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女人與她們進化的天敵

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家裡停水了。媳婦怪女人怎麼沒事先備好水,還一副事不關己、悠哉的擦地板。她吃著女人準備的早餐,越想越氣,越想越覺得,她是故意的。

只被媳婦稱作「女人」的婆婆始終沉默,因為她的困擾來自另一種液體──無法分泌唾液。口腔逐漸乾燥成一片沙漠,但沒人真正在乎。下班回家只會躺在沙發上的兒子,敷衍地要她多喝點水,媳婦雖然帶她去看病,卻更擔心得付太多醫藥費。

在停水的這一天,罹患口乾症的婆婆與失業在家、各種看不順眼的媳婦,展開了無聲的對峙……
 
女人啊,是從何時開始不斷競爭、分化,又不得不相互寄生。
不由自主地,成為彼此永恆的敵人。

藉由生物界互利共生、競爭分化的隱喻,對照出女性在家庭中複雜又矛盾的關係。婆婆持續被迫負擔下一代、下下一代的照顧責任,卻被視為多餘的累贅;媳婦在婚姻、職場、育兒之間浮沉掙扎,但輕易就被社會屏除在外。

即使時間不斷往前,女性在社會與家庭所扮演的「角色」卻從未進化,也不會滅絕。金息的精采描寫有如一刀未剪的長鏡頭,逐一揭開婆媳間亙古的敵對,有如一則相互吞噬、剩者為王的警世寓言。

240 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 26, 2013

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Kim Soom

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김숨 (Kim Soom) was born in 1974, and debuted as a writer when her stories were selected for publications by Daejeon Ilbo in 1997 and Munhakdongne in 1998. A prolific writer, she has published numerous short story collections and novels to date, including the most recent collection Your Saviour, and the novels One Person, L's Sneakers, and The Flowing Letter. She is the recipient of the Hyundae Munhak Prize, the Daesan Literature Prize, Yi Sang Prize, and Dongri Literature Prize.

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