L’ARMATA DEI SONNAMBULI (ARMY OF SLEEPWALKERS)
Book ID/图书代码： 04851514B69240
English Summary/英文概要： Wu Ming takes on the event that marked the foundation of the contemporary age, putting all the strong suits of its narrative style at the service of the story: epic scale, adventure, unprecedented characters, unexpected points of view. The result is a novel with an epic scale and a wholly contemporary point of view, which encompasses and outdoes everything this literary collective has written from its debut to the present.
Paris, 1793. As a procession of great historical figures goes by in the background, the protagonists of Wu Ming’s latest novel move in the obscure depths of the French Revolution, mingling with sans-culottes, knitting women, mesmerists, gendarmes, and unsuccessful actors.
Marie is a woman of the people who asks the French Revolution to give her freedom, but also bread for herself and her son. Instead, what she will wind up with is a different life.
Leo is an actor who has immigrated to Paris from Italy, following in the footsteps of the great maestro Goldoni, in search of fame and fortune. He will discover that the revolution offers the most promising stage, but one from which it is also possible to tumble to one’s ruin. D’Amblanc is a very particular sort of doctor, a student of the great Mesmer before the revolution, and he carries on his master’s practices even in the new age prompted by the great cataclysm. But the axiom that has always guided his steps is now beginning to wobble, leading him to a quest that will take him to the heart of France and of his own nightmares. The man who calls himself Laplace is a paladin devoted to a cause. He has a spider’s patience. He chooses to hide amidst the masses, to put himself and his theories to the test. He dreams of an army of sleepwalkers.
Running through the various plot lines, as faint and turgid as a Greek chorus of drunks,
there twists and turns the mocking, harsh voice of the commoners of Paris, studding the
story with ferocious stiletto wounds and keeping it closely tied to the moods of the people
– the witty wisecracks, and the filthiest and least appropriate thoughts of those who have
nothing to lose and everything to gain from a revolution.
A unique literary exploit, a book that calls into question the origins of all power, as well as
a wildly amusing ride.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 无名的作品非常能反应时代的根基，其叙述运用了史诗般的规模与历险，史无前例的人物角色和观点见解，这些元素的结合为我们呈现了这部杰出的作品——《梦游者军队》。
1793年的巴黎，正值法国大革命，普通民众、针织女佣、催眠师、宪兵和不成功的演员各自艰难地生活着。
玛利亚是个普通的女性，一心指望着法国大革命能给她带来自由，给她的孩子带来温饱。但是，等待她的却是完全不同的一种生活。里奥是个从意大利移民到巴黎的演员，他跟随着格德尼大师的步伐，来巴黎寻求成功与名誉。他会发现法国大革命能带来许多功成名就的机会，却也能彻底摧毁一个人。迪•安巴伦斯是个非常特别的医生，在大革命之前他是位催眠师，在这巨大的变革中，他依旧运用着自己独特的技能生存。但是，一直指导安巴伦斯的人生信条在此刻动摇了，他慢慢走近了法国的中心地带，走进了他自己的噩梦中。这个男人自称自己为拉普拉斯，是个决心要做出一番事业的骑士。他有着蜘蛛的耐心。他把自己隐藏在人群之中，梦想着要建立一支梦游者军队。
书中穿插了各种情节线索，就如同希腊醉汉发出的微弱而浮夸的呻吟。巴黎居民痛快的呻吟与谩骂，或深或浅的伤口，都让我们体会到了在大革命中人们的渴望与绝望。
这是本特别的文学探索作品，探索了权力的起源，荒谬的旅程。（XAT）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 无名是意大利近年最为知名的历史小说作家。无名是个中国名字，意味着无名氏，代表了无名对中国异见者的赞美和对作家本身过分崇拜的抵触。他的最新小说为《阿尔泰山》和《阿娜利亚》。
Wu Ming is Italy’s best-known writing collective and one of the most significant authors of
historical novels of recent years. The Chinese name, which means «anonymous», is both a
tribute to Chinese dissidents and an explicit reference to their rejection of the cult of the
author. Their most recent books are Altai («Stile Libero», 2009 and «NumeriPrimi», 2011)
and Anatra all’arancia meccanica («Stile Libero», 2011).
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