Paradise
東アフリカの歴史的背景を舞台に、植民地主義の影響下で交差する人間関係と権力の構図を描く長篇。移動と帰属の問題が静かに掘り下げられる。
作品情報
東アフリカの歴史的背景を舞台に、植民地主義の影響下で交差する人間関係と権力の構図…
東アフリカの歴史的背景を舞台に、植民地主義の影響下で交差する人間関係と権力の構図を描く長篇。移動と帰属の問題が静かに掘り下げられる。
書籍情報
- 出版社
- New Pr
- 発売日
- 1994-04-01
- ページ数
- 256ページ
- 言語
- 英語
- サイズ
- 14.22 x 3.05 x 21.59 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9781565841628
- ISBN-10
- 156584162X
- 価格
- 5992 JPY
- カテゴリ
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Genre Fiction/Coming of Age
From the Nobel Prize winner, a coming-of-age story that illuminates the harshness and beauty of an Africa on the brink of colonization Shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award, Paradise was characterized by the Nobel Prize committee as Abdulrazak Gurnah’s “breakthrough” work. It is at once the chronicle of an African boy’s coming-of-age, a tragic love story, and a tale of the corruption of African tradition by European colonialism. Sold by his father in repayment of a debt, twelve-year-old Yusuf is thrown from his simple rural life into complexities of pre-colonial urban East Africa. Through Yusuf’s eyes, Gurnah depicts communities at war, trading safaris gone awry, and the universal trials of adolescence. The result is what Publishers Weekly calls a “vibrant” and “powerful” work that “evokes the Edenic natural beauty of a continent on the verge of full-scale imperialist takeover.”
Abdulrazak Gurnah is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is the author of ten novels, including Paradise (The New Press), which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the Whitbread Award. He lives in Canterbury, England. Abdulrazak Gurnah teaches literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England.
レビュー
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鑑賞力の無さか？
2021年のノーベル文学賞受賞者の作品。日本語訳がないので、我先に、と張り切って読んだが、鑑賞力が足りないのか、あまりよく分かりませんでした。おそらく話が長すぎるのだろうと思います。結末が知りたくて、どうにか最後までたどり着きましたが、期待が大きかっただけに、拍子抜けでした。ただ、悲しさは伝わってきした。
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Different kind of slavery, no doubt ! Still embedded in many cultures.
The end of this novel is stunning. Brings to light the sense of opportunity and courageous attitude of a young man, grabbing the reins of his own future.
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Captivating and moving
An epic on a modest scale about a poor young man caught by circumstance and misfortune in pre-war East Africa. Gurnah has an amazing touch with words and a deep insight into human nature.
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En härlig bok.
Välskriven, härligt språk, intressant historia.
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ممتاز
شكرا
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Beautiful & moving story
Nicely printed, good paper, clear font - practicalities for the oldies. Intended (I presumed but now know that this is a contentious and probably wrong interpretation) ‘Heart of Darkness’ echoes in this subtle, sparingly written deeply moving story set against the backdrop of German colonialism. Elliptical, beautifully written book that says what it has to say in a gentle open yet, for me, implied way. Marvellous, buy it, read it.
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