茶园：残雪全新小说自选集

by Can Xue, 残雪

如果说阅读残雪的长篇小说是暗无天日的艰苦劳动，那么阅读残雪的短篇小说则是在劳动时收获诗情画意。这部由残雪精心编选的十六篇小说集是一条你认识残雪的捷径，通往残雪所开凿的那个庞大而隐秘的文学世界。

毫不夸张地说，当你走进这座迷宫，你将看到一个个诡谲离奇的景色：每逢夜晚就要迎接赶尸鬼的守夜人，坚定的独身主义者爱上一个不存在的人，在高楼大厦间飞墙走壁的蜘蛛人……

在光怪陆离的情节中，残雪以质朴、清晰、凝练、饱含清新诗意的文字，探索自己和人类心灵世界幽暗而辽阔的边界，以人物去捍卫和演绎平凡生活中的英雄主义和浪漫主义，歌颂每个人灵魂的复杂与不可名状。

272 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2020

About the author

残雪

Can Xue (Chinese: 残雪; pinyin: Cán Xuĕ), née Deng Xiaohua (Chinese: 邓小华), is a Chinese avant-garde fiction writer, literary critic, and tailor. She was born May 30, 1953 in Changsha, Hunan, China. Her family was severely persecuted following her father being labeled an ultra-rightist in the Anti-rightist Movement of 1957. Her writing, which consists mostly of short fiction, breaks with the realism of earlier modern Chinese writers. She has also written novels, novellas, and literary criticisms of the work of Dante, Jorge Luis Borges, and Franz Kafka. Some of her fiction has been translated and published in English.

(from Wikipedia)

Reviews

[Anran Sun · Rating 3 out of 5]

中國先鋒文學代表作家殘雪以獨特的實驗性寫作聞名，此書可視為其創作風格的集中呈現，延續了她一貫對人類潛意識、荒誕存在與心理深層的探索。本書故事多以片段式、夢幻般的敘事展開，情節往往缺乏傳統線性發展，而是透過奇詭意象、斷裂對話與內心獨白，呈現人物內在的焦慮、疏離與對意義的追尋。部分作品以「茶園」為意象核心，延伸出人類、環境與異質存在（如白蟻）的三角關係，探討死亡、希望與和諧的微妙張力。整體氛圍濃縮詩意與不安，帶有強烈的卡夫卡式荒誕感與心理現實主義色彩，強調讀者需高度專注於細節與象徵，以捕捉隱藏於日常表象下的潛意識流動。

在文學成就方面，殘雪的語言與結構極具創新性。她不依賴傳統情節驅動，而是透過密集的心理描寫與超現實元素，揭示人性中最隱秘、不可言說的層面。此書既延續了她早期作品的實驗精神，也展現成熟期更為凝練的詩性表達，為當代華語先鋒小說提供了重要文本。作品對存在主義、潛意識書寫的貢獻，使其在國際文壇（曾多次入圍諾貝爾文學獎討論）具有一定代表性。

然而，本書的閱讀門檻較高。非線性敘事、碎片化情節與大量象徵，可能讓習慣傳統現實主義或情節導向小說的讀者感到困惑或索然。部分故事的「無根無據」感雖為風格特色，也可能被視為晦澀。作為自選集，作品風格相對集中，適合已熟悉殘雪或對實驗文學有興趣的讀者；對初次接觸先鋒小說者，則需較多耐心與開放態度。

整體而言，《茶園》是殘雪創作歷程中具有標誌性的短篇結集。它以獨特的美學視角凝視人性幽微之處，為華語文學注入強烈的內在張力與詩性力量。適合喜愛心理深度、超現實敘事與存在探問的讀者細細品味，亦可作為了解當代中國先鋒文學的重要參考。

[Wen · Rating 3 out of 5]

充满了象征符号的短篇集，这些故事都是毫无逻辑又无比自洽，算是挺有意思的阅读体验。缺点在于每篇都大约差不多，都是一连串匪夷所思的事情里主角渐渐理解的一个诡异的世界观，都以一句“不要从表面去看”作为核心。但是我基于文本信息又很难像主角们一样读出确实的背后意义，是写人与自然吗？还是权力争斗？不太欣赏这种呼唤读者来解读的感觉。最喜欢《守夜人》和《戴公庙》这两篇

[Wenjing]

读了一些，很“中国”，鬼怪和创造力。不是我喜欢的，但希望她能获诺奖。

[Alan Engel · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first two stories in this collection are fantasies in which an older keeper of a tradition passes it to the young protagonist. In “Tea Farm,” the tradition is a farm that was once a tea farm, but is now a termite farm on which termites live in a magical symbiosis with the farmer. In “Secret History,” the tradition is a flock of golden peacocks that live in and around an abandoned temple.

Story 1. Tea Farm

Abandoned by his parents, 13-year old Huang Rock lives with his grandmother. One day, she tells him to visit his Uncle Huang’s tea farm, which is a day and a night away by train. A few hours into his trip, shortly after a cart vendor tells him, “The smarter you are, the worse off you are,” the train accelerates. Some time later it stops at Huang Rock’s station. Deboarding, he looks out at a grim, barren landscape. Pedaling a three-wheel truck, Uncle Huang carries Huang Rock back to his thatched hut through what was a tea farm, but is now a termite farm.

Story 2. Secret History

Zhuoshan is a student who lives along the border between a recently developed neighborhood and one that is dilapidated and about to be torn down. His study overlooks the “Bird” coffee shop, which is run by He Dao, a sixty-some rumored widower. By day, He Dao runs an immaculate coffee shop. According to rumor, by night he raises golden peacocks. But this is not just a rumor. A series of odd events leads Zhuoshan to wonder if perhaps He Dao is himself the golden peacock, and if he is grooming Zhuoshan to succeed him.

[Dongmei Luo · Rating 3 out of 5]

很多人说残雪是中国下一个诺贝尔文学奖的候选人， 我也不知道。我觉得残雪的文字太脱离尘世，有故弄玄虚的嫌疑。而且太诡异黑暗，又缺乏和人性的衔接。我不喜欢。