THE SOLITUDE OF EMPERORS
Book ID/图书代码： 03635006B07454
English Summary/英文概要： Suffocating in the small-town world of his parents, Vijay is desperate to escape to the raw energy of Bombay in the early 1990s. His big chance arrives unexpectedly when the family servant Raju is recruited by a right wing organization. As a result of an article he writes about the increasing power of sectarian politicians, Vijay gets a job in a small Bombay publication, The Indian Secularist. There he meets Rustom Sorabjee - the inspirational founder of the magazine who opens Vijay’s eyes to the damage caused to the nation by the mixing of religion and politics.A year after his arrival in Bombay, Vijay is caught up in violent riots that rip though the city, a reflection of the upsurge of fundamentalism everywhere in the country. He is sent to a small tea town in the Nilgiri mountains to recover, but finds that the unrest in the rest of India has touched this peaceful spot as well, specifically a spectacular shrine called The Tower of God, which is the object of political wrangling.He is befriended by Noah, an enigmatic and colourful character who lives in the local cemetery and quotes Pessoa, Cavafy, and Rimbaud but is ostracised by a local elite obsessed with little more than gro As the discord surrounding the local shrine comes to a head, Vijay tries to alert them to the dangers, but his intervention will have consequences he could never have foreseen.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 90年代的初期，从小就被束缚在父母管教之中的维杰恨不得马上逃脱去孟买，那里充满了新生的力量，是年轻人的天下。直到家中的仆人拉鞠被一个右翼集团招募过去，他的大好时机才终于来到。因为写了一篇描写宗派政治人权力越来越大的文章，维杰在一家孟买杂志社――《印度世俗报》得到了一份工作。在这里，维杰遇见了此报的创始人拉丝顿，这是位非常有才华又富有灵感的人物，与他的交往，不仅让维杰大开眼界，也让维杰看到了宗教和政治相勾结给整个国家造成的灾难。一年后，维杰在席卷孟买的暴乱中被抓，全国到处正统教派基督教都在掀起各种运动。他被送往尼尔吉里山区的一个小茶城。不幸的是，他发现骚动已经侵入了这个远离孟买原本平静的小城镇，尤其是一个叫“上帝之塔”的神龛，因为这是这场政治斗争的目标。维杰被诺亚所收留，这是个谜一样的人物，却有着形形色色多彩的生活经历，他住在小城的公共墓地，但是被当地人所排斥。维杰试图警告当地人关于神龛的危险，但是他怎么也没料到会发生这样的后果。
Awards/获奖情况：06年法兰克福書展大書今年是印度年。
About the Author/作者介绍： David Davidar is the author of the international best-seller, The House of Blue Mangoes, which was published in sixteen countries.
戴维 戴维德是畅销书《蓝色芒果街上的小屋》的作者，他的这本畅销书曾在16个国家出版。
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