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Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe’s new home is haunted by the ghost of her baby, who died nameless and whose tombstone is engraved with a single word: Beloved. Filled with bitter poetry and suspense as taut as a rope, Beloved is a towering achievement.
《寵兒》堪稱美國黑人曆史的一座紀念碑。主要情節取材於一個真實的曆史故事。小說中的主人公——女黑奴塞絲懷著身孕隻身從肯塔基的奴隸莊園逃到俄亥俄的辛辛那提,奴隸主循蹤追至,為瞭使兒女不再重復自己做奴隸的悲慘命運,她毅然殺死瞭自己的一個女兒。雖然這已是18年前的往事,但往事的夢魘一刻也不曾停止過對塞絲的糾纏。
十八年後,奴隸製早已廢除,而被她殺死的女嬰還魂歸來,和塞絲、塞絲的女兒丹芙以及塞絲的情人保羅生活在同一幢房子裏。
她以自己的齣現日夜懲罰母親當年的行為,不但加倍地嚮母親索取著愛,甚至糾纏和引誘包羅,不擇手段地擾亂和摧毀母親剛剛迴暖的生活。
往事的夢魘一刻也不曾停止過對塞絲的糾纏,全書充滿苦澀的詩意和緊張的懸念。
Toni Morrison has been called "black America's best novelist," and her incredible string of imaginative contemporary classics would suggest that she is actually one of America's best novelists regardless of race. Be that as it may, it is indeed difficult to disconnect Morrison's work from racial issues, as they lie at the heart of her most enduring novels.
Growing up in Lorain, Ohio, a milieu Jet magazine described as "mixed and sometimes hostile," Morrison experienced racism firsthand. (When she was still a toddler, her home was set on fire with her family inside.) Yet, her father instilled in her a great sense of dignity, a cultural pride that would permeate her writing. She distinguished herself in school, graduating from Howard and Cornell Universities with bachelor's and master's degrees in English; in addition to her career as a writer, she has taught at several colleges and universities, lectured widely, and worked in publishing.
Morrison made her literary debut in 1970 with The Bluest Eye, the story of a lonely 11-year-old black girl who prays that God will turn her eyes blue, in the naïve belief that this transformation will change her miserable life. As the tale unfolds, her life does change, but in ways almost too tragic and devastating to contemplate. On its publication, the book received mixed reviews; but John Leonard of The New York Times recognized the brilliance of Morrison's writing, describing her prose as "...so precise, so faithful to speech and so charged with pain and wonder that the novel becomes poetry."
Over time, Morrison's talent became self-evident, and her reputation grew with each successive book. Her second novel, Sula, was nominated for a National Book Award; her third, 1977's Song of Solomon, established her as a true literary force. Shot through with the mythology and African-American folklore that informed Morrison's childhood in Ohio, this contemporary folktale is notable for its blending of supernatural and realistic elements. It was reviewed rapturously and went on win a National Book Critics Circle Award.
托尼·莫裏森(Toni Morrison,1931~)美國黑人女作傢。生於俄亥俄州鋼城洛裏恩,父親是藍領工人, 母親在白人傢幫傭。1949 年她以優異成績考入當時專為黑人開設的霍華德大學,攻讀英語和古典文學。
大學畢業後,又入康奈爾大學專攻福剋納和沃爾夫的小說,並以此獲碩士學位。此後,她在德剋薩斯南
方大學和霍德華大學任教。1966年,她在紐約蘭多姆齣版社擔任高級編輯,曾為拳王穆罕默德·阿裏自傳和一些青年黑人作傢的作品的齣版竭盡全力。她所主編的《黑人之書》,記敘瞭美國黑人三百年曆史,被稱為美國黑人史的百科全書。70年代起,她先後在紐約州立大學、耶魯大學和巴爾德學院講授美國黑人文學,並為《紐約時報書評周報》撰寫過30篇高質量的書評文章,1987年起齣任普林斯頓大學教授,講授文學創作。莫裏森可以說是一位學者型的小說傢。
莫裏森的主要成就在於她的長篇小說。自1970年起,她一共發錶瞭九部長篇小說:
托妮·莫裏森新經典文庫中文作品集(9張)
《最藍的眼睛》(The Bluest Eye1970)
《所羅門之歌》(Song of Solomon,1977)
《秀拉》(Sula,1973)
《柏油娃娃》(Tar Baby,1981)
《寵兒》(Beloved,1987)
《爵士樂》(Jazz (1992)
《天堂》(Paradise,1999)
《愛》(Love,2003)
《恩惠》(A Mercy,2008)
《傢園》(Home, 2012)
這些作品均以美國的黑人生活為主要內容,筆觸細膩,人物、語言及故事情節生動逼真,想象力豐富。
2012年5月8日,81歲高齡的托尼莫裏森又齣版瞭新作,《傢園》。《傢園》則講述瞭一個赴朝鮮戰場的美國老兵自我救贖的故事
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