蝴蝶

by 陳雪

本書收錄〈蝴蝶的記號〉、〈色情天使〉、〈夢遊1994〉等三部陳雪寫於九〇年代的短篇小說。

〈蝴蝶的記號〉細膩鋪陳已婚女教師蝴蝶在丈夫女兒和婚外情人阿葉間的痛苦擺盪，其間穿插蝴蝶學生的女同志戀情，蝴蝶自己在學生時代的同性愛人，母親邁入老年之後的女性自覺以及與女同志友人的情感遭逢。

相較於〈蝴蝶的記號〉對女同戀情的深刻同情與萬般無奈，〈色情天使〉則呈現少女小鹿在同性與異性間的情愛啟蒙。內容觸及諸般禁忌的話題，諸如交通警察對少女月經的戀物癖，老年男性與青春少女的情感、性愛與金錢交換，特別是少女小鹿與哥哥間的性愛糾纏，為「亂倫」尋找出口的企圖令人動容。

〈夢遊1994〉則以夢境顯現敘事者「我」在慾望地圖中的自剖。女同志情人「慶」在文中若隱若現，揮之不去，所有時空的錯置，肉體與精神所感受到的劇痛與狂喜，皆既是夢境也是現實。「我」與「慶」的感情模式看似最虛無，實則對女同愛慾做了最勇敢執著的追求。

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Chen Xue, born 1970, is a key figure in the development of a queer literature in Taiwan.

She graduated from the Chinese Department of National Central University in 1993.

Since 1995, she has produced 10 novels and short story collections. Her 2009 novel The Possessed was nominated for three Taiwanese literary prizes, and her 2004 work Child on the Bridge was published in 2011 in Japanese, with an English translation in preparation.

The short stories "In Search of the Lost Wings of Angels" (tr. Patricia Sieber; tr. Fran Martin) and "Dust" (tr. Howard Goldblatt) are available in English-language anthologies.

Her story "Butterfly"/《蝴蝶》, was made into a film by Hong Kong woman director, Yan Yan Mak, and won awards in Taiwan, 2004, and Hong Kong, 2005.