Mao di yao lan (Cat's Cradle)
著者名: | 馮內果 (Vonnegut, K. Jr.) | 原著名: | Cat’s Cradle | 出版地名: | Taibei Shi |
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出版社: | 麥田出版公司 (Mai tian chu ban gong si) | 出版年: | 1994 | 掲載ページ: | 334 |
馮內果 Vonnegut, K. Jr.. Transl. 謝瑤玲 Xie Yaoling. 貓的搖籃 Mao di yao lan (Cat's Cradle). Cat’s Cradle Taibei Shi, 麥田出版公司 Mai tian chu ban gong si, 1994. Pp. 334
Cat’s Cradle is an allegorical fiction using satire and dark humor. Furthermore, the story addresses postmodern issues such as science, technology, the role of religion, and the arms race in the 1960s. The main themes in this novel are human beings’ relation to technology, religion, and “ice-nine,” an imaginary nuclear weapon which causes a disastrous end. The arena of this story is San Lorenzo, a fictitious Caribbean Island. This place reminds readers of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. This book became a best-seller and has been published in 29 languages.