英文 超級英雄之死

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Anthony McCarten超級英雄之死(Death of a Superhero)Alma Books2007255頁。英文。

本書目前已售出西班牙、法國、義大利、荷蘭、俄羅斯、立陶宛、韓國等七國版權並入圍2008年德國青少年文學獎(German Youth Literature Prize, 2008)

 
本書改編自真實事件,結合電影劇本與漫畫的新穎手法,在輕鬆諷刺的筆調之中,演繹出苦樂交織的生命嘉年華。
 
十四歲的故事主角Donald Delpe,總有滿懷的青春期憤怒無處發洩,無時無刻不對性愛、音樂、毒品感到好奇,然而,在他看似精力旺盛的生命下,實則卻是一副飽受血癌病魔糾纏的身體。表面看似什麼都不在乎的Donald,透過漫畫塑造了一個全是超級英雄的王國,裡面充斥著無情的壞蛋與瘋狂的性愛,唯獨沒有病痛。難解的青少年,再加上青少年創造出的難解國度,這對關心Donald的父母來說,根本無法插手融入,在心力交瘁、束手無策之下,只有請來大名鼎鼎的權威心理醫師– Dr. KingDr. King將如何解讀Donald的超級英雄漫畫世界?他真的幫得上Donald的忙嗎?還是Donald會反過來拉心理醫生一把,讓他重新認識豁然開朗的生命意涵呢?
 

閱讀本書如同觀看一場精采的戲中戲,原本看似老套的劇情中,頻頻出現驚喜轉折,並不時穿插無厘頭的漫畫效果,讀來節奏明快,在幽默戲謔的主線之上,不安的青春與禁錮的人生,一一出場。
 
作者Anthony McCarten1961年生,紐西蘭小說家、劇作家、導演。2000年出版的首部小說《紡織工》(Spinners),被譯為六國語言,並被Esquire雜誌選為當年英國十大年度小說。2005年的第二部作品《波斯情迷》(The English Harems)被改編為電視劇,旅英中國小說家毛翔青(Timothy Mo)也推崇《波斯情迷》為當年他最喜歡的年度小說。2006年出版的《超級英雄之死》(Death of A Superhero)是他的第三部小說,第四本小說《雙手演藝》(Show of Hands)將在今年(2008)出版。
 
 
媒體評論
»One of New Zealand’s most exciting literary exports.«
International Herald Tribune, New York
 
»Written in a completely original format, which flows effortlessly.«
New Zealand Herald, Auckland
 
»Débutant McCarten burns a literary firework. Sentences, paragraphs, pages are ablaze with wonderful word creations. McCarten, with Superhero, has modelled a novel which belongs on the literary catwalk. He is super-human, super-sad, super-cool, super-witty – and deserves to be celebrated.«
Bild am Sonntag, Hamburg
 
»Not since Günter Grass’ Tin Drum has an author depicted the physical hardships of a pubescent so drastically.«
Blick, Zurich
 
»McCarten has the incredible gift to tell this story in a way that at once tears your heart apart while at the same time having his readers giggle at Donald’s ideas and his unbeatable sense of humour.«
Hamburger Abendblatt
 
»Death of a Superhero lays its credentials on the table as a novel of self-affirmation and self-belief. McCarten’s novel gently uplifts you with its vision of redemption«
The Listener
 
»This novel makes one sick with yearning for more such texts, which are sensitive without being kitschy, which don’t mistake coolness for cynicism, which don’t pretend that movies, comics, video games, internet just don’t exist…A fantastic novel and a small revolution for the literary form. It is impossible to present our modern world of perceptions more adequately and vividly. «
Der Spiegel (Online)
 

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