MEATSPACE
Book ID/图书代码： 05380014B67668
English Summary/英文概要： The second novel from Costa First Novel Award shortlisted author Nikesh Shukla.
’The first and last thing I do every day is see what strangers are saying about me.’
Kitab Balasubramanyam has had a rough few months. His girlfriend left him. He got fired from the job he hated for writing a novel on company time, but the novel didn’t sell and now he’s burning through his mum’s life insurance money. His father has more success with women than he does, and his Facebook comments get more likes. Kitab is reduced to spending all of his time in his flat with his brother Aziz, coming up with ideas for novelty Tumblrs and composing amusing tweets. But now even Aziz has left him, travelling to America to find his doppelganger.
So what happens when Kitab Balasubramanyam’s only internet namesake turns up on his doorstep and insists that they are meant to be friends?
Meatspace is a hilarious and troubling analysis of what happens when our lives become nothing more than an aggregation of shared content, when our online personas are more interesting than real life. A brilliant follow-up from an acclaimed young novelist writing at the sharp edge of modern life.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 这是获得过哥斯达黎加第一小说入围奖的作者 Nikesh Shukla的第二本小说。
“我每天所做的第一件事和最后一件事就是看陌生人如何评论我的”
Kitab Balasubramanyam度过了很艰难的数月。他的女朋友离开了他。他从公司辞职因为他讨厌在上班时间写小说，但是小说没有卖出去现在靠着妈妈的保险费过活。他父亲在女人方面比他要成功的多，他的脸书评论上面有更多的喜欢。Kitab被减少到在公寓与他的兄弟Aziz度过他所有时间，脑中源源不断浮出关于Tumblrs的新想法和创作有趣的段子。但现在连Aziz都离开了他，前往美国他的分身。
所以当 Kitab Balasubramanyam的唯一网络同名出现在他家门口并声称是他们打算成为朋友发生了什么？
这本书是一个滑稽和令人不安的分析当我们的生活变得不外乎有趣内容的聚合，当我们的线上人物角色比现实生活更精彩的时候会发生什么。来自著名青年作家的一个精彩的后续描写中现代生活的锋利边缘。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：当下的小说像Dave Eggers的圆圈和 Douglas Coupland的那些以及此书——现实世界相对来说网络世界或者虚幻的世界——是一个有趣而又令人不安的分析当我们的生活变成分享的聚合内容就如同亮相的小说家， Kitab Balasubramanyam的生活变得越来越荒谬当他的同名者在一个读书会伏击他并声称自己才是那个真正的Kitab。我将会发送稿件在独立的封面然后周五项目将会在2014年七月颁布。
A novel of the right now like Dave Eggers’ The Circle or those by Douglas Coupland, MEATSPACE – the physical world, as opposed to cyberspace or a virtual environment – is a hilarious and troubling analysis of what happens when our lives become an aggregation of shared content as debut novelist, Kitab Balasubramanyam’s, life becomes increasingly absurd when his namesake ambushes him at a reading claiming to be “the real Kitab.” I’ll send through the manuscript under separate cover and The Friday Project will publish for July 2014.
About the Author/作者介绍： Nikesh Shukla是一名科幻和电视作家。
他的新作品，物质世界，在五月项目上发布。
他的小说处女作，《无限的椰子》入围2010哥斯达黎加第一小说奖Desmond Elliott 入围奖并且在初选为2011Desmond Elliott奖。Metro将其描述为”一种暴乱的自卑心理有价值的时刻由 Shukla优美的观察着的人物和刻画青少年玩笑的才能“在2011年，Nikesh与Kieran Yates合著的一本非小说类关于暴乱的文章叫做<新一代的烦恼：暴乱没告诉我们关于我们民族的青年的事>。在2013年，他发表了篇关于食物的小说，叫做《时间机器》，把他所有的收益捐献给Roy城堡肺癌基金会。
他的短篇小说被刊登在以下：2013英国最棒短篇故事、蝴蝶杂志、笔推、周末日报、图书大满贯，BBC广播4台，冠城杂志和Teller杂志。他为卫报、君子和BBC广播第二频道写过报道。他过去曾是BBC亚洲网络和皇家节日厅的签约作家。
他的第四频道喜剧 Kabadasses实验室在2011年E4和第四频道播出并和Shazad Latif, Jack Doolan 以及Josie Long一同出演。
他主持了副官播客，反小组讨论针对与作家谈论写作得到话题。其中包括Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz, Teju Cole, James Salter, George Saunders, Jennifer Egan, Evie Wyld, Sam Bain, Alex Preston, Colson Whitehead 等。他还与科幻作家James Smythe联合举办了nerdier播客叫做Meat Up, Hulk Out.
他非常喜欢蜘蛛侠的漫画。
Nikesh Shukla is a writer of fiction and television.
His new novel, Meatspace, is out now on The Friday Project..
His debut novel, Coconut Unlimited was shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2010 and longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2011. Metro described it as ’...a riot of cringeworthy moments made real by Shukla’s beautifully observed characters and talent for teen banter.’ In 2011, Nikesh co-wrote a non-fiction essay about the riots with Kieran Yates called Generation Vexed: What the Riots Don’t Tell Us About Our Nation’s Youth. In 2013, he released a novella about food, called The Time Machine , donating all his proceeds to Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation.
His short stories have been featured in the following places: Best British Short Stories 2013, Five Dials, The Moth Magazine, Pen Pusher, The Sunday Times, Book Slam, BBC Radio 4, First City Magazine and Teller Magazine. He has written for the Guardian, Esquire and BBC 2. He has, in the past, been writer in residence for BBC Asian Network and Royal Festival Hall.
His Channel 4 Comedy Lab Kabadasses aired on E4 and Channel 4 in 2011 and starred Shazad Latif, Jack Doolan and Josie Long.
He hosts The Subaltern podcast, the anti-panel discussion featuring conversations with writers about writing. Guests have included Zadie Smith, Junot Diaz, Teju Cole, James Salter, George Saunders, Jennifer Egan, Evie Wyld, Sam Bain, Alex Preston, Colson Whitehead and more. He also co-hosts a nerdier podcast with sci-fi writer James Smythe, called Meat Up, Hulk Out.
He likes Spider-man comics. A lot.
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