NO FULL STOPS IN INDIA

Book ID/图书代码： 11701205B00931

English Summary/英文概要： India’s Westernized elite, cut off from local traditions, ‘want to write a full stop in a land where there are no full stops’. From that striking insight Mark Tully has woven a superb series of ‘stories’ which explore Calcutta, from the Kumbh Mela in Allahabad (probably the biggest religious festival in the world) to the televising of a Hindu epic. Throughout, he combines analysis of major issues with a feel for the fine texture and human realities of Indian life. The result is a revelation.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 恒河缓缓流淌,悠远绵长,而印度,这样一个古老王国真能在恒河庇护下生升不坠吗? 一位接受本书作者马克.涂立访问的印度艺术家以坚毅的口吻说: [印度没有句点,只有逗点.] 可是另一方面, 马克.涂立透过记者敏锐的洞察力,及对亚洲的深度了解,却观察到印度西化的青英分子极欲与本土传承一刀两断,意图[为这片没有句点的国土写下句点], 因之他写下一系列[故事],深入探讨印度的过去与未来。
首先他从阶级属[扫地人]的仆役家一场婚礼揭开序幕，虽是卑微的仆人身份，却甘愿倾尽半辈子辛苦所得当作女儿嫁妆，温馨而无奈的贱民生活，在作者笔下益显幽默真实。此外，马克.涂立也藉由戴欧拉拉村的萨提（焚身殉夫的贞节寡妇）的遭遇，表达出他对印度妇女地位的同情和关怀，同时阐述正有一群现代印度妇女靠着自己的双手编织，不受剥削努力养家活口的感人故事。
书中一场原是朝圣庆典的空罢节活动，尤其彰显当今印度境内宗教、政治与文化的冲突及变动：地方官僚恐惧混乱发生、摊贩担忧朝圣者太少没有生意、各种宗教趁机使尽花招延揽教徒……。当然涂立对印度的民主政治也多所著墨，他客观描述拉吉夫.甘地生前的作为以及国大党内部冲突。而将褒贬留给读者。
《印度没有句点》流露的是马克.涂立对印度细腻的关怀，以及他对印度生活中人性现实面，兼及政治、宗教、文化、风俗习惯等，深入且不同于一般西方记者或作家的观察纪实。

Awards/获奖情况：’The ten essays, written with clarity, warmth of feeling and critical balance and understanding, provide as lively a view as one can hope for of the panorama of India.’---K. Natwar-Singh in the Financial Times

About the Author/作者介绍： Mark Tully was born in Calcutta and educated in England. He was correspondent for the BBC in South Asia for twenty-five years. He now works as a journalist in New Delhi with his colleague and partner, Gillian Wright, who also translates Indian language fiction into English. Together they have worked on a number of books including Mark Tully’s highly acclaimed No Full Stops in India and The Heart of India.

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