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神來的時候

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愛可以死。愛也是冷靜的事。

2013年,作家首次接受訪談,對其擅長描繪的男性孤獨與女性的蒼涼,以及愛情在他小說中的定位,他這樣回答:「我不是個喜歡說話的人,自然也不喜歡以說故事的方式來成為小說家。……表面雖然寫著愛情,著眼點其實為了打開現代人的苦悶荒原,這是對我個人而言除了愛情形式之外我無法做得更好的。」

五年來,王定國以其特有的纖細,精準內斂又安靜的文字廣受共鳴
這本書則展現更溫厚的懷抱,用心悲憫,詩意無處不在,篇篇經典


小學同窗的婦人,透過友人求見,請求教授和她「接吻」,從而揭露長達半世紀的孤獨絮語(螢火蟲)。| 晚婚女子,聽完丈夫的羅曼史,哭求著他一起去找她(訪友未遇)。| 丈夫的情人打電話來,留下一把鑰匙要她去他們藏身的地方(瞬息)。| 離婚的男人,午後搭上南投客運,前往會見睽違六年的妻子,見面時兩人各自只說一句話,卻也是世間情愛最為淒惻動人的對白(生之半途)。| 某日下午,母親不在家,父親要他關上大門,悄悄透露自己愛過的一個女人,而今晚他就要離家……(沒想到的後來)。| 十四年前的外遇,他曾經許下為愛而死的誓言,如今期限已至,那女子突然來信(顧先生的晚年)。| ……


舉世混亂時刻,閱讀王定國的小說總是那麼安靜令人放心


我一直躺到蟲子累得不叫了,死靜的恍惚中突然聽見了她的笑聲,以前她很少有這樣的笑聲,咯咯咯地像在捉迷藏的樹林裡被我捉到了。我想今天她一定很開心,聽那聲音就知道整個人一直雀躍著,笑聲似乎不想停,很久很久才又轉為一種很甜蜜的耳語,好像是在跟我撒嬌,用她不想讓人聽見的聲音對我催促著說:帶我回去、帶我回去……。
我說惠妳別開玩笑了,有時我反而很想去找妳啊……

264 pages

Published August 28, 2019

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Ting-Kuo Wang

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Ting-Kuo Wang 王定國

Born in Lukang in 1955, Wang now lives in Taichung. He started writing at the age of seventeen, and from eighteen his short stories began winning prizes all over the island, including the China Times and Unitas awards. He has worked in fields as diverse as building design, surveying and advertising.

His early writings were love songs to nature and youth, but in his twenties he took a distinctly more politically conscious turn, mixing reportage and commentary with novels about the downtrodden in society. He stopped writing for many years while he built up his own company, until 2013, when he returned to widespread acclaim with a series of books including So Hot, So Cold and Who Blinked in the Dark. His newest novel My Enemy's Cherry Tree won multiple awards.

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彷彿銳利的鷹眼,看透那堵黑暗那片深淵,知道許多事情無非是人世間的徬徨所致。
為什麼可以傳達這麼細緻的情緒,無非是作者恰恰經歷沈澱過後,才能恰如其分的化成文字?這是多麼深厚的功夫啊。
因為感受到作者努力的傳達「雖然事已至此,不過沒有關係,一切都還可以的」,那種大度的包容,從而體會到,不管經歷了什麼,都是難能可貴的啊,所以更加覺得,固然經歷過的處境已無力求得完美,但願與你走過完整。
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