作为伊拉克战争的退役兵,鲍尔斯在他第一部印象小说中再现了战争的冲突。小说讲述了两名年轻士兵的故事,他们密切相连却又渐行渐远,其中一人甚至难以适应回家以后的生活。小说再现了战争的混乱,叙述片段化,时空交错跳跃。不过小说行文干净纯粹,而且鲍尔斯还留下一个引人遐思的谜团:故事叙述者的朋友究竟是怎么死的呢?
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BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS
Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity.
By Katherine Boo.
《永恒美丽的背后:孟买地下城的生命、死亡与希望》 作者:凯瑟琳·布
This National Book Award-winning study of life in Annawadi, a Mumbai slum, is marked by reporting so rigorous it recalls the muckrakers, and characters so rich they evoke Dickens. The slum dwellers have a skillful and empathetic chronicler in Boo, who depicts them in all their humanity and ruthless, resourceful glory.
这份荣获国家图书奖的报告记录了孟买贫民窟Annawadi的生活。报告极其写实的风格使人想起狄更斯笔下的各色下层人物和角色。凯瑟琳·布娴熟且入木三分地刻画了贫民窟的居民,展现了他们的悲天悯人、冷漠无情以及足智多谋。
FAR FROM THE TREE
Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity.
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