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簡介
如花(鬼)
姓氏:無生:一九一○(宣統一年庚戌)
卒:一九三二(民國廿一年壬申)
身份:石塘咀倚紅樓紅牌阿姑
溫心老契:十二少
至陽間期限:七天(不顧後果,強延一天)
至陽間目的:尋人
所驚動陽火:袁永定、凌楚娟
唯一線索:三八七七
結果:──竟然是這樣的!

選載:
「先生──」
我的目光自報紙上三十名所謂「佳麗」的色相往上移,見到一名廿一二歲之女子。
她全部秀髮以(A007)喱膏蠟向後方,直直的,萬分貼服。額前灑下伶仃幾根劉海,像直刺到眼睛去。真時髦。還穿一件淺粉紅色寬身旗袍,小雞翼袖,領口袖口襟上綑了紫跟桃紅雙綑條。因見不到她的腳,不知穿什麼鞋。
一時間,以為是香港小姐候選人跑到這裏來繞場一周。──但不是的,像她這般,才不肯去報名呢。俗是有點俗,惟天生麗質。
我呆了半晌,不曉得作答。
「先生,」她先笑一下,囁嚅:「我想登一段廣告。」
「好。登什麼?」
我把分類廣告細則相告:「大字四個,小字三十一個。每天收費二十元。三天起碼,上期收費。如果字數超過一段,那就照兩段計……。」


作者簡介:

李碧華,一個嗜食各式文字成性的女人,同時,為求生存而販賣各種誇張情節、驚悚劇情、渲染寫實、酷辣觀點,『唯恐天下不亂』。自述最愛、最恨的都是男人。又因為『極度虛榮,無可救藥』,所以希望『不勞而獲,才色兼收,醉生夢死』,遺憾的是『上述願望俱成空想泡影』。

出生、成長於香港,任職記者(人物專訪)、電視編劇及電影策劃。其中電影作品有﹕《父子情》、《胭脂扣》》、《霸王別姬》、《潘金蓮之前世今生》、《秦俑》、《川島芳子》、《誘僧》、《青蛇》等。雖屢獲國際獎項,卻如已潑出去的水,只希望最好的作品仍未寫就。專欄及小說在中港台新馬等報刊登載,並結集出版六十多本。多國譯本已印行。美國 William Morrow 出版社擁有部份小說中文以外世界版權。作者認為人生所追求不外「自由」與「快樂」,作風低調,活得逍遙。

193 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1989

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112 reviews
December 5, 2022
this changed my life. /the/ book about the hong kong predicament to end all books about and set in hong kong!!! i know it's all about Oh Woe Social Alienation in this Uncaring Unforgiving Modern Society ... oh how modern-day hong kongers are displaced and rootless ... but she juxtaposes that with this bittersweet nostalgia for the [Distinctly Chinese Cultural] Past and some of the most beautiful passages of vernacular chinese i've read in my life im wheeze. i miss this novel so badly
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120 reviews1 follower
February 10, 2018
婊子非无情,戏子确无义。

十二少与如花的故事也算是时代悲剧了,在寻找中悟透世间沧桑。

但结尾未免太过仓促,仿佛过山车行至最高点然后翻车了。如花一言不发地消失没有一点铺垫,实在莫名其妙。
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4 reviews
September 24, 2025
Such a classic novel, have heard of this fabled story a couple of times having spent a part of my childhood in hong kong surrounded by native cantonese speakers. A special book for me as I haven’t really touched on novels depicting hong kong during the 70s~. As long as it’s just fictional story, I get more of an idea of the vibrant, with a slight hint of melancholy atmosphere during those times ( hk is a naturally saturated city, but there were many corruption going on back then ). And honestly, I feel a bit homesick after reading it lol.
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169 reviews
December 15, 2020
听过好多李碧华的故事,却是第一次读她的文字。许是因以报社男记者的口吻叙事,遣词造句直让人怀疑作者就是个努力习得生活技巧的香港青年男子。不得不承认,李碧华的文笔非常老练,其幽默风趣我也始料未及。 读着小说也找来了电影重看。电影为故事上了浓墨重彩:一是蒙太奇的手法使五十年前与五十年后并线叙事,二是张国荣与梅艳芳的绝世美颜,以至于让另一条爱情线——正如看故事的各位凡人的爱情故事——黯然失色。 既然是南北行三间中药海味铺的少东和大寨倚红楼红牌阿姑的爱情,必是不俗,电影又找来张梅二人饰演,看客不禁添上了“神仙眷侣”的滤镜。电影本身也弱化了二人恋爱中的鸡毛蒜皮。可小说却恰恰在强调,是鸡毛蒜皮让伤口更深。如花做汤圆那一节咕咚咚冒着红尘气,催人泪下。 小说最好的,也是最得我认同的,是未将最后的会面写出来。 1968
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227 reviews2 followers
March 8, 2019
A classic novel between last life and this one... love, again. Tragedy too.
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30 reviews9 followers
July 11, 2022
重回老香港30及80兩個奇幻而豐盛的年代!!
3 reviews
March 8, 2024
感動,幽默,永定和啊楚的相處使人共鳴,喜歡李碧華老師生動跳脫的文字和觀察入微的描述。
好睇!
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33 reviews
October 2, 2024
3-4
可能是因為電影拍得太好了,這部我比較喜歡電影呈現的視覺與其藝術性,不過小說原本透過主角與女友對照十二少與如花,還有對當下香港的描寫也很有趣。
另外小說結局讓我覺得比較空虛,電影則是雖然放下,卻讓如花有點成為了更符號化的角色,兩邊都好悲傷,當然也可能是我自己過度解讀了。
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9 reviews
January 10, 2026
是一本經典,當愛情小說看只得兩三分,但當歷史政治小說就會是殿堂之作。很多古文詩句,結尾確實倉促,但回想起來起碼也是有個交代。可憐的如花,得到了才失去更多。
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149 reviews
January 5, 2026
A ghost story in my beloved city and neighborhood— evoking the place and time with incredible richness
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