BIG MACHINE: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12844009B33582
English Summary/英文概要：
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 懷疑將使信仰更堅定 !!
一個無政府監督的秘密地下組織，他們的目的是聆聽上帝的聲音，遵循祂的指示。但他們還有更遠大的目標: 摧毀一般社會階級的劃分，使一切歸於平等。
原本只是一位美國非裔籍的車站行李運送員Ricky Rice，接到一封古怪沒有屬名的來信，信上寫著:『你過去所許下的承諾，如今將是你為它榮耀的時刻』。
莫名其妙的Ricky，對於自己以前犯下的錯誤，過去經歷悲慘的人生，早已釋懷。但他一點也記不起曾經對誰作過什麼諾言，為了一探究竟，他決定到信上所附註的地點查明真相，然而他卻即將被捲入一場尋找上帝存在的秘密結社...(CL)
Awards/获奖情况：《出版人週刊》2009年十大好書
平裝本2010年暢銷再版
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German – CH Beck,
Romanian – Minerva S.A.
Dutch - Prometheus/Bert Bakker BV
Italian - Il Saggiatore
Danish - Forlaget Klim
Reviews
Starred Review. LaValle has garnered critical acclaim for his previous works (a collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, and novel, The Ecstatic), and his second novel is sure to up his critical standing while furthering comparisons to Haruki Murakami, John Kennedy Toole and Edgar Allan Poe. Gritty, mostly honest-hearted ex-heroin addict protagonist Ricky Rice takes a chance on an anonymous note delivered to him at the cruddy upstate New York bus depot where he works as a porter.
Quickly, Ricky finds himself among the Unlikely Scholars, a secret society of ex-addicts and petty criminals, all black like him, living in remote Vermont and sifting through stacks of articles in a library devoted to investigating the supernatural; the existence of a god; and the legacy of Judah Washburn, an escaped slave who claimed to have had contact with a higher being that the Unlikely Scholars now call the Voice. Ricky’s intoxicating voice—robust, organic, wily—is perfect for narrating LaValle’s high-stakes mashup of thrilling paranormal and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, as the fateful porter—something of a modern Odysseus rallied by a team of spiritual X-men—wanders through America’s messianic hoo-hah. (Aug.) ---
Starred Review. LaValle has garnered critical acclaim for his previous works (a collection, Slapboxing with Jesus, and novel, The Ecstatic), and his second novel is sure to up his critical standing while furthering comparisons to Haruki Murakami, John Kennedy Toole and Edgar Allan Poe. Gritty, mostly honest-hearted ex-heroin addict protagonist Ricky Rice takes a chance on an anonymous note delivered to him at the cruddy upstate New York bus depot where he works as a porter. Quickly, Ricky finds himself among the Unlikely Scholars, a secret society of ex-addicts and petty criminals, all black like him, living in remote Vermont and sifting through stacks of articles in a library devoted to investigating the supernatural; the existence of a god; and the legacy of Judah Washburn, an escaped slave who claimed to have had contact with a higher being that the Unlikely Scholars now call the Voice. Ricky’s intoxicating voice—robust, organic, wily—is perfect for narrating LaValle’s high-stakes mashup of thrilling paranormal and Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man, as the fateful porter—something of a modern Odysseus rallied by a team of spiritual X-men—wanders through America’s messianic hoo-hah. (Aug.) ---From Publishers Weekly
Praise
’Victor LaValle is a miracle. He’s funny and tragic, he has an eye as sharp as a gem cutter’s. He is the rarest of breeds, a natural artist.’---Michael Cunningham
’In LaValle’s devilish fable about one pregnant man’s violent encounter with belief, doubt is the engine that makes faith possible, rendering the visible world - of science, social hierarchies, and New York Times headlines - a load of cultish hooey.’---Mark Rozzo, Book Forum
’Although BIG MACHINE deals candidly with race, that isn’t its central concern-its themes are bigger and more diverse, and include the search for redemption, the power of compassion, and the place of spirituality in daily life.
As a stylist, Mr. LaValle employs a sly wit and deadpan humor. ’Heroin, like I said before, robs you of your empathy,’ he writes in BIG MACHINE ’And that’s a problem, because empathy is what separates human beings from teenage boys.’---Wall Street Journal
About the Author/作者介绍： Victor LaValle的短篇作品入圍過國際筆會／福克納獎(PEN/Faulkner Award)的決選名單，本書是他的第二本長篇小說，出版後獲得許多作家與媒體的好評，也榮獲《出版人週刊》選為09年最佳十大好書。故事以生活在我們四周的小人物為主題，透過他們的眼光，真實反應社會現實。Victor LaValle因此書被譽為是研究美國新世代的重要作家。
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