SMALL ISLAND 小島

《SMALL ISLAND 小島》是2009年Headline Book Publishing出版的圖書，作者是Andrea Levy（安德烈婭·利維）。

基本介紹

• 書名：Small Island 小島
• 作者：Andrea Levy（安德烈婭·利維）
• ISBN：9780755355952
• 類別：Literature & Fiction（文學與虛構類）
• 頁數：544
• 定價：80.00元
• 出版社：Headline Book Publishing
• 出版時間：2009-09-17
• 裝幀：平裝

編輯推薦

《小島》獲2004年英國“惠特布萊德年度最佳小說獎”和“奧蘭治文學獎”。故事背景是1948年的倫敦，講述了牙買加移民在英國的生存處境——移民身份的尷尬，對牙買加本土的懷念，對理想的追求，與當地居民的文化碰撞和逐漸融合，作者並沒有忽略作為主人的英國民眾在二戰之後所受到的精神創傷和困惑。四位主要人物分別從各自的視角抒發不同的內心感受，使作品顯得豐滿而有立體感。

內容簡介

In this delicately wrought and profoundly moving, multi-award winning novel, Andrea Levy handles the weighty themes of empire, prejudice, war and love, with a lightness of touch and a generosity of spirit that challenges and uplifts the reader. It is 1948, and England is recovering from a war. But at 21 Nevern Street, London, the conflict has only just begun. Queenie Bligh's neighbours do not approve when she agrees to take in Jamaican lodgers, but Queenie doesn't know when her husband will return, or if he will come back at all. What else can she do? Gilbert Joseph was one of the several thousand Jamaican men who joined the RAF to fight against Hitler. Returning to England as a civilian he finds himself treated very differently. It's desperation that makes him remember a wartime friendship with Queenie and knock at her door. Gilbert's wife Hortense, too, had longed to leave Jamaica and start a better life in England. But when she joins him she is shocked to find London shabby, decrepit, and far from the golden city of her dreams. Even Gilbert is not the man she thought he was.
故事背景是1948年的倫敦，講述了牙買加移民在英國的生存處境——移民身份的尷尬，對牙買加本土的懷念，對理想的追求，與當地居民的文化碰撞和逐漸融合，作者並沒有忽略作為主人的英國民眾在二戰之後所受到的精神創傷和困惑。四位主要人物分別從各自的視角抒發不同的內心感受，使作品顯得豐滿而有立體感。

作者簡介

Andrea Levy was born in England to Jamaican parents. Her radio appearances, and readings at literary festivals, bookshops and libraries have helped her to build an enthusiastic following. Andrea is the winner of the 2004 Orange Prize for Fiction.
安德烈婭·利維（Andrea Levy，1956-）生於倫敦，父母同為牙買加移民。她此前已有三本小說問世。《小島》甫一出版，即好評如潮。2004年，連續獲得專為女性作家設立的“奧蘭治文學獎”和“惠特布萊德年度最佳小說獎”，隨後又獲“奧蘭治十年小說最佳獎”和“大英國協作家獎”。

精彩書評

"What makes Levy's writing so appealing is her even-handedness. All her characters can be weak, hopeless, brave, good, bad - whatever their colour. The writing is rigorous and the bittersweet ending, with its unexpected twist, touching... People can retain great dignity, however small their island"
-- Independent on Sunday

"Every scene is rich in implication, entrancing and disturbing at the same time; the literary equivalent of a switch-back ride"
-- The Sunday Times