2. White Teeth, By Zadie Smith
《白牙》,作者:查蒂·史密斯
Treating a broad sweep of British post-war history,White Teeth deals with the issues of London's immigrant population and their often conflicting desires to both assimilate and preserve their indigenous cultural identities. In an inimitable style that is now painfully funny, now heartrending, Smith also satirises the British middle and working classes while writing sensitively on such social issues as the generation gap in immigrant families, and even religious fundamentalism. A must-read for those seeking to know more about the diversity of Britain's cities.
《白牙》以二战后的英国历史为背景,探寻了伦敦移民的困难境遇,他们陷入了既渴望融入英国社会、又想保留自己祖国文化的矛盾当中。Smith用一种笑中带泪的独特方式,讽刺了英国的中产阶级和工人阶级,同时还用细致入微的笔触描写了一些社会问题,例如移民家庭内部的代沟、宗教原教旨主义等等。如果你想了解英国城市中的多元文化,这是你的必读之物。
3. Porterhouse Blue, Tom Sharpe
《Porterhouse Blue》,作者:汤姆·夏普
Whether you're looking to throw yourself bodily into life at Britain's most traditional educational institutions, or searching for a stick to beat them with, look no further than Tom Sharpe's rip-roaring parody of life at the fictional Cambridge college, Porterhouse. Crippled by the need to adhere to its own traditions, Porterhouse is thrown into disarray when the College Master dies before naming his successor; meanwhile, research student Lionel Zipser's desperation to keep a lid on his attraction to his maid leads him through a series of preposterous plotlines towards a hilarious finale. A taste at the cordon bleu end of fine British humour.
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