寫在人生邊上 ／人, 獸, 鬼

by Qian Zhongshu

227 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2000

About the author

Qian Zhongshu (Chinese name: 錢鍾書 / 钱钟书) (November 21, 1910 – December 19, 1998) was a Chinese literary scholar and writer, known for his wit and erudition.

He is best known for his satirical novel Fortress Besieged. His works of non-fiction are characterised by their large amount of quotations in both Chinese and Western languages (including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Latin). He also played an important role in digitizing Chinese classics late in his life.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[toni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Qian was only 31 when he wrote The Marginalia of Life. For some reason knowing that gives me a mini panic attack.

[Lordoftaipo · Rating 5 out of 5]

三個月才讀完這本書，怪自己太懶惰。錢鍾書寫白話讀著安逸，不需多花心思。很多人過於賣弄詞藻，尤其著作總不知道還有沒有下一遍，未知的恐懼都白白的暴露在文字裡。可《寫》和《人》字裡行間中流露的，是輕盈的筆觸、是毫不費工夫的，錢能寫文言嗎？他絕對是大師。但下筆輕巧不代表下筆匆忙，幾乎隔一句我都止不住一陣停頓，可能在想何以如此推展，也可能是相較今天白話的演變。本書造句通俗，但內容絕對精煉，不得一番深思還不算拜讀。頌古非今已不是今日潮流，讀錢的小說本來也不是圖個學問，反而就像《圍城》一樣，看見他將舶來知識融貫在故事中，也算是讀洋書的證明了——對於我這些浪費了公帑去唸大學的閑人，對號入座又算不算解嘲？可能我還算不上讀書人呢！