美国南亚裔文学作品选（美国亚裔文学研究丛书）

《美国南亚裔文学作品选》从跨学科与跨文化视野考察美国南亚裔文学，精选23位美国南亚裔作家的作品，编目按照作家出生时间顺序进行排列。选集收录印度裔、巴基斯坦裔和斯里兰卡裔等美国南亚裔作家的作品。本书将每个章节主要包括作者简介、作品选读、作品赏析和延伸阅读书目；作品文类包括自传、小说、诗歌、散文等多种体裁，作品出版时间跨度长达近一个世纪，内容多样，风格各异，从不同层面和角度呈现美国南亚裔文学的丰富内容和历史脉络，同时也展现美国南亚裔文学的独特性和发展趋势。  
美国南亚裔文学是美国亚裔文学的重要组成部分，南亚裔文学及研究与亚裔的整体生存状态相关，学术界不能忽视各个少数族裔在种族、历史、人口及政治诉求等方面的发声。国内的研究集中于华裔文学领域，对于南亚裔文学的经典作品的专题研究很少，诗歌戏剧方面的研究更是不够重视。在一带一路倡议与中国文化走出去的时代背景下，有助于推动“美国亚裔文学”研究的总体性发展。  

郭英剑，中国人民大学“杰出学者”特聘教授，外国语学院教授（二级）、博士生导师。现任中国人民大学首都发展与战略研究院副院长。从2001到2020年，历任郑州大学外语学院副院长、常务副院长、中央民族大学外国语学院院长、中国人民大学外国语学院院长。主要从事英美文学、文学翻译、英语教育与高等教育研究。
国务院第八届外语学科评议组成员、教育部高校英语专业教学指导分委员会委员、享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家、国家首批“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家人选、全国模范教师。国家社科重大规划项目首席专家。

1. 丹 · 戈帕尔 · 慕克吉 (Dhan Gopal Mukerji, 1890—1936) ···························· 1  

Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon ······················································ 2  

2. 达利普 · 辛格 · 桑德 (Dalip Singh Saund, 1899—1973) ······························ 6  

Congressman from India ······························································· 7  

3. 拉贾 · 劳 (Raja Rao, 1908—2006) ······················································· 11  

The Serpent and the Rope ····························································· 12  

4. 戈温达斯 · 维什努达斯 · 德萨尼 (Govindas Vishnudas Desani, 1909—2000) ···· 16  

All about H. Hatterr ··································································· 17  

5. 维德 · 梅塔 (Ved Mehta, 1934—2021) ················································· 21  

Sound-Shadows of the New World ··················································· 22  

6. G. S. 沙拉特 · 钱德拉 (G. S. Sharat Chandra, 1935—2000) ························· 25  

Brother ··················································································· 26  

After the Earthquake in India ························································ 28  

7. 巴普西 · 西德瓦 (Bapsi Sidhwa, 1938—) ·············································· 29  

Cracking India ·········································································· 30  

An American Brat ······································································ 34  

8. 巴拉蒂 · 慕克吉 (Bharati Mukherjee, 1940—2017) ·································· 38  

The Tenant ·············································································· 39  

Desirable Daughters··································································· 43  

9. 比娜 · 谢里夫 (Bina Sharif, 1940—) ···················································· 49  

My Ancestor’s House ·································································· 50  

10. 塔拉特 · 阿巴西 (Talat Abbasi, 1942—) ··············································· 55  

Mirage ··················································································· 56  

11. 吉塔 · 梅塔 (Gita Mehta, 1943—) ······················································· 60  

Raj ························································································ 61  

12. 塔希拉 · 纳克维 (Tahira Naqvi, 1945—) ··············································· 65  

A Fair Exchange ······································································· 66  

13. 阿加 · 沙希德 · 阿里 (Agha Shahid Ali, 1949—2001) ······························· 71  

In Lenox Hill ··········································································· 72  

I See Chile in My Rearview Mirror ················································· 74  

14. 米娜 · 亚历山大 (Meena Alexander, 1951—2018) ··································· 77  

Fault Lines ·············································································· 78  

Illiterate Heart ·········································································· 80  

15. 萨拉 · 苏莱里 · 古德伊尔 (Sara Suleri Goodyear, 1953—2022) ··················· 86  

Excellent Things in Women ·························································· 87  

16. 维贾伊 · 瑟哈德里 (Vijay Seshadri, 1954—) ·········································· 91  

New Media ·············································································· 92  

Nursing Home ·········································································· 93  

17. 亚伯拉罕 · 韦尔盖塞 (Abraham Verghese, 1955—) ·································· 95  

Cutting for Stone ······································································· 96  

18. 奇塔 · 班纳吉 · 蒂娃卡鲁尼 (Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni, 1956—) ············· 100  

Cutting the Sun ······································································· 101  

Sister of My Heart ···································································· 102  

19. 基琳 · 娜拉杨 (Kirin Narayan, 1959—) ·············································· 106  

Love, Stars and All That ····························································· 107  

20. 因德尼 · 阿米拉纳亚加姆 (Indran Amirthanayagam, 1960—) ····················111  

The City, with Elephants ·····························································112  

The Migrant’s Reply ··································································114  

21. 英迪拉 · 加内桑 (Indira Ganesan, 1960—) ···········································116  

