慈悲

by Lu Nei, 路内

Mercy tells that the village had nothing to eat when Shuisheng was 12 years old. His father found the last wild carrot in the field and cut it into four pieces for the family. The father said: "if we don't leave, all of us will starve to death here." The mother led Shuisheng and the father carried Shuisheng's younger brother to go and seek refuge with his uncle. Since then, the life of Shuisheng's parents and younger brother was unknown. 《慈悲》讲述了：水生十二岁那年，村里什么吃的都没了。水生的爸爸在田里找到了最后一根野胡萝卜，切开了给一家四口吃下去。水生的爸爸说：“再不走，全家饿死在这里了。”水生的妈妈牵着水生，水生的爸爸背着水生的弟弟，去城里投靠叔叔。自此，水生的父母与弟弟的生死不知……

248 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

小说家，1973年生，任职于上海市作家协会。2007年在《收获》杂志发表长篇小说《少年巴比伦》而受到关注，至2013年，发表于《收获》和《人民文学》共五部长篇小说。2014年以《天使坠落在哪里》为最终篇完成70万字的“追随三部曲”。

Announcing himself as "one of the least-educated young writers in China," Lu Nei seems to have profited rather than lost by a life that began in struggle. Since the age of 19 he held a series of menial jobs around China—drifting, exploring, fighting, and observing. His interest in literature began while he had a job watching dials in a factory, and plenty of reading time on his hands. Even now, with a certain level of critical success under his belt, he refuses to give up his day job in an advertising company.

Born in Suzhou, that city provides common background for both of his novels, Young Babylon and On the Trail of Her Travels. The first recounts the semi-farcical adventures of a young man much like himself, while the second is the story of a group of disaffected youth in a small town, who suddenly decide to take their futures into their own hands…

Reviews

[Wumei · Rating 5 out of 5]

短句，有硬度。是回顾那一段历史的好小说。

[Alex Xu · Rating 5 out of 5]

写的好狠心

[Xiaolink · Rating 4 out of 5]

很喜欢这种风格 语言上 故事上

[Wu · Rating 4 out of 5]

虽然是小说，但能从主角一路的发展和所处环境看出当时的中国是如何发展，非常的写实和深刻。我觉得本书的“慈悲”大概是，所处环境和情况再糟，仍有一丝善意，无论真或假，或是以何种的方式，只要能带来勇气、希望和救赎，便是世界回报给人们最大的慈悲。