基本信息出版社：Granta Books; New Ed edition
页码：144 页
出版日期：1998年02月
ISBN：1862070954
条形码：9781862070950
版本：1998-02-19
装帧：平装
开本：32开 Pages Per Sheet
外文书名：修女的月亮

内容简介 Book Description
The nine haunting stories of Monkfish Moon, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, announce the appearance of an extraordinary writing talent. Gunesekera describes a kind of paradise in which a sudden moment of silence in a city is cause for fear, where civil war disrupts a marriage thousands of miles away, and where "building up"--of businesses, homes, relationships--is more often than not swiftly and violently brought down.

Book Dimension
length: (cm)19.4 　　　 　　　　　 　　　　　 width:(cm)12.8
媒体推荐 Reviews
1. Nine stories, each intricately tuned and carefully turned. Gunesekera's language has a simple surface--he excels in the pithy sentence serving the apparently practical purpose. But the simplicity is deceptive, his observation as close as the stare of a voyeur.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Independent


2. [An] impressive first book. . . The delicate firmness with which Gunesekera portrays the dilemmas of living in a spoiled paradise gives this collection a haunting, eye-opening quality.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Observer


3. Graceful and grim. . . carefully civilised bulletins on barbarity's reverberations.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--London Sunday Times


4. These stories display Mr. Gunesekera's knowledge of his homeland. . . in an unexpected, even wonderful way.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Atlanta Journal


5. Gunesekera's subtly erotic prose animates Sri Lanka's natural luxuriance, veined with menace.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Voice Literary Supplement


6. Close to Chekhov in tone. . . Gunesekera's writing works by implication, making words and images mean more than they actually say. . . The characters are real, living, breathing people. . . The stories in Monkfish Moon. . . achieve real emotional depth.
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　--Financial Times