Inheritance ·············································································117  

As Sweet as Honey ··································································· 122  

22. 阿兰达蒂 · 罗伊 (Arundhati Roy, 1961—) ··········································· 126  

The God of Small Things ···························································· 127  

23. 斯瑞迪 · 乌姆里加 (Thrity Umrigar, 1961—) ······································· 132  

The Space Between Us ······························································ 133  

Everybody’s Son ······································································ 135  

24. 瑞蒂卡 · 瓦齐拉尼 (Reetika Vazirani, 1962—2003) ································ 140  

It’s a Young Country ································································· 141  

Friday Mixer ·········································································· 142  

25. 戴尼亚尔 · 穆伊努丁 (Daniyal Mueenuddin, 1963—) ····························· 143  

Nawabdin Electrician—The Life of a Wily Pakistani Electrician ············· 144  

Our Lady of Paris ···································································· 147  

26. 裘帕 · 拉希莉 (Jhumpa Lahiri, 1967—) ·············································· 153  

Interpreter of Maladies ······························································ 154  

The Lowland ·········································································· 158  

27. 玛雅 · 科斯拉 (Maya Khosla, 1970—) ··············································· 162  

Dispersal ·············································································· 163  

Offerings ·············································································· 163  

28. 悉达多 · 穆克吉 (Siddhartha Mukherjee, 1970—) ·································· 165  

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer ························· 166  

29. 阿亚德 · 阿赫塔尔 (Ayad Akhtar, 1970—) ·········································· 170  

Disgraced ············································································· 171  

Homeland Elegies ···································································· 176  

30. 基兰 · 德赛 (Kiran Desai, 1971—) ···················································· 181  

Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard ················································· 182  

The Inheritance of Loss ····························································· 185  

31. 阿基尔 · 夏尔马 (Akhil Sharma, 1971—) ············································ 190  

An Obedient Father ·································································· 191  

Family Life ············································································ 195  

32. 沙巴里 · 佐赫拉 · 艾哈迈德 (Sharbari Zohra Ahmed, 1971—) ·················· 198  

Raisins Not Virgins ··································································· 199  

33. 凡达娜 · 卡娜 (Vandana Khanna, 1972—) ··········································· 203  

Train to Agra ·········································································· 204  

Mantra for a New Bride ····························································· 206  

34. 卡米拉 · 夏姆斯 (Kamila Shamsie, 1973—) ········································· 207  

In the City by the Sea ································································ 208  

Home Fire ············································································· 212  

35. 艾梅 · 内茨库马塔尔 (Aimee Nezhukumatathil, 1974—) ························· 217  

One Bite ··············································································· 218  

A Globe Is Just an Asterick and Every Home Should Have an Asterick ······ 219  

36. 纳克维 (H. M. Naqvi, 1974—) ························································· 220  

Home Boy ············································································· 221  

The Selected Works of Abdullah the Cossack ···································· 226  

37. 阿米特 · 马吉穆达尔 (Amit Majmudar, 1979—) ··································· 231  

Partitions ·············································································· 232  

Dothead ··············································································· 237  

38. V. V. 加内桑坦 (V. V. Ganeshananthan, 1980—) ··································· 239  

Love Marriage ········································································ 240  

  
所谓“美国南亚裔文学”，是指具有南亚血统的美国人（即南亚裔）用英语创作的文学作品。这里的南亚裔包括来自印度、巴基斯坦、尼泊尔、孟加拉国、斯里兰卡、马尔代夫、不丹等七个国家（或与这些国家有关联）的人员群体及其后裔。“美国南亚裔文学”的题材不仅局限于反映南亚裔在美国的经历，还可以是关于南亚乃至世界的故事。  
“美国南亚裔文学”无疑是“美国亚裔文学”版图中不可或缺的一部分，它在短时间内取得了引人注目的成绩，成为美国少数族裔文学中的佼佼者。现在，“美国南亚裔文学”已经成为观察美国社会历史与现在的一个重要平台，有助于人们了解这个国家在短暂的历史中所发生的许多重大变化，同时作为观照，也促使我们进行自我文化反思。  
南亚人移居美国的历史可以追溯到 19 世纪。这一时期南亚移民中的知识分子开创了早期的南亚裔文学，代表作家有丹 · 戈帕尔 · 慕克吉、达利普 · 辛格 · 桑德和拉贾 · 劳等。丹 · 戈帕尔 · 慕克吉是美国历史上第一位成功的南亚裔作家，他在 1927 年出版的《花颈鸽，一只信鸽的传奇》是早期南亚裔文学的代表作。  
“美国南亚裔文学”在第二次世界大战之后得到了长足的发展，呈现百家争鸣的繁荣景象，代表作家有巴普西 · 西德瓦、巴拉蒂 · 慕克吉、米娜 · 亚历山大、奇塔 · 蒂娃卡鲁尼、阿兰达蒂 · 洛伊和裘帕 · 拉希莉等。进入 21 世纪以来，“美国南亚裔文学”保持蓬勃发展的态势，老一代作家笔耕不辍，新一代作家佳作频现。这个时期的代表人物包括阿亚德 · 阿赫塔尔、基兰 · 德赛、卡米拉 · 夏姆斯和纳克维等。