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離散之家 ★《紐約時報》《華盛頓郵報》《洛杉磯時報》《Bookriot》《浮華世界》一致評選最佳新書: : *** *** 1. 1927 2. 3. Bookriot 2020Dinaane 2021HSS 2021 2021 2021 InWords TILA 2021CNA Reoketwe Manenzhe Kalahari ReviewFireside FictionLolweFIYAH2017Sol Plaatjie European Union Anthology 2019Writivism20192020Dinaane2021AkukoUJFirst Time Author award CNA 2013UCT20142015De Hoek2018
作者: 蕾索凱茲・馬內茲 | 譯者: 鄭依如
一個讓人無法感到歸屬的地方，還能稱之為家嗎？
非洲大地的破碎失語，交織一個家庭的悲劇命運
南非新銳女作家一鳴驚人處女作
非洲大地的破碎失語，交織一個家庭的悲劇命運
南非新銳女作家一鳴驚人處女作
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假如發現所有人類真的都是從非洲分散出去的，這難道不是一件大事嗎？
但是我們為何要離開呢？是什麼將我們逐出非洲？
我們為什麼得離開非洲，尋找新的避風港？
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一九二七年，南非通過一項法案，禁止歐洲人和原住民發生性關係。違反新法律的人將被監禁，男性最高可判五年，女性最高四年。
艾麗莎和亞伯罕已結婚多年，他們的兩個女兒卻成為這樁混血婚姻的無辜罪證。官員前往學校詢問，他們的財產被列入分配名單。隨著情況失控，夫妻倆也漸漸分崩離析，此時，一場惡火燒進了他們的家……
從悲劇倖存下來的人逃離家園，踏上未知旅程，前方等著他們的是什麼樣的命運？而他們還要被自己的身分剝奪幾次，才算夠？
本書特色
1. 鎔鑄歷史、神話與文化的南非離散書寫
自從布爾戰爭、南非聯邦建立後，長期以來南非始終未曾脫離複雜的民族糾葛，以及揮之不去的種族階級。小說以1927年通過的《不道德法案》為背景，以銀河誕生的故事開篇，為歷史增添了神話色彩，也嵌入角色及其行動的意義。
2. 非洲大地景觀書寫與內心世界的呼應
位於熱帶地區邊緣的農場乾旱的景象，樹木和玉米等植物都因缺乏雨水而枯萎，樹木被連根拔起移植 到陌生土地，突顯出南非獨特的自然景觀，也隱喻著一家人在南非社會中所面臨的困境。
3. 「無家可歸」的時代傷痕
書中以不同角色聲音傳遞「無家可歸」的感受，「家」不只是單純的實體「家」的概念。不管是質疑自己的公民權和在不公正的社會中的地位的白人父親、在世界各地旅行並努力與她的過去建立聯繫的黑人母親，或者身為混血兒的女兒，各自展現出他們在時代下的掙扎。
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★《紐約時報》、《華盛頓郵報》、《洛杉磯時報》、《Bookriot》、《浮華世界》一致評選最佳新書
★ 2020年Dinaane處女作小說獎
★ 2021年南非人文社會科學（HSS）小說獎
★ 2021年約翰尼斯堡大學南非英文寫作獎
★ 2021年南非文學獎英文小說類首次出版作者獎
★ 2021年 InWords 文學獎（TILA）
★ 2021年《星期日泰晤士報》CNA文學獎入圍
作者
蕾索凱茲・馬內茲（Rešoketšwe Manenzhe）
備受矚目的南非新銳詩人和小說家，作品曾刊登於《卡拉哈里評論》（Kalahari Review）、《壁爐小說》（Fireside Fiction）、《洛爾》（Lolwe）、《FIYAH》和2017年的《索爾．普拉特基歐盟文集》（Sol Plaatjie European Union Anthology）等刊物。
2019年獲得Writivism短篇小說獎，並在2019年柯林斯．埃萊斯羅小說獎中獲得亞軍。2020年以《離散之家》獲得Dinaane處女作小說獎，2021年獲得Akuko短篇小說比賽獎、人文社會科學最佳小說獎、UJ南非英文小說獎以及南非文學獎的處女作作家獎（First-Time Author award）， 並入圍《星期日泰晤士報》CNA文學獎。
馬內茲本身是理科出身，她2013年在開普敦大學（UCT）獲得化學工程理學學士學位，2014年至2015年在比勒陀利亞波特蘭水泥（De Hoek）擔任初級工程師，她的研究重點是調查回收礦井水對硫化礦石冶金性能的影響。她於2018年獲得工程理學碩士學位，目前正在開普敦攻讀博士學位。
譯者簡介
鄭依如
臺灣大學哲學系畢業，現就讀臺灣大學翻譯碩士學位學程。喜歡透過翻譯認識世界，譯作包括《什麼都別說》（合譯）、《阿富汗文件》（合譯）、《精進權力》等。
備受矚目的南非新銳詩人和小說家，作品曾刊登於《卡拉哈里評論》（Kalahari Review）、《壁爐小說》（Fireside Fiction）、《洛爾》（Lolwe）、《FIYAH》和2017年的《索爾．普拉特基歐盟文集》（Sol Plaatjie European Union Anthology）等刊物。
2019年獲得Writivism短篇小說獎，並在2019年柯林斯．埃萊斯羅小說獎中獲得亞軍。2020年以《離散之家》獲得Dinaane處女作小說獎，2021年獲得Akuko短篇小說比賽獎、人文社會科學最佳小說獎、UJ南非英文小說獎以及南非文學獎的處女作作家獎（First-Time Author award）， 並入圍《星期日泰晤士報》CNA文學獎。
馬內茲本身是理科出身，她2013年在開普敦大學（UCT）獲得化學工程理學學士學位，2014年至2015年在比勒陀利亞波特蘭水泥（De Hoek）擔任初級工程師，她的研究重點是調查回收礦井水對硫化礦石冶金性能的影響。她於2018年獲得工程理學碩士學位，目前正在開普敦攻讀博士學位。
譯者簡介
鄭依如
臺灣大學哲學系畢業，現就讀臺灣大學翻譯碩士學位學程。喜歡透過翻譯認識世界，譯作包括《什麼都別說》（合譯）、《阿富汗文件》（合譯）、《精進權力》等。
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★★★★★ 5
Works
Size: 3 Panel-102'', Color: Beige, Size: 3 Panel-102'', Color: Beige
It’s beige and not white. Once install - hard to disinstall. Need a drill to put it together
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Reviewed in the United States on May 4, 2026
★★★★★ 3
Does the job, but assembling by yourself is a nightmare
Size: 4 Panel-88'', Color: Black
Does it do the job? Yes, although as others said there are small gaps but it's not a huge deal. The price is also good. But the reason I'm giving it a 3/5 is simply because the assembly for this was a complete nightmare. I honestly don't think I would recommend this to anyone unless they have another person to help them assemble it, because doing it by myself was terrible. I don't think I'd buy this again, I think I'd opt to just spend a bit more money and save myself the trouble personally.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2026
★★★★★ 4
Reasonably adequate room divider
Size: 4 Panel-88'', Color: Beige
I'm reviewing this as I assemble it.
