THE SAME EARTH
Book ID/图书代码： 10010008B21166
English Summary/英文概要： It all begins with the theft of Tessa Walcott’s polkadot panties and a river that changes course overnight...
When Imelda Richardson leaves the small village of Watersgate, Jamaica, armed only with one small suitcase, she is doing so for the second time. One of the throng of young Jamaicans who left the island after the devastating hurricane of 1974, Imelda’s journey has taken her to England, to the home of ganja-growing rebel Purletta Johnson, the arms of fake Northerner Ozzie, and a law degree. But when her mother dies Imelda returns to Watersgate, choosing Jamaica over England. 1983 is still a couple of years shy of the great dancehall explosion in which artistes like Shabba Ranks would sing how he ’loved punany bad’, and the village is still dominated by the Evangelical church and the thundering voice of Pastor Braithwaite. When Tessa Walcott’s panties are stolen - and in the absence of Perry Mason - she and Imelda decide to set up a Neighbourhood Watch. But they haven’t counted on Pastor Braithwaite and the crusading zeal of Evangelist Millie. As a Pentecostal fervour sweeps through the village, the tensions between old and new come to a head.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Imelda Richardson第一次離開牙買加的家鄉Watersgate是在1974年，當時是因為巨大的風災使她必須暫時離開來到英國投靠朋友Purletta Johnson，不過不久後卻因母親的過世又重新回到牙買加，那時還是民風保守的國家，也正盛行基督福音宗教，而就在此時一位女孩Tessa Walcott的褲子被偷了，看似一件稀鬆平常的事卻在此村莊引起軒然大波…這是部關於移民、身份認同及對地球歸屬感的出色小說。
Awards/获奖情况：’charming vignettes of Caribbean village life are woven together into a lazily sinuous narrative’
MAIL ON SUNDAY
’a lovingly drawn miniature of Jamaica’s culture from the 1950s onwards... Miller’s narrative and emotional range is exceptional’
SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY
’a stinging portrait of Jamaican religion and law... The Same Earth is marked out by an interesting, animating intelligence.’
SUNDAY HERALD
’a humorous, bittersweet fiction, combines the fantastical realism of Marquez with the domestic comedy of Andrea Levy... Miller is a name to watch.’
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About the Author/作者介绍： Kei Miller was born in Jamaica in 1978. He divides his time between Jamaica and the UK and is currently teaching Creative Writing at the University of Glasgow. He has published several collections of poetry and a book of short stories published by Macmillan Caribbean, THE FEAR OF STONES, which was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writer’s prize for Best First Book.
英國最大網路書店評選為12位新銳作家之一，生於1978年牙買加的Kei Miller，目前於英國蘇格蘭格拉斯哥大學(University of Glasgow)教授創意寫作課程。曾出版詩集及短篇小說，更以THE FEAR OF STONE一書入圍大英國協作家首作獎 (the Commonwealth Writer’s prize for Best First Book)。
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