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    DANCE OF THE JAKARANDA

    Book ID/图书代码: 11908518C00008

    English Summary/英文概要: 1963. Kenya is on the verge of independence from British colonial rule. In the Great Rift Valley, Kenyans of all backgrounds come together in the previously white-only establishment of the Jakaranda Hotel. The resident musician is Rajan Salim, who charms visitors with songs inspired by his grandfather’s noble stories of the railway construction that spawned the Kenya they now know.

    One evening, Rajan Salim is kissed by a mysterious woman in a shadowy corridor. Unable to forget the taste of her lavender-flavoured lips, Rajan sets out to find her. On his journey he stumbles upon the murky, shared history of his grandfather, owner of the Jakaranda and former colonial administrator Ian McDonald, and British preacher Richard Turnbull, who were implicated in the controversial birth of a child. What Rajan unearths will open his eyes about the birth not just of a child, but of an entire nation.

    Chinese Summary/中文概要: 1963年,肯尼亚很快就要脱离英国殖民统治独立出来。在大裂谷,各个阶层背景的肯尼亚人聚集在以前只允许白人入内的Jakaranda酒店里。酒店里的乐师Rajan Salim以祖父建设铁路的故事为灵感,用歌曲深深打动了来宾。

    一天晚上,Rajan Salim在幽暗的走廊里被一个神秘的女人吻了一下。Rajan无法忘记她那熏衣草味的嘴唇,于是开始寻找她。在旅途中,他偶然发现了他祖父、雅达卡兰的所有者,前殖民地行政长官Ian McDonald,英国传教士Richard Turnbull之间一段阴暗的旧事,他们三人都被卷入了一个孩子争议性的出生之中。Rajan所揭开的秘密不仅让他得知了一个孩子的降临,还有整个国家的诞生。(LYR)

    Awards/获奖情况:“Kimani真是一位奇才……我从未读过一本关于肯尼亚的小说能够如此有趣、敏锐、颠覆、机智。”——《纽约时报》编辑选择

    “质感丰富。书中展现了一些生动而机智的精彩瞬间。”——《赫芬顿邮报》

    “精彩绝伦……一部重要的小说。”——历史小说社团

    “一部背景设置在独立前面临社会巨变的肯尼亚的令人印象深刻的家族小说。”——《亚洲书评》

    ’[Kimani is] a raw talent...I have never read a novel about [Kenya] that’s so funny, perceptive, subversive and sly.’ --New York Times, Editor’s Choice

    ’A rich tableau of layers and textures. The book has some brilliant moments of vivid and evocative writing.’Huffington Post

    ’Brilliantly construed … an important novel.’ --Historical Novel Society

    ’A memorable family drama set against radical social changes in pre-independence Kenya.’ Asian Review of Books

    About the Author/作者介绍: Peter Kimani,肯尼亚获奖小说家。2009年作为3位国际诗人之一为奥巴马上任创作诗歌。肯尼亚国家新闻频道的著名记者,他的作品也刊载于《卫报》《新非洲》《天空新闻》上。他在内罗毕阿加汗大学媒体与传播研究生院教新闻学,目前是美国阿默斯特学院的访问作家。2011年,Kimani被授予肯尼亚最高文学荣誉——肯雅塔文学奖。

    Peter Kimani is an award-winning Kenyan novelist. He was one of three international poets to compose and present a poem for National Public Radio to mark Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009. A prominent journalist on Kenya’s national news circuit, Kimani’s work has also appeared in The Guardian, New African and Sky News. He teaches journalism at the Aga Khan University’s Graduate School of Media and Communications in Nairobi, and is presently the Visiting Writer at Amherst College in the United States. Kimani was awarded the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for literature, Kenya’s highest literary honour, in 2011.

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