WHEN HOOPOES GO TO HEAVEN
Book ID/图书代码： 00970012B51800
English Summary/英文概要： From the bestselling author of Baking Cakes in Kigali comes the irresistible story of Benedict Tungazara, a ten-year-old boy in Swaziland who loves beautiful birds, his mother’s cakes, and making people happy...
Ten-year-old Benedict is feeling happy. His family’s new home in Swaziland has the most beautiful garden in the whole entire world, teeming with insects, frogs and his favourite cinnamon-coloured birds. Here, crouched in the cool shade of the lucky-bean tree, it’s easy to forget the loneliness that comes from his siblings playing without him, easy to stop himself fretting about how to fix his Mama’s failing cake-baking business.
Not that Benedict generally allows sad or uncomfortable things to cloud his day. Usually, he simply finds a way to put things right. Like trying to learn the language of his strange new country, to make himself feel less of an outsider. Like persuading the people at Ubuntu Funerals to provide a decent burial for the beautiful hoopoe killed by their van. Or like being a friend to Nomsa, a girl brave enough to pick up a spider but too afraid to tell anyone why her teacher is making her stay late after school.
Of course, there are many things in Africa that cannot be put right by a boy who isn’t yet big. But in Benedict’s wonder-filled world, even the ugliest situation has a certain magic. Warm, funny and brimming with life, Where Hoopoes Go to Heaven paints a fresh and compelling picture of life in Swaziland that will capture your imagination and restore your faith in humanity.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： Gaile Parkin既畅销书《在加利亚烤蛋糕》之后，又写了这本有关Benedict Tungazara这个小男孩的精彩故事。一个住在斯威斯兰的十岁小男孩，他喜欢漂亮的鸟，妈妈的蛋糕和使人们快乐。 十岁的小男孩Benedict感到很快乐。他们举家搬到了斯威斯兰，那里有全世界最漂亮的花园，花园里有许多昆虫，青蛙还有他最喜欢的肉桂色的鸟。在幸运豆的树荫下乘凉，就可以忘记他的兄弟姐妹不带他玩的孤独，也不用去担心没有人吃妈妈做的蛋糕。
Benedict不会经常让自己为什么事情难过，他会让自己很简单地快乐起来。例如尝试着学这个新国家的语言而不让自己像个局外人；又或者当一只戴胜鸟被货车撞死后，劝说人们给它个体面的葬礼；他还和Nomsa做了朋友，这个女孩敢抓起一只蜘蛛，却不敢告诉任何人为什么她的老师要让她留校到很晚。
当然，非洲的很多事情并不是一个小男孩可以改变的。但是在Benedict的快乐世界里，似乎再不堪的状况都像有一定的魔法似的。《当戴胜鸟去了天堂》这本书温暖人心且风趣幽默，生动地描述了斯威士兰快乐简单的生活，使你读后能找回自己的人生信念。(兼职翻译-XAT)
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About the Author/作者介绍： Gaile Parkin在非洲尚比亚出生长大，曾于南非与英国就学，曾在非洲各国生活，目前在卢安达工作，担任非洲各式重要议题，如教育，性别，和艾滋病的顾问。正如我之前所说的，我很惊讶，她在非洲学习生活过后，她的作品并不愤怒苦痛，相反写出的却是温暖人心，乐观的人生故事。让我们感到这个国家正从许多恐慌的事件中走出来。 Gaile Parkin was born and raised in Zambia, and studied at universities in South Africa and England. She has lived in many different parts of Africa, including Rwanda, where Baking Cakes in Kigali is set. She is currently a freelance consultant in the fields of education, gender and HIV/AIDS. As I may have said before, I am amazed that after her experiences in Africa she has written a novel which is not angry or bitter, but rather a warm, touching and utterly life-affirming tale of life, love and food set in a country recovering from many horrors.
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