尼克•华奎因 《有两个肚脐的女人和热带哥特故事集》

For the centenary of his birth comes the first US publication of a compilation of work from Filipino writer Nick Joaquin, including his best-known stories and the 1966 play A Portrait of the Artist as Filipino. Joaquin's writing is laced with references to his country's colonial history, Catholicism and pre-Christian rituals. The “two navels” in the title story refer to symbolic ties to Spanish and American colonial periods. (The once-heroic father in the story, who chooses exile in Hong Kong over American occupation, is overcome with despair when he finds his ancestral house in Dinondo destroyed.) May Day Eve and The Summer Solstice dramatise the lure of pagan celebrations (in the latter, Dona Lupe is transformed after joining dancing village women: “her eyes brimmed with moonlight, and her mouth with laughter”). (Credit: Penguin)

在华奎因诞辰一百年的时候，美国第一次出版了菲律宾作家尼克•华奎因的作品集，其中包括一些知名的小说以及1966年出版的剧本《作为菲律宾人的艺术家肖像》。华奎因在写作时会融入自己国家的殖民历史、天主教和基督教诞生以前的礼制仪式。小说书名里的“两个肚脐”象征着西班牙和美国殖民时期的关系。 Lesley NnekaArimah, What It Means When a Man Falls from the Sky

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