當太陽墜毀在哈因沙山

by 朱和之

本書榮獲2023全球華文文學星雲獎歷史小說首獎

　　就這麼根留在這片山地，直到終老吧，
　　變成哪個國家的國民都無所謂。
　　請讓我再一次
　　親眼目睹高山上的日出，
　　還有月光映照在美麗的山湖上。

　　讓我，在這群山的懷抱裡安歇。

　　2023全球華文文學星雲獎得主 朱和之
　　獻給臺灣山林最深情的真摯祝福——

　　人們都說戰爭結束之後，人也自由了，神也自由了，鬼也自由了。然而臺東廳關山郡的人們仍渾然不知，不久遠方的暴風將帶來一場令人嘆息的災厄……

　　一九四五年九月十日，清算者號於沖繩起飛，本應是一趟為戰俘們平復創傷、慰藉心靈的返鄉之旅，最終卻成為令全機二十五人魂喪臺灣高山的死亡航行。儘管處在權力交接的空窗時期，臺灣仍由島內日、漢、阿美、布農等族群組成一支搜救隊伍。眾人必須趕在接連的下一個風暴來襲前，開拔前往哈因沙山，完成救援。

　　半輩子生活在臺東霧鹿的日警城戶八十八，經過一場天翻地覆的戰爭之後，終於恍然明白自己早已離不開臺灣；他不但對此地生出依戀，更長出了根。城戶嘉雄未曾有過像父親那般的體會，他只渴望飛行，渴望飛離這個家，找尋一份能夠撫平孤獨的溫暖。

　　漢人潘明坤一生輾轉於不同的家庭，生父、繼父和岳父，一個個脾性各異的父親為他指劃著不同的人生方向，然而何處才是自己最終的歸屬？布農少年海朔兒一心傳承祖父的遺願與部落傳統，卻也好奇同學嘉雄口中那能如老鷹般翱翔的飛機，迷惘地徘徊在文明與傳統之間的罅縫。

　　戰爭結束，讓臺灣島上所有生民全都回復為平凡而純粹的人，卻仍止不住生命的殞落。一場因天災而起的空難，繼而引發搜救隊死傷慘重的山難，照見多種族群對臺灣的深刻情感；無論是惶然、迷茫，又或者不捨，凡墜入泥土中的，大地盡皆擁抱。

368 pages, Paperback

Published January 25, 2024

Reviews

[ツツ · Rating 5 out of 5]

why isn't anyone reading this?! This entire book felt incredibly realistic—like a genuine glimpse into the psyche and lives of real people from that time and space. The passages about death and dying are perhaps the most convincing I’ve ever read, and as if it revealed some kind of truth. the ending is particularly poignant, and it wasn’t until the afterword I learned it was based on a real event, as well as inspirations drawn from the author’s grandparents’ lives throughout this book. Every paragraph in this 300+ page novel is packed with information.

The post-mortem beliefs across three different cultures in this book are so fascinating and palpable. And yeah, what happens to spirits or ghosts that die on foreign land? What happens if they die on colonized land? Now I want to read speculative fiction about what happens to diaspora ghosts in the world of the dead—where they die and/or linger in a supernatural space shaped by spiritual beliefs different from their native ones.

I never took an interest in Kamazaki, and I never really caught on to cults as a trendy topic. But now I want to read more about cults and power coercion, particularly state-sanctioned kind. I hope this isn’t about seeking confirmation on my belief that all people would behave similarly in any given situation. (but isn't the real bias in this situation 'it will never happen to me or people like me'?)

[Kai-Te Lin · Rating 4 out of 5]

這幾年來不乏寫歷史小說的作家，但是收集這麼多史料該怎麼協助創作，而不只是堆砌，倒真的是滿難取捨的。有甘耀明《成為真正的人》在前（但兩人是同時申請長篇補助），朱和之以漢人（甚而有漢化平埔族血統）、日本人、原住民三位不同階級位置的角色逼近，不以三叉山事件最為主幹，反而花了大半篇幅描寫他們在事前的生活，他們遭遇的困境與日本殖民系統環環相扣，彼此的接觸有善意，但其實也各有盤算，角色的塑造具有厚度，甚而虛實相間，但又很難得的不以複雜晦澀的文字書寫，讀來流暢自然。