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In South Africa, whose civil administration is colapsing under the pressure of years of civil strife, an obscure young gardener named Michael K decides to take his mother on a long march away from the guns towards a new life in the abandoned countryside. Everywhere he goes however, the war follows hContinue
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- English Books
- Paperback 192 Pages
- ISBN-10: 009947915X
- ISBN-13: 9780099479154
- Publisher: Vintage Books
- Pub date: Mar 28, 2005
- Also available as: Hardcover
- In other languages: other languages
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K為了送母親回鄉，歷經波折。母親死後，K一度遺世獨立，種植瓜果作為食物。小說裡描寫K採摘、烤食南瓜的段落，讓我印象很深： “Then came the evening when the first pumpkin was ripe enough to cut…On the wire grid he had made he laid strips of pumpkin over a bed of coals that glowed brighter and brighter as the dark came on. The fragrance of the burning flesh rose ... (continue)
K為了送母親回鄉，歷經波折。母親死後，K一度遺世獨立，種植瓜果作為食物。小說裡描寫K採摘、烤食南瓜的段落，讓我印象很深： “Then came the evening when the first pumpkin was ripe enough to cut…On the wire grid he had made he laid strips of pumpkin over a bed of coals that glowed brighter and brighter as the dark came on. The fragrance of the burning flesh rose into the sky… He lifted the first strip to his mouth. Beneath the crisply charred skin the flesh was soft and juicy. He chewed with tears in his eyes. ”
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