By turns luminous and horrific, this debut ensnares the reader from the first page and lingers in the memory long after its tragic end. First-person narrator Kambili Achike is a 15-year-old Nigerian girl growing up in sheltered privilege in a country ravaged by political strife and personal struggle. She and her brother, Jaja, and their quiet mother, who speaks "the way a bird ...
By turns luminous and horrific, this debut ensnares the reader from the first page and lingers in the memory long after its tragic end. First-person narrator Kambili Achike is a 15-year-old Nigerian girl growing up in sheltered privilege in a country ravaged by political strife and personal struggle. She and her brother, Jaja, and their quiet mother, who speaks "the way a bird eats, in small amounts," live this life of luxury because Kambili's father is a wealthy man who owns factories, publishes a politically outspoken newspaper and outwardly leads the moral, humble life of a faithful Catholic. The many grateful citizens who have received his blessings and material assistance call him omelora, "The One Who Does for the Community." Yet Kambili, Jaja and their mother see a side to their provider no one else does: he is also a religious fanatic who regularly and viciously beats his family for the mildest infractions of his interpretation of an exemplary Christian life. The children know better than to discuss their home life with anyone else; "there was so much that we never told." But when they are unexpectedly allowed to visit their liberated and loving Aunty Ifeoma, a widowed university professor raising three children, family secrets and tensions bubble dangerously to the surface, setting in motion a chain of events that allow Kambili to slowly blossom as she begins to question the authority of the precepts and adults she once held sacred. In a soft, searing voice, Adichie examines the complexities of family, faith and country through the haunted but hopeful eyes of a young girl on the cusp of womanhood. Lush, cadenced and often disconcerting, this is an accomplished first effort.
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (born September 15, 1977) is a Nigerian writer whose first two novels won literary awards. She is a native of Abba, Nigeria, in Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria. Her family is of Igbo descent. In 2008 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship.
Amaka took my hand in hers. It felt warm, like the hand of someone just recovering from malaria。。。 读到这里时我想，如果换一个作家，可能不会想到这样的语句吧。中国人可能并不了解malaria是什么样的病。因为malaria半个世纪前在中国就消失了。在桑岛的时候曾经跟司...
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Recorded book version, narrated by Lisette Lecat 小说从15岁女孩的角度叙述，富有女性的细腻情感。父亲这个人物的形象是从其他人物的感受和对话中立起来的。在一些人眼中，从一些方面评价，他是追求真理且善良的宗教慈善家；从家人的角度，是令他们又爱又恨，以爱为名施暴的...
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人民文学出版社2017版
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译林出版社2024版
0 有用 Le Flaneur 2023-03-07 17:29:26 上海
没有很多情节转折和冲突，但却非常引人入胜，Chimamanda的写作功力太深厚了；书中的控制狂家暴父亲刻画得栩栩如生，让我想起The Warmth of Other Suns里那些伟大的男性黑人平权活动家，在外推动着崇高的事业，回到家里却是糟糕的丈夫和父亲
0 有用 imvicky 2021-06-07 18:49:44
一本很多心理描写和细节描写的小说，整本书从开头读着感觉有些无聊和沉闷，到姑妈家度假时候的一点点转变和打开心门，又到后面女孩的爸爸的暴戾让人怒不可遏，真的是越来越恨他，最后的慢慢平淡的描述事情的结尾，一家人有一个新的开始。他们的爸爸并不是一个全坏的坏人，他是大慈善家、虔诚的教徒，也想要给家人最好的。但他不懂什么是爱，甚至觉得用暴力来让家人回归正途是自己应该做的。以至于他的家里充满的只是恐惧，没有欢乐... 一本很多心理描写和细节描写的小说，整本书从开头读着感觉有些无聊和沉闷，到姑妈家度假时候的一点点转变和打开心门，又到后面女孩的爸爸的暴戾让人怒不可遏，真的是越来越恨他，最后的慢慢平淡的描述事情的结尾，一家人有一个新的开始。他们的爸爸并不是一个全坏的坏人，他是大慈善家、虔诚的教徒，也想要给家人最好的。但他不懂什么是爱，甚至觉得用暴力来让家人回归正途是自己应该做的。以至于他的家里充满的只是恐惧，没有欢乐更别提温馨了。女孩子强烈的恋父情结其实让我看着会有点不舒服，让我甚至觉得她是有受虐倾向，但是又感觉在这个变态的家庭里面，真的不会有正常而言 (展开)
0 有用 蕾娜塔r_ 2023-05-07 18:38:03 新西兰
这一本看得很慢拖了很久，不如<Americanah>那么让我有共鸣，尽管只有后者不到一半厚。大概因为实在对天主教认同不起来，又还是这么极端压抑又没人性的氛围。到中间开始去姑姑家才变得好看起来。不过处女作写成这样已经非常不错了！另外这简直是本「基督教词汇大全」… 查一堆(对我没什么p用的)词也有点累人。
8 有用 念念 2013-07-01 05:27:03
这是一本描写入微以至于失去情节感的小说。十五岁的女孩在又敬又畏的宗教权威父亲面前，与隐忍的母亲和不断寻找自己的哥哥，一同构成了尼日利亚的上流家庭，不为人知而又极度残忍的一面。父权与宗教的中心性割裂着最原始的情感认同，来自于父亲的家暴与拥抱，母亲的温柔和流产，女孩的孤僻敏感和美好。行文过半，有了国家的军政、正义履行教职的阿姨，和不由自主相爱的神父。关于空气、花园、气候的描写原来都是那么的有道理，有必... 这是一本描写入微以至于失去情节感的小说。十五岁的女孩在又敬又畏的宗教权威父亲面前，与隐忍的母亲和不断寻找自己的哥哥，一同构成了尼日利亚的上流家庭，不为人知而又极度残忍的一面。父权与宗教的中心性割裂着最原始的情感认同，来自于父亲的家暴与拥抱，母亲的温柔和流产，女孩的孤僻敏感和美好。行文过半，有了国家的军政、正义履行教职的阿姨，和不由自主相爱的神父。关于空气、花园、气候的描写原来都是那么的有道理，有必要。最后两小节所有谜底揭开，母亲毒死父亲，却让所有人重回到了平静。父亲留下的高大道德形象依然被保护，只是所有他曾经的维护早已不同。女孩对自己说，不再追问自己是否有资格和神父相爱，只是想走下去，爱他。 一个家庭也不再忍痛为外界展示、标榜，在社会若隐若现的希望中舔舐自己的平静。想试着翻译一章。 (展开)
2 有用 ZZ 2019-11-08 20:45:04
不出意外，她的书总是那么引人入胜，虽然没有曲折的情节，没有惊悚的内容，但是就是慢慢流淌的细节描写，不冗长，不哆嗦，恰到好处地流淌到我的心间。人物刻画一如既往地饱满。这本书的结尾让我大吃一惊。正在第一个零下的早晨遛狗，那写文字通过耳机揭示出来，让我浑身再哆嗦了一下。