SPILT MILK (ORIGINAL TITLE: LEITE DERRAMADO)
Book ID/图书代码： 11701209B33561
English Summary/英文概要： A very old man lies in a hospital bed. In a monologue directed at his daughter, the nurses and whoever else will listen, he tells the story of his lineage, reaching back to his Portuguese ancestors, then tracing the line down to a baron in Brazil’s imperial period, a senator of the country’s First Republic, and his great-great-great grandson, a playboy in the Rio de Janeiro of today. It is the story of an old family’s social and economic decline, set against the backdrop of the last two centuries of Brazil’s history.
Throughout the novel, like a continuous bass line, is the narrator’s frustrated and misunderstood passion for his wife. The narrator’s prejudices and sick jealousy stop his wife from feeling fully realized and bring her to a sad end, which, without the certainty and theatricality of Madame Bovary or Ana Karenina, has the poignancy of disaster.
Other figures also put in regular appearances: the arrogant French engineer Dubosc, whose response to everything is "merde alors"; the narrator’s mother, who is so repressed and repressive that she "plays" the piano without any sound; his great grandson’s girlfriend with her bellybutton piercing and slang.
SPILT MILK is the work of a writer in full command of his talent and craft.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 巴西能寫能唱的暢銷作家，讀他的作品由如欣賞一場精彩絕倫的足球賽！
一位老者躺在病床上對著他的女兒護士們一一回憶著他的過去。無論是他的血統，還是他那些葡萄牙的祖先都被提及。之後他又說到了他們家一位大人物，一位在巴西君主時代的當過第一共和國參議員的大人物。還有那位大人物在里約熱內盧的花花公子曾曾孫。
該書以過去兩個世紀的巴西歷史為背景，展現了一個大家族逐漸走向沒落的歷史。通讀此書，可以時時刻刻感受到敍述者對於他妻子逐漸淡去的激情。他的偏見和病態的嫉妒讓她最終走向了悲劇。她的悲劇完全不同于包法利夫人和安娜卡列寧那，這是一場心酸而又諷刺的災難。
書中還有各個性格迥異的角色：總愛用法語“merde alors”回答所有問題的高傲法國工程師Dubosc；總愛不發聲音地“彈琴”的敍述者的飽受壓迫母親；在肚臍上打洞且愛罵髒話的曾曾孫的女朋友。(Vincent)
Awards/获奖情况：最新获奖情况：
I am pleased to report you that LEITE DERRAMADO (SPILT MILK) by Chico Buarque has won Brazil’s two most important literary prizes: the Jabuti Award (Prêmio Jabuti 2010 por melhor ficção do ano) and Portugal Telecom Prize (Prémio PT de Literatura 2010).The English translation of the novel will be available shortly!
A number 1 bestseller in Brazil
Rights sold:
Brazil: Companhia das Letras; UK: Atlantic; US: Grove Atlantic; France: Gallimard; Germany: S. Fischer; Holland: Meulenhoff; Italy: Feltrinelli; Korea: Open Books; Portugal: Dom Quixote; Spain: Salamandra.
Praise for SPILT MILK:
"If Chico Buarque’s new book were a soccer match, it would be one of those full of unforgettable moves, remarkable dribbles, and master passes."---Folha de S. Paulo ("如果把Chico Buarque的新書比作一場足球比賽，那在這場比賽中到處可見激動人心的移動，神奇的傳球，和完美的帶球過人。" 《聖保羅日報》)
"This is Brazil in the form of a novel."---Jornal do Brasil (“這是一部巴西縮影。” 《巴西日報》)
"SPILT MILK is a major book, one in which Chico Buarque goes beyond BUDAPEST and reaches, fictionally, the same imaginative and vernacular strength of his best songs."---O Estado de Sao Paulo (“SPILT MILK 無疑是一本主流書，書中Chico Buarque的表現遠遠超越了原先的《布達佩斯》，它同前作一樣的充滿想像力還有本國語言的無與倫比的魅力。”《聖保羅洲報》)
About the Author/作者介绍： Francisco Buarque de Hollanda （Chico Buarqu） 於1944年生於裏約熱內盧。他是一個歌唱家﹑吉他手﹑作曲家﹑劇作家和作家。他所創作的歌曲常常以讚揚巴西的社會﹑經濟和文化現實為主旨，頗受歡迎。著有小說TURBULENCE(1991),BENJAMIN(1995),以及BUDAPESTE（2003）以上三部皆由Companhia das letras出版。
Format:电子手稿
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：AVAILABLE
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