Behind the Beautiful Forevers读书介绍
| 类别 | 页数 | 译者 | 网友评分 | 年代 | 出版社 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 书籍 | 256页 | 2020 | Random House Trade |
| 定价 | 出版日期 | 最近访问 | 访问指数 |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBP 12.68 | 2020-02-20 … | 2021-10-13 … | 50 |
In this brilliant, breathtaking book by Pulitzer Prize winner Katherine Boo, a bewildering age of global change and inequality is made human through the dramatic story of families striving toward a better life in Annawadi, a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport. As India starts to prosper, the residents of Annawadi are electric with hope. Abdul, an enterprising teenager, sees “a fortune beyond counting” in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Meanwhile Asha, a woman of formidable ambition, has identified a shadier route to the middle class. With a little luck, her beautiful daughter, Annawadi’s “most-everything girl,” might become its first female college graduate. And even the poorest children, like the young thief Kalu, feel themselves inching closer to their dreams. But then Abdul is falsely accused in a shocking tragedy; terror and global recession rock the city; and suppressed tensions over religion, caste, sex, power, and economic envy turn brutal. With intelligence, humor, and deep insight into what connects people to one another in an era of tumultuous change, Behind the Beautiful Forevers, based on years of uncompromising reporting, carries the reader headlong into one of the twenty-first century’s hidden worlds—and into the hearts of families impossible to forget.
作者简介作者简介
凯瑟琳·布(Katherine Boo)
《纽约客杂志》的专职作家。曾任《华盛顿邮报》的记者和编辑，过去二十年都在报导贫困地区、思索社会资源不对等，个人如何摆脱贫困等议题。历年来，她对于底层社会真实生活的报导，为她赢得了麦克阿瑟天才奖、普利策奖、美国国家杂志奖之专题写作奖等殊荣。
译者简介
何佩桦
美国纽约哥伦比亚大学教育学院硕士，曾任大学教师，现旅居北美，专事翻译。译有《伊斯坦布尔：一座城市的记忆》《另类的出口》《西班牙星光之路》《游牧女之歌》《慢船到中国》《夜航西飞》等书。
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