Couple things:
1. I didn't expect as much assembly. I've ordered dividers before and they more-or-less came as one unit. Sometimes the panels needed screwing together. These require complete assembly and come largely as three rods: two make up vertical columns and snap together. Another one (called part "C") makes the horizontal columns and you have two of these per panel (one attaches to part "A" and the other part "B"). These parts are metal with a plastic shim. Using the wood screws to attach to part "C" is a real pain in the neck. There's not much holding the panel in place so it's a little tricky.
One tactic I've found while I'm assembling that works for the initial connections from parts A and B to their respective "C" rods is to hold the screw in place with a screw driver and then rotating the rod around the screw. This will do a number on your hands if you aren't wearing gloves. This obviously doesn't work when completing the connection.
Using a driller driver on this is really near impossible because there isn't anything you can use to secure it in place. You can use it on the first panel, but as it gets longer, it becomes increasingly difficult and because it isn't wood, it's really tight. I considered drilling larger pilot holes but since there are only 4x4=16 screws I need to screw in, I just decided to use my screw driver to complete it.
2. Also related to assembly. When completing the panels (attaching parts "A" and "B" to parts "C" that have the cloth cover on it), you have to be careful that when you tighten that side that it isn't loosening the other side. Because the pilot holes are so tight, you can end up rotating the rod, which rotates it in the same direction as looser on the original side. Having someone hold the "C" rod in place while you screw it in is probably the easiest approach. I didn't have a 2nd person, so I just had to keep flipping back and forth and tightening both sides as I screwed it in. Not the worlds biggest deal, but annoying nonetheless.
3. The way the instructions are written, they seem to suggest building this thing progressively; that is, you do panel 1, then 2, connect them together, then do 3 and connect it, etc. I took a different route that I suspect saved me quite a bit of trouble, and I assembled all four panels first and THEN connected everything together.
4. For the love of God make sure you check that the plastic tip is on the same side for every panel. Otherwise, you have to take one side apart again and reverse it. On the bright side, if this happens, you've essentially bored out the pilot holes to be the correct size... which is having me question if I shouldn't have just bored them out to the appropriate width in the first place.
5. Attaching all of the panels together is also an enormous pain in the ass unless you happen to have an 88" long elevated surface. Attaching the legs either requires you to elevate one side, which will invariably twist the inexplicably cheap material in the bottom connectors... or you can attach them sideways... or you can put this thing upright, having two people hold the panels in place while you use the allen wrench to tighten the bolts on the underside. None of those are particularly great options.
NOW on to the utility itself.
1. The panels do let some light through (I didn't believe their advertising, and that was one of the reasons that I bought beige, is that I wanted it to not be too dark). They aren't transparent though, so it isn't that far off from their description. They functionally work great, and keep the mess of wires hidden and when I'm sitting at my desk, actually reflect quite a bit of light into my office. Great!
2. My wife has described these as "the most hideous piece of furniture ever conceived of by man." So it does not have spouse approval factor. Granted, she will seldom be in my office area, so that isn't the end of the world.
3. These are really hard to align in a way that doesn't look a little tacky. There are some plastic connectors but they don't do a bang up job of keeping these in place. Each panel is slightly tilted and it's... quite obvious. I may at some point make my own improvements to these to help make them more level. It's not a particularly expensive product so I wasn't expecting much so it's fine and I'm not going to ding them on the rating because of it.
All said, would I buy this product again? Probably not. It's assembly was ~90 minutes which is about 75 minutes longer than I was anticipating spending on this (not including the 5 minute writeup that I'm doing here). But am I going to return it? Also no, if for no other reason I'd be just as annoyed taking it apart and putting it in the original box to return it.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2023
★★★★★ 5
Great privacy screen
Size: 4 Panel-88"W, Color: Grey
Nice item, easy to assemble.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 15, 2026
★★★★★ 5
Great privacy screen
Size: 6 Panel-119"W, Color: Beige
I have a studio apartment and the bathroom is in my bedroom. I bought this to section the area off so guests can use my bathroom without seeing my entire bedroom. This is perfect for that! It looks very nice and offers alot of privacy. The screen is fabric and good quality! I’m a middle aged woman and put it together myself in about 2 hours. Love this!!!
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Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2025