夜行记

by Wang Xiaobo, 王小波

王小波早期小说创作的集中展示。小说在王小波笔下从经典小说家笔下的沉重文体羽化为一只翩翩蝴蝶。

处女作《绿毛水怪》当时以手抄本的形式广为流传。李银河说：“《绿毛水怪》是我和小波的媒人。那时他的文笔还很稚嫩，但是一种掩不住的才气已经跳动在字里行间。我当时一读之下，就有一种心弦被拨动的感觉……”

王小波笔下的古之今人，今之古人，大智大勇，痴迷憨呆，倾国倾城。《夜行记》一篇尽现作者非同常人的想象力，多处描写让人拍案叫绝。

314 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Wang Xiaobo (Chinese: 王小波) was a Chinese writer who became famous after his death.

Wang Xiaobo on paper-republic.org.

Wang was born in an intellectual family in Beijing in 1952. He was sent to a farm in Yunnan province as an "intellectual youth" at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution in 1968. In 1971, he was sent to the countryside of Shandong province, and became a teacher. In 1972, he was allowed to return to Beijing, and he got a job as a working in a local factory. He met Li Yinhe in 1977, who was working as an editor for "Guangming Daily", and she later became his wife. He was accepted by Renmin University of China in 1978 where he studied economics and trade and got his Bachelor's Degree. He received his Master's Degree at the University of Pittsburgh in 1988. After he returned to China, he began to teach at Peking University and Renmin University of China. He quit his job as a college lecturer in 1992, and became a freelance writer. On April 11, 1997 he died suddenly of heart disease at his apartment.

Reviews

[Haiying · Rating 4 out of 5]

A talented author

[Yunfei Zhang · Rating 5 out of 5]

最近读过最好的一本书。一边看一边想，我八辈子都写不出来这么好的东西

[June Cui · Rating 2 out of 5]

故事很无趣，词藻很俗气，不喜欢

[Yiwen Zhang · Rating 4 out of 5]

嗷相见恨晚。之后的结果应该是顺藤摸瓜。

[宅女阿reen · Rating 4 out of 5]

据说生前享誉海外的王小波，在内地文坛却一直遭到冷待。1997年4月，45岁的王小波英年早逝，然后，他就成了神一般的存在。中国的文青至今仍流传一句话：“男生不可不读王小波，女生不可不读周国平”。

读书不多的我，到了今天才第一次接触王小波的作品。夜行记是他早期的短篇创作，可以瞥见他非一般的想象力。尤其喜欢“歌仙”这篇以刘三姐为模特的小说。

接下来要找时间挑战其他的“时代三部曲”了。