璩家花园

by Ye Zhaoyan, 叶兆言

相传，金陵璩家花园曾烜赫一时，人丁兴旺，后历经战乱，繁华不再。

20世纪50年代，留洋归国的费教授慕名到此，居住在摇摇欲坠的藏书楼遗址。结庐在人境，怡然自乐，他像遥远的古人一样生活。

1970 年，璩家花园搭起成排的简易棚。中学教师璩民有为费教授四处奔走，讨还薪水。他想挣得一百五十元“辛苦费”，买一台“蝴蝶派”缝纫机，向照顾儿子璩天井的“家庭妇女”李择佳求婚。她在内心，其实很愿意嫁给他。

90年代，最早一批个体户当街卖起了盐水鸭，璩家花园的有钱人突然多了起来。此时，天井告别了二十年钳工生涯，他开始着手修缮狭小的老屋，筑成温暖的小巢，等待服刑十年的妻子阿四早日回家。

536 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2024

About the author

Ye Zhaoyan was born in Nanjing in 1957. After graduating from high school in 1974, Ye worked as a fitter in a factory for four years. Afterwards, he was admitted to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature at Nanjing University. He gained his master's degree there in 1986.

Ye Zhaoyan came to literary prominence in the early 1980s. He has written a total of some 5 million words. His major works include the seven-volume set of "Selections from Ye Zhaoyan (Ye Zhaoyan wenji)," "Ye Zhaoyan Collected Works (Ye Zhaoyan zuopin zixuanji)" and several other selections.

His full-length novels include "Nanjing 1937: A Love Story (Yijiusanqinian de aiqing)," "Flower Demon (Huasha)," "Other People's Love Stories (Bieren de aiqing)," "No glass greenhouse (Meiyou boli de huafang)" and "Our Stubborn Hearts (Women de xin duome wangu)."

Ye's prose collections include "Wandering the Night (Liulang zhi ye)," "Old Nanjing: Reflections of Scenes on the Qinhuai River (Jiuying qinghuai)," "Ye Zhaoyan's Wonderful Essays (Ye Zhaoyan juemiao xiaopinwen)," "Ye Zhaoyan Prose (Ye Zhaoyan sanwen)," and "Miscellaneous Peanut Tree (Za huashengshu)."

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[渺渺青云外，滚滚红尘中 · Rating 4 out of 5]

很容易读的一本，写南京人的生活，从三十年代的到疫情时代
用作者自己的话说：“在别人要流眼泪的地方，我都会停下笔来，不再往下写。”