VALMIKI’S DAUGHTER
Book ID/图书代码： 06481008B27299
English Summary/英文概要： In Valmiki’s Daughter, Giller Prize finalist and bestselling novelist Shani Mootoo returns to some of the themes she first explored in her breakout book, Cereus Blooms at Night. The story circles around a well-to-do Trinidadian family, in particular, Valmiki, a renowned doctor and loving if confused father, and his youngest daughter, Viveka, lively, intelligent, and intent on escaping the gilded cage that protects but also smothers her. Father and daughter conceal painful secrets about their sexual identities, and it is Viveka’s struggle to discover the truth about herself that threatens to unmask her father and shake the foundations of her family and her delicately calibrated society.
Mootoo writes with an unusual combination of clear-eyed affection and expansive humanity about society and its hierarchies, peeling back layers of prejudice and exposing the complex interaction of race, gender, class, and sexuality. Discerning but non-judgmental, she eases us deep into the fascinating lives of her characters and creates a juicy, sexy, beautiful book, full of the vigorous stuff of life alongside a yearning for transcendence.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 吉勒奖获得者、畅销小说作家宣妮沐图在《瓦尔米琪》中重拾她的成名作《夜间盛开的仙人掌》所采用的一些主题。故事围绕一户小康特立尼达之家展开，特别是瓦尔米琪，一位著名的医生同时也是充满爱心与烦恼的父亲；薇薇卡是他最小的女儿，活泼，聪明，一心想要挣脱这个让她既安全又窒息的镀金保护笼。父女俩各自隐瞒自己的性向，而薇薇卡努力想要寻找自身的真实威胁到了他父亲的利益甚至有可能暴露他自己，动摇她们家的基础和她精心校准的社会圈子。
沐图结合了清晰的情感和对社会、阶层广阔的人性，揭露了各阶层间的偏见，曝露了种族、性别、阶级、性的复杂的相互影响。眼光敏锐但不武断，作者以一种轻松的方式引领我们融入她作品中栩栩如生的人物，写出了一本有滋有味、性感、美丽的书籍，充满了青春活力的生活朝气，对超验主义的渴望。(XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况："A novel for both brain and heart: at once wise and smouldering . . . " --- Camilla Gibb 卡蜜拉吉布：这是一部集智慧与情感于一体的小说，言语睿智，不温不火...
About the Author/作者介绍： 宣妮沐图生于爱尔兰，长于特立尼达。自20世纪80年代早期起，她就定居加拿大。她广受好评的第一部小说《夜间盛开的仙人掌》在14世纪出版，为她最终赢得了吉勒奖、威尔森新人奖以及加拿大首创小说奖。她的第二部小说《他把她淹死在海里》入围国际都柏林文学奖候选名单。沐图也是有成就的视觉艺术家。她住过温哥华、埃德蒙顿，现在住在多伦多。 Shani Mootoo was born in Ireland and grew up in Trinidad. She has lived in Canada since the early 1980s. Her acclaimed first novel, Cereus Blooms at Night, was published in fourteen countries, and was a finalist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize, the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, and the Chapters/Books in Canada First Novel Award. Her second novel, He Drown She in the Sea, was longlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. Mootoo is also an accomplished visual and video artist. She has lived in Vancouver and Edmonton, and now lives in Toronto.
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