The Braid
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Who it's for
A good fit for
- 关心女性议题、女性主义写作的读者
- 喜欢多线叙事、群像结构的文学爱好者
- 想了解印度种姓制度与底层生活面貌的读者
- 希望在忙碌中读完一本不厚小说的通勤读者
Not a good fit for
- 偏好单一主角、情感线集中的传统言情读者
- 对印度底层苦难描写较为敏感、易感不适的读者
- 期待大量悬念反转、强情节快节奏的读者
Reading tips
- 阅读时可以把三条故事线各自连起来读一遍，再回头看它们的交汇处，更能体会“编辫子”的结构设计。
- 读到印度部分时，不妨随手查一下“达利特”“不可接触者”等背景，会更容易理解斯密塔的选择。
- 篇幅不长，适合在两三个晚上读完；读完后可再看2023年作者执导的同名电影改编。
- 可以和朋友或读书小组讨论“你身上用的东西是谁做的”，把书里的联结落到现实。
About the publisher
People's Literature Publishing House publishes across classical literature, foreign literature, documentary writing and folk literature, with 492 titles in its catalogue. Representative books range from the Chinese classic Romance of the Three Kingdoms to Lao She's Teahouse and Longxu Ditch in the Selected Works of Lao She, as well as translated foreign literature such as Faulkner's The Sound and the Fury, Dante's Divine Comedy and Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels, alongside documentary and fictional works including Primo Levi's If This Is a Man and João Guimarães Rosa's The Devil to Pay in the Backlands. Its authors include Chinese writers such as Lao She, translators such as Shen Emeri and Li Wenjun, and foreign authors such as James Wood. Overall, the house has a strong record in editing classic works and translating foreign literature, with a publishing character that bridges Chinese and foreign writing and values textual quality.
Contents
- Copyright Information
- Preface: This Spring, What Happened and What Is Happening...
- Introduction
- Smita: Bhadrapur, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Giulia: Palermo, Sicily
- Sarah: Montreal, Canada
- Smita: Uttar Pradesh, India
- Smita: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Smita: Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Smita: Tirupati Temple, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Translator's Afterword
FAQ
《辫子》这本书讲的是什么？
作者莱蒂西娅·科隆巴尼还写过什么？
《辫子》有电影版吗？
中文版是谁翻译的？
这本书和印度的头发产业有关吗？
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About the author
Laetitia Colombani is a French writer, screenwriter and director, though her exact nationality is not clearly established in publicly available sources, and basic information such as her dates of birth and death has not been fully recorded. Her novel The Braid is the only work by her included in the collection, and in Chinese book classifications it is usually placed under literature and foreign literature. Judging from this work, Colombani focuses on the lives of women in different regions and links seemingly distant life stories through interwoven threads, with a clear narrative structure and delicate, restrained emotional expression. She excels at presenting characters' circumstances and inner changes through everyday details, giving the work both readability and social concern. The Braid has been published in several countries and has attracted readers' attention, introducing this author to Chinese readers as well. Because public information is limited, a complete account of her life, creative career and later works remains to be further understood.
