人生海海英文版 麦家 茅盾文学奖得主风声作者 英文原版 The Colonel and the Eunuch

基本信息

Publisher ? : ? Apollo; UK Airports edition (9 May 2024)

Language ? : ? English

Paperback ? : ? 400 pages

ISBN-10 ? : ? 1804540277

ISBN-13 ? : ? 978-1804540275

Dimensions ? : ? 14.8 x 3.2 x 23.2 cm

内容介绍

国内畅销书*一名，销量超过 300 万册。这是一部关于英雄是怎样炼成的尖锐探索：一部文学巨著，首次以英文出版。

男孩在中国南方的一个小村庄里长大，听着关于上校的故事长大：有人说他是抗战时期的传奇军医，有人说他是党的叛徒，还有人说他是邪恶的性机器。

这些故事啼笑皆非、引人入胜，总是比真人还真实。但实际上，上校只是一个爱猫的中年男人。到底为什么大家都叫他 "太监 "呢？

小男孩试图从这些不同的来源中拼凑出上校的真实身份，就像他自己在瞬息万变的中国成长一样。

直到许多年后，男孩也变成了一个中年人，他才回过头来，最终解开了这个谜题。

《上校与太监》是麦家八年来的首部新作，也是他迄今为止最具雄心的作品。

与间谍惊悚小说不同的是，这是一个令人兴奋的成长故事，一个家庭传奇，也是对什么是英雄的深刻探索。

上校是麦家的独特创作：一个笼罩在战争和历史悲剧中的近乎神话般的人物，他的故事甚至会让最铁石心肠的人感动落泪。

The phenomenal #1 Chinese bestseller, with over 3 million copies sold. This is a searing exploration of what makes a hero: a literary masterpiece, available in the English language for the very first time.

The boy grows up in a small village in south China listening to stories about the Colonel: some say he was a legendary army doctor during the war, some say he was a traitor to the Party, still others say he is a wicked sex machine. The stories are bawdy and mesmerizing, always larger than life. Yet in reality, the Colonel is just a middle-aged man who loves his cat. And why on earth does everyone call him 'the Eunuch'?

From these disparate sources, the boy tries to piece together who the Colonel really is, just as he himself grows up in a rapidly changing China. It is not until many years later, when the boy also becomes a middle-aged man, that he would look back and finally solve the puzzle.

The Colonel and the Eunuch is Mai Jia's first new novel in eight years and his most ambitious work to date. An exciting departure from spy thrillers, this is a coming-of-age story, a family saga, as well as a searing exploration of what makes a hero. The Colonel is Mai Jia's singular creation: an almost mythic figure shrouded in the tragedy of war and history, whose story will move even the most stone-hearted to tears.