Behind the Beautiful Forevers：Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity

图书标准信息

• 作者 Katherine Boo 著
• 出版社 Random House
• 出版时间 2012-02
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781400067558
• 定价 308.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Pleasenotethepagesonthisbookhavebeenproducedwithbevelledorroughedgetocreateanoldstylelook.Thepublisherhasdeliberatelychosentoproducethebookthisway.FromPulitzerPrize-winnerKatherineBoo,alandmarkworkofnarrativenonfictionthattellsthedramaticandsometimesheartbreakingstoryoffamiliesstrivingtowardabetterlifeinoneofthetwenty-firstcentury'sgreat,unequalcities.Inthisbrilliantlywritten,fast-pacedbook,basedonthreeyearsofuncompromisingreporting,abewilderingageofglobalchangeandinequalityismadehuman.AnnawadiisamakeshiftsettlementintheshadowofluxuryhotelsneartheMumbaiairport,andasIndiastartstoprosper,Annawadiansareelectricwithhope.Abdul,areflectiveandenterprisingMuslimteenager,sees"afortunebeyondcounting"intherecyclablegarbagethatricherpeoplethrowaway.Asha,awomanofformidablewitanddeepscarsfromachildhoodinruralpoverty,hasidentifiedanalternateroutetothemiddleclass:politicalcorruption.Withalittleluck,hersensitive,beautifuldaughter--Annawadi's"most-everythinggirl"--willsoonbecomeitsfirstfemalecollegegraduate.AndeventhepoorestAnnawadians,likeKalu,afifteen-year-oldscrap-metalthief,believethemselvesinchingclosertothegoodlivesandgoodtimestheycall"thefullenjoy."ButthenAbdulthegarbagesorterisfalselyaccusedinashockingtragedy;terrorandaglobalrecessionrockthecity;andsuppressedtensionsoverreligion,caste,sex,powerandeconomicenvyturnbrutal.Asthetenderestindividualhopesintersectwiththegreatestglobaltruths,thetruecontoursofacompetitiveagearerevealed.Andso,too,aretheimaginationsandcourageofthepeopleofAnnawadi.Withintelligence,humor,anddeepinsightintowhatconnectshumanbeingstooneanotherinaneraoftumultuouschange,"BehindtheBeautifulForevers"carriesthereaderheadlongintooneofthetwenty-firstcentury'shiddenworlds,andintothelivesofpeopleimpossibletoforget.

【作者简介】

KatherineBooisastaffwriteratTheNewYorkerandaformerreporterandeditorforTheWashingtonPost.HerreportinghasbeenawardedaPulitzerPrize,aMacArthur“Genius”grant,andaNationalMagazineAwardforFeatureWriting.Forthelastdecade,shehasdividedhertimebetweentheUnitedStatesandIndia.Thisisherfirstbook.