SCENES FROM EARLY LIFE
Book ID/图书代码： 11701212B58267
English Summary/英文概要： The startling new novel from the author of King of the Badgers and the Man Booker-shortlisted The Northern Clemency.
“At that time, there were children you weren’t supposed to play with. You knew why. Their parents had been informers during the war. And it hadn’t been long since you could have got into trouble for singing a song. My grandfather hid all his Bengali poetry in the cellar.
“I was a baby during the war. We stayed inside for months. All my aunts took turns in feeding me. I couldn’t be heard to cry. You see, there were soldiers in the streets. They would have known what a crying baby meant. So I had to be kept silent. No, not everyone came out of the war alive.”
One family’s life, and a nation – Bangladesh – are uniquely created through conversation, sacrifice, songs, bonds, blood, bravery and jokes. Narrated by a young boy born into a savage civil war, ‘Scenes from Early Life’ is a heartbreaking, funny and gripping novel by one of our finest writers.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 本书是来自《獾王》与人类图书奖提名作品《北克莱蒙西》的作者的全新精彩小说作品。
“那时，还有着你不会与之玩耍的孩童。你清楚地知道原因---她们的父母是战争中的告密者。而你无法开声歌唱也就是近来而已。祖父也将他所有的孟加拉语诗集藏在了地窖之中。”
“战争打响的时候我还是襁褓之中的婴儿，我们躲在家中数月，我的阿姨们轮流喂养我，哭声是决不允许的，正如你所知道的，街道上都是士兵，他们清楚地知道啼哭的婴儿意味着什么，因此我唯有保持沉默，只有如此才可在战争中侥幸存活。”
通过运用对话，牺牲，歌曲，联结，血，勇气以及笑话这样一些独特的形式，本书将一个家庭的生活与孟加拉王国的命运紧紧联系在了一起，并由一名出生在这场残酷荒蛮战争中的一名小男孩为我们娓娓道来。《生命初观》是一本来自一位伟大作家德，兼具心碎、搞笑，又拥有着摄人心魄魅力的作品。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况：The 2013 RSL Ondaatje Prize
About the Author/作者介绍： 飞利浦•汗舍，《独立报》专栏作家，《观察家》艺术评论员，最佳青年英国小说家之一。著有七部小说作品，包括《桑葚帝国》，提名图书《北克莱蒙西》，以及一部短篇小说集。作者现居伦敦南部。Philip Hensher is a columnist for the Independent, arts critic for the Spectator and a Granta Best of Young British novelist. He has written seven novels, including The Mulberry Empire and the Booker-shortlisted The Northern Clemency, and one collection of short stories. He lives in South London.
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