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TAIL OF THE BLUE BIRD

Book ID/图书代码: 11320008B24592

English Summary/英文概要:

Chinese Summary/中文概要: 《一分為二的童年》作者希沙姆‧馬塔爾(Hisham Matar)盛讚
何謂真實?科學呈現出來的是否一定是真實?

Kayo是個曾在英國留學的迦納人,回國後他在首都阿克拉擔任他的理想工作--法醫病理學家。一次離奇的案件使他來到位於叢林內的村莊Sonokrom。這個村莊已經幾百年都沒有改變過,這裡的人仍過著傳統的生活,說著叢林裡的語言,相信祖先的靈魂與他們同在。村子中不斷發生惡兆,直到一名當地男性失蹤,Kayo和他的夥伴被派來調查這起案件。
相信科學邏輯能解釋一切的Kayo,面對這些神秘充滿邪惡意含的事件,一開始他還能執行受過訓練的西方鑑識方法,採集血液樣本、使用高科技工具、在他的筆電上建立犯罪現場模型。但隨著事情越來越怪異,西方科學邏輯似乎也派不上用場~
本書描述藉著受過西方新式教育的主人翁來到叢林裡的傳統村落,想要在傳統中使用西方邏輯與科學偵查,呈現新與舊之間的衝突與斷裂,以及理性主義的極限,這無關貧富,而是關於理性與信任。倒底何謂真實?科學呈現出來的是否一定是真實?
此書網站:http://www.niiparkes.com/(VC)

Awards/获奖情况:版權已售:Dutch rights sold to Querido

Review
“An African whodunit that alludes to the troublesome relationship that lies between the modernity and custom … Parkes has managed to write fabulously poetic and fresh prose that is both vernacular and contemporary.”---《一分為二的童年》作者希沙姆‧馬塔爾(Hisham Matar)

In this tale of crime, punishment, and forgiveness Parkes’ landscapes are filled with magic, his characters speak with the wisdom of the ancients; he has used his poet’s sensibility to recreate for us the oral tales, fables and wonders of a world before time, a world overtaken by time.--- 非洲作家Helon Habila

Tail of the Blue Bird is not overly ambitious, but everything it sets out to do, it does admirably. Nii Ayikwei Parkes surely knows the effect the Ghanaian dialogue will have; he doesn’t translate or explain, and this additional layer of mystery (for the average British reader) only adds to the strength of its lyricism and insight. ---Reviewed by Jonathan Gibbs, The Independant

About the Author/作者介绍: Nii Ayikwei Parkes1974年在英國出生,在非洲迦納長大。目前住在曼徹斯特。在英美、歐洲、迦納等地發表詩作,2007年是加州州立大學駐校作家,並且是在英國地鐵發表詩作最年輕的作家。《Tail of the Blue Bird》是他的第一本小說。

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