvisitedanopiumden.Alongthewayheencounteredacolourfularrayofpeople,fromtheplinkplonkmanwithhisdancingmonkeytoNagasakiJim,adrunkenchildmolester,andtheQueenofKowloon,thecrazedtrampwhomayhavebeenamemberoftheRomanovfamily.

Shadowedbytheunhappinessofhiswarringparents,abroad-mindedmotherwho,likeherson,waskeentoembraceallthingsChinese,andabigotedfatherwhowasenragedbyhisfamily'sinterestin'goingnative',MartinBooth'scompellingmemoirisajourneyintoChinesecultureandanextinctcolonialwayoflifethatglowswithinfectiouscuriosityandhumour.

【作者简介】

MartinBoothisinternationallyknownasawriterandbiographer.Anacclaimednovelist,hisTheIndustryofSoulswasshortlistedfortheBookerPrizein1998.Whenhewasdiagnosedwithabraintumourin2002hewasinspiredtodelveintohisHongKongchildhoodandwriteGweilo.HediedinFebruary2004,shortlyaftercompletingthemanuscript.