小說/散文

Sellout
出版社： The Book Service Ltd.
書林書號：
30248304
作者：
Beatty, Paul
定價：
476
會員價：
$452
ISBN：
9781786071460
出版年份：
2017
裝訂：
平裝
總頁數：
0
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The Sellout《背叛者》 （2016布克獎） 美國種族議題 英文小說

Paul Beatty充滿諷刺及幽默的全新作品，微妙隱射美國難解的種族問題，挑戰不平等的美國憲法、民權運動，及深入探討父子關係。主角從小成長在有農業貧民窟之稱的洛杉磯郊區小鎮，並由身為社會學家的父親獨自扶養，從小就被父親當作邊緣社會專題的研究對象，並期望父親的研究會帶領他脫離貧困與絕望，直到父親慘遭警察誤殺，所有的夢想也毀於一夕。現在，他的家鄉正面臨從地圖徹底消失的困境，他提出抗議只為求平等與尊重，為了吸引當權者的注意，他在當地的一所高中展開一場種族隔離的實驗，並支持再度恢復奴隸制度，這樣的實驗反而讓他遭受美國最高法院的無情審判，這整個瘋狂的舉動，到底是他背叛了自己的同族，還是社會制度背叛了他？

WINNER THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016

Born in the 'agrarian ghetto' of Dickens - on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles - the narrator of The Sellout is raised by his single father, a controversial sociologist, and spends his childhood as the subject in racially charged psychological studies.

Led to believe that his father's pioneering work will result in a memoir that will solve his family's financial woes, he is shocked to discover, after his father is killed in a police shoot-out, that there never was a memoir. In fact, all that's left is the bill for a drive-through funeral.

Fuelled by this deceit and the general disrepair of his hometown, the narrator sets out to right another wrong: his hometown Dickens has literally been removed from the map to save California from further embarrassment. Enlisting the help of the town's most famous resident - Hominy Jenkins - he initiates the most outrageous action conceivable: reinstating slavery and segregating the local high school.

What follows is a remarkable journey that challenges the sacred tenets of the United States Constitution, urban life, the civil rights movement and the holy grail of racial equality - the black Chinese restaurant.

In his trademark absurdist style, which has the uncanny ability to make readers want to both laugh and cry, The Sellout is an outrageous and outrageously entertaining indictment of our time, showcasing a comic genius at the top of his game.
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