作者简介

Shehan Karunatilaka is the multi-award winning author of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is his second novel. Born in Colombo, he studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore.

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A searing satire set amid the murderous mayhem of Sri Lanka beset by civil war

Colombo, 1990. Maali Almeida, war photographer, gambler and closet gay, has woken up dead in what seems like a celestial visa office. His dismembered body is sinking in the serene Beira lake and he has no idea who killed him. At a time where scores are settled by death squads, suicide bombers and hired goons, the list of suspects is depressingly long, as the ghouls and ghosts with grudges who cluster round can attest.

But even in the afterlife, time is running out for Maali. He has seven moons to try and contact the man and woman he loves most and lead them to a hidden cache of photos that will rock Sri Lanka.

Ten years after his prizewinning novel Chinaman established him as one of Sri Lanka's foremost authors, Karunatilaka is back with a rip-roaring epic, full of mordant wit and disturbing truths.


Shehan Karunatilaka is the multi-award winning author of Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew. The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida is his second novel. Born in Colombo, he studied in New Zealand and has lived and worked in London, Amsterdam and Singapore.

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  • Red Joker
    第一次见全文以第二人称为主的长篇小说wars will never end ,not in Down There , nor In Between . there will always be new factions, new thugs, new stands. cos violence is one thing will never go shortage of, while compassion and kindness are becoming less than useless.10-30
  • 翼犀稀
    这本书继承了他上一部作品《与亡灵交谈》(Chats with the Dead)的创作风格,通过讽刺、黑色幽默等方式来引发思考,也许痛苦用幽默的形式表现会显得更为讽刺吧。有趣的是,他将成王败寇之理展开,却使得现实显得更为无力: “历史就是那些永远船只和武器的人消灭那些忘记发明它们的人。每一种文明都是从种族灭绝开始的,这是宇宙的法则,是永恒的丛林法则,即使它是由混凝土制成。即使在每一颗星星的运动和每一粒原子的舞蹈中也能看到。在这里,富人将奴役身无分文的人,强者将压垮弱者。”10-20
  • hotshotdebut
    Worthy of the prize.10-18
  • 巴里奥狮Varios
    Because, on reflection, once you have seen your own face and recognised the colour of your eyes, tasted the air and smelled the soil, drunk from the purest fountains and the dirtiest wells, that is the kindest thing you can say about life. It’s not nothing.12-04
  • 懒超人
    一部黑暗喜剧悬疑小说。作者选择了罕见的第二人称“你”来写作。离奇死亡的“你”穿梭阴阳两界寻找真相,生死两条故事线并行,拉扯出一张斯里兰卡官、商、军、匪利益交织的网图,描述了同性无法自由、内战纷纷、人们麻木的社会乱象。故事很无间道,但口吻又很冯内古特,构思很少年Pi,结局很悉达多。在斯里兰卡仍动荡的今日,这本描述了诸多细节的书尤显珍贵。三天熬夜读完,鼓掌叫好。它获得2022年布克奖,实至名归。12-18

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