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成長於六十年代的奧斯陸,巴能來自一個古怪的大家庭,他的同父異母兄弟佛列德,則是二戰末期母親遭人強暴後的產物。生活在這個家庭,巴能似乎停止長大;至於佛列德,因為牽涉到一樁害死家人的悲劇,自此變得成默寡言,唯獨聽到「活人偶」一詞才會有所動作。長大後的兄弟二人,各自走上了不同的人生道路,佛列德成了拳擊手,而巴能則是成為編劇。廿七年後,因為瀕死母親的一紙傳真,提供了一個機會,讓巴能能再次見到他的這位同父異母兄弟。
這本令人讚嘆的小說,故事描述一個尋常挪威家庭,因奇特的家庭成員而與眾不同,具備實事求是的魅力、洋溢著辛辣的黑色幽默與精采絕倫的悲劇。一本囊括多項大獎的當代小說。
Growing up in sixties Oslo, Barnum lives with an extended, eccentric family and his older half-brother, Fred, who was conceived after the rape of their mother in the dying days of World War II. Barnum seems to have stopped growing and Fred, implicated in a tragedy that leaves a family member dead, becomes mute - only roused when he hears 'Living Doll' one time too many. The two half-brothers embark on their separate courses, Fred becoming a boxer and Barnum a scriptwriter, and it is twenty-seven years before a fax from their dying mother offers Barnum the chance to see his brother again.
This literary marvel tells the story of an ordinary Norwegian family, set apart by extraordinary family members, with unsentimental charm, exuberant comedy and devastating tragedy.
■拉斯.薩比.克里斯滕森/Lars Saabye Christensen
挪威著名作家克里斯滕森,1953年9月21日生於首都奧斯陸,具半丹麥血統的他,大學期間主修文學、挪威語言文學、藝術史以及歷史。1972年發表文壇處女作詩集《綠光》,'76年廿三歲時出版詩集 Historien om Gly,作品榮獲當年挪威年度最佳文學新人獎。
1977年發表首部長篇小說作品《業餘愛好者》,之後以《披頭士》與《同父異母兄弟》分別勇奪卡普蘭獎(Cappelen Prize)以及布萊格獎(Brage Prize),《同父異母兄弟》更獲得北歐理事會文學獎和國際IMPAC都柏林文學獎的肯定。
2008年4月,法國政府授予克里斯滕森文學藝術騎士勳章(Chevalier dans L'ordre des Arts et Lettres,Knight of the Order of Arts and Literature)。克里斯滕森更是挪威語言文學院(英語:Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature)院士之一。克里斯滕森現居住在布林頓(Blindern)。
Lars Saabye Christensen is Norway's leading contemporary writere. He is the author of many novels as well as short stories and poetry. Christensen has won many prizes, including the Nordic Prize 2002, the Tarj Vesaas Prize for First Fiction, the Critics Prize and the Bookseller's Prize. His writing has been published throughout Europe, in the US and in Pakistan.
作者:拉斯.薩比.克里斯滕森/Lars Saabye Christensen
版本:First Edition
規格:平裝/Paperback,12.9 x 19.8 x 4.8 cm,770頁
出版商:Vintage
品牌:Vintage
出版日期:2004年02月05日
語言:英文
ISBN-10:0-099-45916-7
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Condition: Good. Pre-owned book which has been read but is in good condition. No highlighting of text, no writing in margins nor missing pages. With dust jacket.