THE SCATTER HERE IS TOO GREAT: A NOVEL
Book ID/图书代码： 00200013B65096
English Summary/英文概要： THE SCATTER HERE IS TOO GREAT heralds a major new voice from Pakistan with a stunning debut – a novel told in a rich variety of voices that converge at a single horrific event: a bomb blast at a station in the heart of the city. Comrade Sukhansaz, an old communist poet, is harassed on a bus full of college students minutes before the blast. His son, a wealthy middle-aged businessman, yearns for his own estranged child. A young man, Sadeq, has a deadend job snatching cars from people who have defaulted on their bank loans, while his girlfriend spins tales for her young brother to conceal her own heartbreak. An ambulance driver picking up the bodies after the blast has a shocking encounter with two strange-looking men whom nobody else seems to notice. And in the midst of it all, a solitary writer, tormented with grief for his dead father and his decimated city, struggles to find words. In a style that’s at once inventive and deeply moving, Tanweer reveals the pain, loneliness, and longing of these characters and celebrates the power of the written word to heal individuals and communities plagued by violence. Elegantly weaving together a striking portrait of a city and its people, THE SCATTER HERE IS TOO GREAT is a love story written to Karachi – as vibrant and varied in its characters, passions, and idiosyncrasies as the city itself.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 《弥天扩散》是一部预示着巴基斯坦文学新生力诞生的一部精彩的处女作小说作品---这部小说采用多角度多声音的叙述方式，最终将关注点集中在一件恐怖事件上：在城市中心的一座车站内发生的爆炸事件。就在爆炸发生的前一刻，苏柯汉萨斯同志，同时也是一名老共产主义诗人，正在一辆坐满了大学生的公共汽车上饱受骚扰。他的儿子，一名富裕的中年商人，则渴望着能获得与他疏远的儿子的理解。年轻人萨迪克从事着一份毫无前途可言的工作，收取那些贷款失利者们的汽车，而他的女友则为她的小弟弟编制着一个个故事，聊以慰藉她受伤的心灵。一名救护车司机在爆炸发生后整理现场的尸体，却意外地遭遇了两名似乎谁也没有注意的面貌奇怪的陌生人。而在这一切的中心，则是一名孤独的作家，父亲去世的悲伤和城市毁灭的伤痛折磨着他，他奋力地想要表达。坦维尔用一种一度新颖却又同时深触人心的文风为我们揭示出了书中人物形象的痛苦、孤独以及渴望，并为文字的力量而欢呼雀跃，是它们治愈了个体的伤痛,拯救了深陷暴力的社区。全书优雅的编织出了有关于一座城市的形象以及生活其中的人们，《弥天扩散》是一个献给卡拉奇的爱的故事集----其中所描绘的人物、激情和独特气质均鲜活而多变，正若这座城市一般。（DC）
Awards/获奖情况："一部优美的处女作品。一封向卡拉奇致敬的决绝情书。" （默罕默德•哈尼夫）
"一部精彩绝伦同时无比振奋人心的处女作品。在全书的最后，坦维尔让我们见识到了有些事物破坏了之后反而更具一种独特的美感与价值。" (纳迪姆•阿斯兰姆)
"比拉尔•坦维尔用他身为作家的天赋，为我们唤醒了卡拉奇所蕴藏的幽默、暴力、失落与爱---每时每刻带来的都是令你惊奇不已的小故事。一部精彩绝伦的处女作小说。" (卡米拉•山姆西)
"A beautiful debut. A blood-soaked love letter to Karachi." (Mohammed Hanif)
"A superb and genuinely exciting debut. By the end of this book Tanweer had made me see that certain things are more beautiful and valuable for having been broken" (Nadeem Aslam)
"Bilal Tanweer uses his many gifts as a writer to evoke a Karachi of humour, violence, frustration, love - and breathtaking stories at every turn. A wonderful debut" (Kamila Shamsie)
About the Author/作者介绍： 比拉尔•坦维尔从小在卡拉奇出生、长大。其小说作品、诗歌和翻译曾刊登在诸多享誉国际的报刊杂志之上，如Granta, Vallum, The Caravan 以及 Words Without Borders。2011年他当选格兰特新生文学力量称号，并成为爱荷华大学国际写作项目荣誉成员。作者现居拉合尔。
Bilal Tanweer was born and raised in Karachi. His fiction, poetry and tranlations have appeared in various international journals including Granta, Vallum, The Caravan and Words Without Borders. He was selected as a Granta new voice in 2011 and was named an Honorary Fellow of the International Writing Progarm at the University of Iowa. He lives in Lahore.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Cape; US: HarperCollins; France: Stock; India: Random House
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