Beasts of No Nation
副标题: A Novel
ISBN: 9780060798673
出版社: HarperCollins
出版年: 2005-11-01
页数: 142
定价: USD 16.95
装帧: Hardcover
内容简介
In this stunning debut novel, Agu, a young boy in an unnamed West African nation, is recruited into a unit of guerrilla fighters as civil war engulfs his country. Haunted by his father's own death at the hands of militants, which he fled just before witnessing, Agu is vulnerable to the dangerous yet paternal nature of his new commander.
While the war rages on, Agu becomes increasingly divorced from the life he had known before the conflict started -- a life of school friends, church services, and time with his family still intact. As he vividly recalls these sunnier times, his daily reality spins further downward into inexplicable brutality, primal fear, and loss of selfhood. His relationship with his commander deepens even as it darkens, and his camaraderie with a fellow soldier lends a deceptive sense of normalcy to his experience.
In a powerful, strikingly original voice that vividly captures Agu's youth and confusion, Uzodinma Iweala has produced a harrowing, deeply affecting novel. Both a searing take on coming-of-age and a vivid document of the dark face of war, Beasts of No Nation announces the arrival of an extaordinary new writer.
作者简介
乌佐丁玛·伊维拉(Uzodinma Iweala)
畅销小说《无境之兽》的作者。该作品曾获“洛杉矶时报图书奖”、“纽约公共图书馆幼狮小说奖”,以及由美国艺术暨文学学会颁发的“考夫曼奖”。2015年底,根据小说改编而成的同名电影上映。
2007年,伊维拉入选“格兰塔最优秀的美国年轻小说家”之列;2012年,他的第二部作品《Our Kind of People》(我的同胞们)出版上市,这是一部描写撒哈拉以南非洲地区艾滋病危机的非虚构类作品。
乌佐丁玛·伊维拉毕业于哈佛大学和哥伦比亚大学医学院,目前生活在纽约和尼日利亚首都阿布贾。