Once On A Moonless Night

图书标准信息

• 作者 Dai Sijie 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 2010-01
• ISBN 9780099521327
• 定价 83.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Comprisingancienttextsandfables,storieswithinstories,andayoungman’sdesperatesearchforhisfather’slegacy,thisbeguilingtale,bythebestsellingauthorofBalzacandtheLittleChineseSeamstress,hastheenigmaticmysteryofEco'sTheNameoftheRose,withthetendernessofthefilm,LostinTranslation.Description:AyoungFrenchwomaninPekinginthelate1970sinterpretsbetweenChineseprofessorsandBertolucciforhisfilmTheLastEmperor.Afterwards,shefollowsadisgruntledoldprofessorwhotellsheraboutatextbelievedtobetakendirectlyfromBuddha’steachingsandinscribedonsilkclothcenturiesago.Itwaswritteninanow-deadlanguagecalledTumchooq(coincidentally,thenameofayoungChinesemanshehasjustmet),sobeautifulinitssimplicityitisalmostimpossibletorenderaccuratelyintranslation.Puyi,thelastemperorandlastownerofthisrelic,allegedlytorethesilkintwowithhisteethwhilebeingflowntoManchuriabytheJapanese,andthrewthefragmentsfromtheplane.Onlyhalfofthemutilatedmanuscriptwasrecovered,andthereader,likethenarrator,mustwaittilltheendofthenoveltodiscovertherest.Whenthecompletetextisfinallypiecedtogether,itsmessageisdevastatinglysimple,andallthemorepoignantbecauseithastakensuchsacrificeandefforttodecipher.AuthorBiography:BorninChinain1954,DaiSijieisafilmmakerandnovelist,wholeftChinain1984forFrancewherehenowlivesandworks.Heistheauthoroftheinternationalbestseller,BalzacandtheChineseSeamstress(shortlistedfortheIndependentForeignFictionprize),whichhemadeintoafilm,andofMrMuo'sTravellingCouch(winnerofthePrixFemina).

【作者简介】

BorninChinain1954,DaiSijieisafilmmakerandnovelist,wholeftChinain1984forFrancewherehenowlivesandworks.Heistheauthoroftheinternationalbestseller,BalzacandtheChineseSeamstress(shortlistedfortheIndependentForeignFictionprize),whichhemadeintoafilm,andofMrMuo'sTravellingCouch(winnerofthePrixFemina).