SO MANY ISLANDS: STORIES FROM THE CARIBBEAN, MEDITERRANEAN, INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEANS
Book ID/图书代码： 11908518C00009
English Summary/英文概要： ’This is the real globalism, a glorious cacophony that seeks no common ground other than attitude.’ Marlon James, winner of the Booker Prize
So Many Islands breaks out bold new writing from the distant shores of countries in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Here you will find poems about revolution and protest.
You will be transported to Marakei,’the women’s island’, and join the battle to save a beached whale. Alongside family politics, So Many Islands tackles nuclear testing and climate change global issues that are close to the heart of these precariously poised communities. Giving voice to their challenges and triumphs, these writers create a vibrant portrait of what it is like to live and love on the small islands they call home. Readers everywhere will find universal connections with these words and worlds.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： ‘海岛成群’从加勒比、地中海、印度和太平洋各国的遥远海岸迸发出全新大胆的文字。在书中, 你会发现关于革命和抗议的诗歌。你将被送往马拉凯 (吉尔伯特群岛北部的一个小环礁)。 "女人岛"(距离坎昆极近的小岛),加入一场挽救搁浅的鲸鱼的战斗。除了家庭政治之外, 本书还提及了处理核试验和气候变化问题--这是与这些岌岌可危的全球议题。这些作家用他们的警示和取得的胜利呼吁一个当下所面临的严峻问题, 为我们展现了一副，他们称之为家的小岛上生活去爱的生动景象。世界各地的读者都将会发现这其中文字语言和世界的共同性。
安提瓜和巴布达（Antigua and Barbuda），位于加勒比海小安的列斯群岛的北部；巴巴多斯岛(东加勒比海小安的列斯群岛最东端)；百慕大群岛（北大西洋西部群岛）；（地中海东部一岛）塞浦路斯; 格林纳达(Grenada位于东加勒比海向风群岛的最南端); 牙买加；基里巴斯(位于太平洋中部的岛国); 马耳他（地中海的岛国）; 毛里求斯（非洲岛国）; 纽埃岛（南太平洋中部）（在汤加群岛以东，属新西兰）; 罗图马岛(斐济)；萨摩亚群岛（南太平洋）；新加坡；圣卢西亚(Saint Lucia位于东加勒比海向风群岛中部)和格林纳丁斯群岛; 汤加（The Kingdom of Tonga）全名汤加王国，是一个位于太平洋西南部赤道附近，国际日期变更线的西侧，世界上最先开始新一天的国家。特立尼达岛; 多巴哥岛。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况：’Here are stories that don’t shatter taboos so much as ignore them in the first place.’ --Marlon James, Winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize
About the Author/作者介绍： ‘海岛成群’从加勒比、地中海、印度和太平洋各国的遥远海岸迸发出全新大胆的文字。在书中, 你会发现关于革命和抗议的诗歌。你将被送往马拉凯 (吉尔伯特群岛北部的一个小环礁)。 "女人岛"(距离坎昆极近的小岛),加入一场挽救搁浅的鲸鱼的战斗。除了家庭政治之外, 本书还提及了处理核试验和气候变化问题--这是与这些岌岌可危的全球议题。这些作家用他们的警示和取得的胜利呼吁一个当下所面临的严峻问题, 为我们展现了一副，他们称之为家的小岛上生活去爱的生动景象。世界各地的读者都将会发现这其中文字语言和世界的共同性。
安提瓜和巴布达（Antigua and Barbuda），位于加勒比海小安的列斯群岛的北部；巴巴多斯岛(东加勒比海小安的列斯群岛最东端)；百慕大群岛（北大西洋西部群岛）；（地中海东部一岛）塞浦路斯; 格林纳达(Grenada位于东加勒比海向风群岛的最南端); 牙买加；基里巴斯(位于太平洋中部的岛国); 马耳他（地中海的岛国）; 毛里求斯（非洲岛国）; 纽埃岛（南太平洋中部）（在汤加群岛以东，属新西兰）; 罗图马岛(斐济)；萨摩亚群岛（南太平洋）；新加坡；圣卢西亚(Saint Lucia位于东加勒比海向风群岛中部)和格林纳丁斯群岛; 汤加（The Kingdom of Tonga）全名汤加王国，是一个位于太平洋西南部赤道附近，国际日期变更线的西侧，世界上最先开始新一天的国家。特立尼达岛; 多巴哥岛。(Sandy)
Nicholas Laughlin (Trinidad and Tobago) is the editor of The Caribbean Review of Books and the arts and travel magazine Caribbean Beat, and program director of the Bocas Lit Fest, an annual literature festival and literary development organization based in Trinidad. He is also codirector of the contemporary art space Alice Yard. His book of poems The Strange Years of My Life was published in 2015. He was born and has always lived in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
Nailah Folami Imoja (Barbados) is a Barbadian/British writer, performer, and educator. As a poet, novelist, and journalist, she has contributed significantly to the Barbadian litscape. Her work has been published in numerous anthologies and one of her YA novellas, Pick of the Crop, was published by Heinemann (Oxford) in 2004. She has performed her work in England, Canada, Suriname, Guyana, and Trinidad. Many of her novellas are available via smashwords.com.
Marlon James (Jamaica) was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970. His first novel John Crow’s Devil was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Editor’s Choice. The Book of Night Women won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction, as well as an NAACP Image Award. His third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, was awarded the Man Booker Prize in 2015, among other honours.
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