SLEEPING WITH MOVIE STARS
Book ID/图书代码： 12760011B48709
English Summary/英文概要： I had the idea, from books and movies, that love was a disease that afflicted only the young and the beautiful, and that this was something I had escaped, on a technicality. I was too thin, too dark. But now I realized I would never be free of its dangers; that I might make a fool of myself for love at any time, from now into the distant future. This collection of eight short stories traces the life of a dancer through the years. In the seventies, she is sent, as a teenager, from Canada to study dance in India, away from the corrupting influences of the West. She finds, instead, a world of sensuality beyond anything previously experienced. She meets a movie star, goes on bike rides with boys she doesn t know, and learns about the perils of falling in love from the plight of an older, revered man. Time and again, she comes back to India, as a wife and a mother, to rediscover the earthiness and passion of her youth. Gitanjali Kolanad transforms fragments of life into stories of love, infidelity and betrayal with the grace, elegance and effortless ease of a classical dancer. Sleeping with Movie Stars is a compelling and erotic read.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 從書籍和電影中，我有了這樣一個想法，那就是愛是只會使年輕而美麗的人們遭受痛苦折磨的一種疾病，我之所以能僥倖脫身，從技術上講，是因為我太瘦了，太黑了。但現在我意識到我將永遠不會倖免於此；因為我可能在隨時發生的愛情時，從現在開始，到遙遠的未來，變得自欺欺人。這部八個短篇小說集追溯一名舞蹈演員多年的的生活軌跡。70年代，作為一個十幾歲少女，她從加拿大被送往印度學習舞蹈，遠離了西方世界的腐朽墮落的思潮的影響。相反地，她發現了一個超出了以往所有經歷的感性世界。她遇見一個電影明星，在不知不覺中，與一位男孩騎上自行車旅行，從一位受敬的長者這裡瞭解到墜入愛河的風險。她屢次的回到印度，作為一位妻子和母親，重新找回她的青年時期的質樸和激情。Gitanjali Kolanad把生活中唏噓片段轉換為愛的故事，細述愛情中的不忠和背叛，一位古典舞者的風度和超脫。《與星同眠》是一部極具吸引力的色香味濃的讀物。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况： “Gitanjali的作品具有一種儒雅氣息，她出人意料的用第一人稱的敘事手法將所有的雜亂無章的瑣事理清。由於她本人的一些經歷，對於本國人和外國人，她都謹慎的保持著一定的距離。這是一個好奇聰明的策略。它允許任何人去欣賞她人生經歷的起伏，而不是讓你過度地陷入這些戲劇性事件。“ - 印度時報入围作品--Longlisted for the 2011 Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award.
About the Author/作者介绍： 在超過30年的婆羅多舞者後，Gitanjali Kolanad傳授kalaripayat形式的武術。她現住在多倫多，從事小說寫作。
加拿大人Gita Kolanad曾寫過一部頗受好評的自傳系列故事小說，講述關於一名為追尋印度文化遺產的年輕少女，在沒有受到西方世界的清濁下，被當作一名優秀的印度女孩送往印度接受教育。但她在印度遭遇的各種可恥的招數都遠遠超過了她在加拿大所能掌控的。當她開始作為一名少年在舞蹈學校開始學習時，在這段故事的行進中，她逐漸成為很少被外界看見的，一位印度的妻子和母親：外象正常，內心糾結。 Gitanjali Kolanad teaches the martial art form kalaripayat, after having been a bharatanatyam dancer for more than thirty years. She lives in Toronto and is working on a novel.
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