A guest of honour by Nadine Gordimer

A guest of honour

Nadine Gordimer
504 pages
Cape
Jan 1971
Hardcover
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主人公詹姆斯·布雷是一位英国殖民官员,十年前因支持黑人运动而被放逐。十年后,他以"贵客"的身份应邀回到刚刚独立的国家参加庆典。很快,他陷入了权力派别的争斗旋涡。与此同时,他卷入了一段浪漫的婚外情。随着新国家中派系之争和暴力冲突愈演愈烈,布雷陷入选择的困惑 ... ... 戈迪默在小说中以传统的现实主义笔法刻画了丰富的情节事件和人物内心世界,再现了一个国家诞生之际的种种纷繁复杂。她着眼于权力的腐蚀性,所揭示的不仅仅是简单的是与非,而是触及人性的根本问题,并对个人在追求未来的伟大游戏中的作用提出了反思。同时,在这部小说中,戈迪默似乎预言了"黑人民族主义"和独裁统治,对现实做出了艺术性警示。
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Pages 504
Publisher Cape
Published 1971
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