A Thousand Splendid Suns. 1–4

A Thousand Splendid Suns. 1–4

背景介绍

社会背景：《灿烂千阳》是作者胡塞尼继《追风筝的人》之后的又一力作。本书主讲女性，小说讲述了两个阿富汗妇女的不幸故事，个人要忍耐饥饿、病痛的约束。家庭要承受战争的创伤、难民的流离失所。国家要忍耐前苏联、塔利班与美国的战争。

前四章主要人物：Mariam(玛利雅姆)

                               Nana(玛丽雅姆的母亲)

                               Jalil(玛丽雅姆的父亲)

                              Habib Khan 、Bibi jo 、                                    Mullah Faizullah(玛丽雅                                     姆家里屈指可数的朋友)

随感

故事大背景和《风筝》相似，1973年，阿富汗政变，推翻君主制。主人公之一Mariam是一个私生子，不出所料的又是一个老爷和仆人所生的孩子。出生后就跟随母亲住在一个泥屋里，生母因为身份低微而被老爷家赶出来，亲生父亲也只能每周四才能去看望她一次。于是，这一周一次的看望变成了年幼的Mariam心中唯一的期望。作为私生女，她或许永远无法合情合理的享受其他人所拥有的东西，比如亲人、家庭、认可、尊严，等等。生母娜娜大概是患有癫痫，Mariam因此在家中小心翼翼，生怕惹怒了母亲。生父Jalil是当地的富豪，拥有无数资产，三个妻子，十个孩子。Mariam幻想着和生父一起生活，不知道她能不能实现这个虚幻的愿望。

Words & Phrases

NO. 1 lazy

原文： When Nana saw the bowl, her face flushed red and her upper lip shiver, and her eyes, both the lazy one and the good…此处表示弱视

① not liking work and physical activity, or not making any effort to do anything

② a lazy period of time is spent doing nothing except relaxing

eg. We spent lazy days relaxing on the beach.

NO. 2 appreciate

原文：Nor was she old enough to appreciate the injustice…此处指意识到

to understand how serious or important a situation or problem is or what someone's feelings are

Phrase:  appreciate the significance / importance / value of something

eg. He did not fully appreciate the significance of signing the contract.

NO. 3 stand up to

原文：To stand up to his family, to his wives and in laws…此处意为抵抗，勇敢的面对

to defend yourself successfully against people who attack, criticize, or oppose you

NO. 4 perpendicular

原文：The path ended perpendicular to a wide trout-filled stream…此处意为垂直相交

NO. 5 genuine

原文：Nana had been genuinely happy.

a genuine feeling, desire etc is one that you really feel, not one you pretend to feel

Phrase：genuine interest/concern/desire etc

Summary

This book is dedicated to Haris and Farah, both the noor of my eyes, and to the women of Afghanistan.

This novel is similar to <The Kite Runner>, other than it is describe something about the women of Afghanistan. Mariam, one of the protagonists in this book. She was called harami by her mother, that is also means an unwanted thing. The fate of being an Illegitimate child means she would never have legitimate claim to the things other people had, things such as love, family, home, acceptance.The birth father of Mariam named Jalil who come to see her every Thursday. In their daily life, Jalil also let his sons sent living goods to them. But sadly, Nana often cursed their mothers and made hateful faces at them. Even though Mariam felt sorry for the boys, she had to do this to please her mother.

Nana made no secret of her dislike for visitors. In there, they only have three friends. One of them that Mariam favorite was Mullah Faizullah. She thought there was no one in the world who understand better than her old tutor.

After refused the request of went to school by her mother, she felt sad. Nana told her that there is only one skill to stay alive that is endure. Mariam began to picture herself living with Jalil, which is not only her dream but also spiritual support.