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午夜之子 Douban
Midnight's Children
author: 薩爾曼•魯西迪(Salman Rushdie) translator: 張定綺 publishing house: 臺灣商務印書館 2004 - 1
魯西迪雖然是因為《魔鬼詩篇》觸怒回教世界被下了追殺令而成為世界焦點,但他文學上的成就,卻是這本贏得英國最權威文學獎布克獎的《午夜之子》。一個孟買小孩誕生於印度脫離英國獨立的神聖時刻(1947年8月15日午夜零點),他受到尼赫魯總理的祝福;後來才知道他只是一千個午夜之子的其中一個。本書即是這個小孩幽默而嘲諷的自傳,同時也是一部文學的印度現代史。作者以他豐富甚至狂野的想像力,呈現了印度醜惡與光榮兼具的紛繁面向:這塊神秘次大陸及其人民的生活、命運、夢想和無奈。
本書在布克獎二十五週年時更被選為Best book in 25 years,二十五年來所有獲獎作品中最好的一本,可說是獎中之獎。

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