Miguel Street

图书标准信息

• 作者 V.S. Naipaul 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2011-11
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780375713873
• 定价 112.10元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 224页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Vintage International

【内容简介】

“AstrangercoulddrivethroughMiguelStreetandjustsay‘Slum!’becausehecouldseenomore.”ButtoitsresidentsthisderelictcornerofTrinidad’scapitalisacompleteworld,whereeverybodyisquitedifferentfromeverybodyelse.There’sPopothecarpenter,whoneglectshislivelihoodtobuild“thethingwithoutaname.”There’sMan-man,whogoesfromrunningforpublicofficetostaginghisowncrucifixion,andthedreadedBigFoot,thebullywithglasstearducts.There’sthelovelyMrs.Hereira,inthralltohermonstroushusband.Inthistender,funnyearlynovel,V.S.Naipaulrenderstheirlives(andthelegendstheirneighborsconstructaroundthem)withDickensianverveandChekhoviancompassion.
SetduringWorldWarIIandnarratedbyanunnamed–butprecociouslyobservant–neighborhoodboy,MiguelStreetisaworkofmercurialmoodshifts,byturnssweetlymelancholyandanarchicallyfunny.Itoverflowswithlifeoneverypage.

【作者简介】

V.S.NaipaulwasborninTrinidadin1932.HewenttoEnglandonascholarshipin1950.AfterfouryearsatOxfordhebegantowrite,andsincethenhehasfollowednootherprofession.Heistheauthorofmorethantwentybooksoffictionandnonfictionandtherecipientofnumeroushonors,includingtheNobelPrizein2001,theBookerPrizein1971,andaknighthoodforservicestoliteraturein1990.HelivesinWiltshire,England.

【目录】

1  BOGART

2  THE THING WITHOUT A NAME

3  GEORGE AND THE PINK HOUSE

4  HIS CHOSEN CALLING

5  MAN-MAN

6　B.WORDSWORTH

7　THE COWARD

8  THE PYROTECHNICIST

9  TITUS HOYT I.A.

1O  THE MATERNAL INSTINCT

11  THE BLUE CART

12  LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, ALONE

13 THE MECHANICAL GENIUS

14 CAUTION

I5  UNTIL THE SOLDIERS CAME

16　HAT

17　HOW I LEFT MIGUEL STREET