The stunning "New York Times" bestseller, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Color Purple," reissued in a handsome new edition. From the author the "New York Times Book Review" calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in "The Color Purple" whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be...(展开全部)

The stunning "New York Times" bestseller, from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "The Color Purple," reissued in a handsome new edition. From the author the "New York Times Book Review" calls "a lavishly gifted writer," this is the searing story of Tashi, a tribal African woman first glimpsed in "The Color Purple" whose fateful decision to submit to the tsunga's knife and be...(展开全部)

著者简介 艾丽斯·沃克（Alice Walker，1944—） 美国非裔女作家、社会活动家，普利策奖得主。1983年，她的长篇小说《紫颜色》以其独特的叙事手法和感人肺腑的故事，赢得普利策奖、美国国家图书奖等多个奖项，她也因此成为首位获得普利策文学奖的非裔美国女性。沃克长期关注与女性、种族相关的社会议题，并笔耕不辍，对世界女性主义文学的发展产生了重要影响。 译者简介 闵晓萌 北京外国语大学英美文学博士，现任北京邮电大学人文学院讲师，译有《狄更斯幽默故事集》《拥有快乐的秘密》等。

When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This extraordinarily courageous and compelling novel explores the tragic consequences of Tashi's dec...(展开全部)

When Alice Walker finished writing The Color Purple she realised that she needed to tell the story of Tashi, a minor character, who had "left Africa but had taken her wound with her to America". This is Tashi's story, told in her words and the voices of the people who loved her. This extraordinarily courageous and compelling novel explores the tragic consequences of Tashi's dec...(展开全部)

著者简介 艾丽斯·沃克（Alice Walker，1944—） 美国非裔女作家、社会活动家，普利策奖得主。1983年，她的长篇小说《紫颜色》以其独特的叙事手法和感人肺腑的故事，赢得普利策奖、美国国家图书奖等多个奖项，她也因此成为首位获得普利策文学奖的非裔美国女性。沃克长期关注与女性、种族相关的社会议题，并笔耕不辍，对世界女性主义文学的发展产生了重要影响。 译者简介 闵晓萌 北京外国语大学英美文学博士，现任北京邮电大学人文学院讲师，译有《狄更斯幽默故事集》《拥有快乐的秘密》等。

"Possessing the Secret of Joy" is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who lives much of her adult life in North America. As a young woman, a misguided loyalty to the customs of her people led her to voluntarily submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated (pharoanoically circumcised). Severely traumatized by this experience, she spends the rest of her life bat...(展开全部)

"Possessing the Secret of Joy" is the story of Tashi, a tribal African woman who lives much of her adult life in North America. As a young woman, a misguided loyalty to the customs of her people led her to voluntarily submit to the tsunga's knife and be genitally mutilated (pharoanoically circumcised). Severely traumatized by this experience, she spends the rest of her life bat...(展开全部)

维托尔德•贡布罗维奇（Witold Gombrowicz, 1904-1969），波兰著名小说家、剧作家，被米兰•昆德拉誉为“我们这个世纪最伟大的小说家之一”，与卡夫卡、穆齐尔、布鲁赫并称为“中欧四杰”。 贡布罗维奇出生于波兰，曾在华沙大学学习法学，后赴法国深造两年。1939年横渡大西洋到阿根廷后，适逢二战爆发，滞留南美达二十四年之久。1963年获得福特基金会全年奖金，在柏林逗留。1964年，他到法国南部的旺斯定居，1967年获得国际文学奖。1969年7月24日，贡布罗维奇在旺斯辞世。贡布罗维奇用母语写作，作品被翻译成多种语言出版，由于他不接受二战后的政治体系，他的大部分作品都不得在波兰出版，直到1986年，波兰才出版了他的全集。

维托尔德•贡布罗维奇（Witold Gombrowicz, 1904-1969），波兰著名小说家、剧作家，被米兰•昆德拉誉为“我们这个世纪最伟大的小说家之一”，与卡夫卡、穆齐尔、布鲁赫并称为“中欧四杰”。 贡布罗维奇出生于波兰，曾在华沙大学学习法学，后赴法国深造两年。1939年横渡大西洋到阿根廷后，适逢二战爆发，滞留南美达二十四年之久。1963年获得福特基金会全年奖金，在柏林逗留。1964年，他到法国南部的旺斯定居，1967年获得国际文学奖。1969年7月24日，贡布罗维奇在旺斯辞世。贡布罗维奇用母语写作，作品被翻译成多种语言出版，由于他不接受二战后的政治体系，他的大部分作品都不得在波兰出版，直到1986年，波兰才出版了他的全集。