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慈悲

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只要活著,終會有好事發生
人的生死起伏終會淹沒在時代中,我們唯有活得比我們的時代更長。

2016 華語文學傳媒獎年度小說獎
華文文壇最受矚目小說家路內最新力作
一部以工廠為題材的寫實小說,一個以工人視角出發的動人故事

小說裡的人物都是渺小的中下階層,在時代發展的洪流中,為生存而奮鬥,為信念而勇敢,有人化為潑皮無賴,有人投機致富,有人成了隨波逐流的牆頭草,在流暢動人的情節中,道盡大時代裡小人物的悲涼。
水生十二歲那年,村裡什麼吃的都沒了。水生的爸爸在田裡找到了最後一根野胡蘿蔔,切開來給一家四口吃。水生的爸爸說:「再不走,全家餓死在這裡了。」水生的媽媽牽著水生,水生的爸爸背著水生的弟弟,去城裡投靠叔叔。自此,水生的父母與弟弟生死不知。

「水生,走過去,不要看他」,遇上荒年而出逃的水生,一逃就是一輩子,與家人離散獨自活著,像個冷眼的旁觀者。二十歲那年,水生進入化工廠,原本孤獨的生命有了根生、玉生、復生……,動盪時代下隨波逐流的小人物,嘗盡冷暖、看盡淒涼。化工廠就像是社會縮影,也像是人性的試煉場──為了活著,人人不計代價相互廝殺;因為活著,巨大苦難下仍有慈悲。

《慈悲》以化工廠為背景,透過工人水生的故事,從國營工廠時代,歷經社會改革開放與經濟發展,以一己之善守護家人與車間工友的尊嚴及生活,帶著生存的硬氣,始終堅守自己的意志。以50年的小人物生命史,從文革到改革開放,見證了大時代的劇變。

12萬字的「菜刀式」小說,極其鋒利地剖開底層的暗面,但仍然散透出隱微的人性溫暖與光亮。雖述說一個時代的興衰,但路內的《慈悲》並非晦暗悲情的小說。相反的,他以明亮暢快的敘事筆調,簡潔鋒利到幾近沒有形容詞的行文風格,感受到傷懷、悲憫,卻帶著幽默,讓人笑中含淚,感同身受。

【補充資料】慈悲背景說明及名詞解釋 https://goo.gl/s4wzaX

312 pages

Published November 15, 2017

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Lu Nei

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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…

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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。
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