【预售】Milkman 送奶工 2018布克奖获奖作品 英文原版小说

作者 Anna Burns

出版社 Faber & Faber

出版日期 2018-09-20

软装: 360 页

语言: 英语

ISBN-13: 9780571338757

商品尺寸: 13.8 x 2.7 x 21.1 cm

布克奖获奖作品。

“这部小说讲述的一切听起来是那么真实......新颖、有趣，虽然隐晦、与众不同，却让人豁然开朗。”——《卫报》

在一座未提及名字的城市，排行第二的妹妹由于一些错误的原因而格外出众。她一边走路一边读书，这是其一。而且她晚上一直在市中心上法语课。所以，当当地的一名准军事组织成员（大家都叫他送奶工）开始追求她时，她突然变得“有趣”起来了，这是她最不愿看到的。尽管二妹努力避开他——同时不让她妈妈发现这个“疑似男友”的事——谣言还是传开了，暴力威胁仍在继续。

《送奶工》的故事告诉我们，在一个错误的旗帜、错误的宗教，甚至日落都可能具有颠覆性的时代，不作为可能带来严重的影响。凭借刚劲有力的语言和狡猾、邪恶的幽默，这部小说让Anna Burns成为我们这个时代最重要的声音之一。

Winner of the Man Booker Prize

“Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique.”―The Guardian

In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes “interesting,” the last thing she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister’s attempts to avoid him―and to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe-boyfriend―rumors spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.