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Lee Anderson's Revenge Author: [France] Boris Vian Publisher: Lijiang Publishing House Original title: J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
Lee Anderson's Revenge Author: [France] Boris Vian Publisher: Lijiang Publishing House Original title: J'irai cracher sur vos tombes
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Introduction · · · · · ·
◎A best-selling work by a French “literary genius”
◎Anti-racial discrimination work that caused a sensation in French society
【Content Introduction】
Lee Anderson's Revenge is a special work of Vian's, filled with sex, violence and hatred. The protagonist Lee Anderson has one-eighth black blood, but looks no different from a white person. His brother is black, and was killed by the girl's father and brother because he fell in love with a white girl. After that, Lee left his hometown and came to work as a clerk in a bookstore in Buckton. There, no one knew his background. Lee successfully made friends with the Asquith sisters from aristocratic families and set traps step by step... In order to avenge his brother, Lee killed the "pretty" white girl, showing the darkest side of his humanity and triggering people's deep thinking about racial discrimination. From the dark and obscene, we can see the profound and complex racial contradictions hidden behind the society.
【Recommendations by famous experts】
He understands music
He knows mechanical mathematics
All technical and other
People say he works on his own terms.
He actually follows his own heart.
—Jacques Prévert, French poet
Two names became symbols of Saint-Germain-des-Prés after the war: Jean-Paul Sartre and Boris Vian.
—Noël Annaud, French writer
This novel deals with issues of sex, violence and racism. It tells the story of a mixed race child.
——Zheng Kelu
About the Author · · · · · ·
【Author】Boris Vian (1920-1959)
French novelist, poet, playwright, musician, translator, engineer... Vian left many excellent works in the world literary world. His representative work "The Foam of Time" is a classic of French literature in the 20th century. "The Revenge of Lee Anderson" was a sensation, and "The Hollow Man" and "Red Grass" showed a new type of literature. These works established Vian's position in the history of French literature. With profound originality, he set foot in many ideological fields of modernist literature, showing the influence of existentialist philosophy and absurd consciousness. Vian's works reflect the social symptoms of an era and also reflect the aesthetic taste of an era.
In 1959, Vian died prematurely due to illness at the age of 39.
【Translator】Huang Yaqin
Editor at Shanghai Translation Publishing House. Graduated from Shanghai International Studies University. Has published many translations, including The Seventh Function of Language, which was shortlisted for the 9th Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award in 2017, and Boy, which won the 13th Fu Lei Translation and Publishing Award in 2021.
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