Blackass-黑家伙

作者：DeLillo Don

书名：Blackass《黑家伙》

中文简介：卜雷提这部杰出的作品《黑家伙》是根据卡夫卡的《变形记》重塑的比较有争议的一部当代小说，背景是在熙熙攘攘的拉各斯都市，主角是一个黑人，有一天醒来后发现自己变成了白色人种。是在当代的尼日利亚关于人种和身份的一部极其有讽刺烙印的作品。

英文简介：Furo Wariboko, a young Nigerian, awakes the morning before a job interview to find that he's been transformed into a white man. In this condition he plunges into the bustle of Lagos to make his fortune. With his red hair, green eyes, and pale skin, it seems he's been completely changed. Well, almost. There is the matter of his family, his accent, his name. Oh, and his black ass. Furo must quickly learn to navigate a world made unfamiliar and deal with those who would use him for their own purposes. Taken in by a young woman called Syreeta and pursued by a writer named Igoni, Furo lands his first-ever job, adopts a new name, and soon finds himself evolving in unanticipated ways.

A. Igoni Barrett's Blackass is a fierce comic satire that touches on everything from race to social media while at the same time questioning the values society places on us simply by virtue of the way we look. As he did in Love Is Power, or Something Like That, Barrett brilliantly depicts life in contemporary Nigeria and details the double-dealing and code-switching that are implicit in everyday business. But it's Furo's search for an identity--one deeper than skin--that leads to the final unraveling of his own carefully constructed story.