Imaginary Homelands：Essays and Criticism 1981-1991

图书标准信息

• 作者 Salman Rushdie 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1992-05
• ISBN 9780140140361
• 定价 134.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 439页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ThefirstbookonAIDStobewritenfromthepointofviewofagayman'sheterosexualsister.Andwhatwritingitis!"Themarkofagoodwriteristhatwhensheinvitesyoutotakeatripwithher,youdonothesitate,"wrotePhyllisTherouxaboutBarbaraLazearAscher,andthetripMs.Aschertakesusonistothelandofgrief.Itisahero'sjourney,shesays,onethatmustbemadealone,yethers,asanyone's,isalsouniversal.Gowithher,andshewillleadyounotonlyintodanger,buttoasaferesolution,asafereturn.TheimpetusforMs.Ascher'stripwasthedeathofherbrotherBobbyatagethirty-one.A"wildthing,"brilliantandunpredictable,hefoundhappinessinNewOrleanswithapermanentloverandinasocietythatwelcomedhimandlovedhim.HewasoftenalientoMs.Ascher,andoneofthegloriesofthisbookisherself-appraisalabouttherelationship,hercomingtotermswiththeirdifferenceswhilemaintainingherlove.Indeed,herportraitofhimrevealsbothhowdifficultandlovablehewas.Lyrical,impassioned,vivid,movingasfewbookshavetheabilitytomove,LandscapeWithoutGravityisawonderfulwriter'smostdeeplyfeltwork.Itisoneofthemostbeautifulbooksyouwilleverread.Inthisimpassionedandbeautifullywrittenaccount,onewomansharesherinspiringjourneythroughmourningtotheacceptanceofherbrother'sdeath.Thisboldmemoiralsoprovidesaroadmapforreadersexperiencingloss--especiallyhelpfultobrothersandsisters.

【作者简介】

BorninBombayin1947,SalmanRushdieistheauthorofsixnovels,includingGrimus,Shame,TheSatanicVerses,TheMoor'sLastSigh,andTheGroundBeneathHerFeet,andavolumeofessays,ImaginaryHomelands.HisnumerousliteraryprizesincludetheBookerPrizeforMidnight'sChildrenandtheWhitbreadPrizeforTheSatanicVerses.