论文部分内容阅读
本小辑精心挑选了奈保尔作品中比较有代表性的两个短篇,配以部分自传节译和访谈录一篇,使读者能够比较清楚地了解奈保尔作品的风格及其创作的主要倾向。两个短篇生动地刻画了身处异国他乡的外国人在异文化环境中所感受到的疏离感,贯彻了奈保尔小说的一贯主题;自传的节译部分以诚实的态度和简洁的语言回顾了他早年的文学生涯,是了解他创作历程的重要参考;访谈录则着重于他近年来的创作,也是理解这位作家不可或缺的文学资料。《你说我要谁的命》(Tell Me Who to Kill)、《格格不入的人》(One Out of Many)皆选自他1971年获布克奖的小说集《在自由的国度》(In a Free State),由 André Deutsch Limited 书局出版;《一部自传的开场白》(Prologue to an Autobiography)选自由企鹅图书出版公司出版的自传随笔集《寻找中心》(Finding the Centre)。
The album carefully selected two representative short stories in Naipaul’s works, with some autobiographical translations and interviews recorded so that readers can more clearly understand the main style of Naipaul’s work and its main creative tendency. Two short and vivid portrayals of alienation felt by foreigners living in exotic countries in different cultural environments and implementing the consistent theme of Naipaul’s novels; the autobiographical section of the autobiography recalled his honesty and concise language Early literary career, is an important reference to understand his creative history; interviews focus on his recent writing, but also to understand the writer indispensable literature. “Tell Me Who to Kill,” “One Out of Many,” was chosen from his 1971 Book of Buicks Prize “In a Free State, published by the André Deutsch Limited bookstore; Prologue to an Autobiography was selected from the autobiographical collection ”Finding the Center" published by Penguin Books and Publishers.