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绿毛水怪(李银河独家授权,并亲自校订全稿。王小波、李银河定情之作!“从《绿毛水怪》开始,他拥有我,我拥有他。”) (王小波作品系列 9)

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王小波早期短篇小说集,收录包括处女作《绿毛水怪》在内的9部短篇作品。小说多以云南、山东插队经历为创作背景,故事中充满了肆意的想象、幽默的调侃、涌动的诗意,以及对人性自我意志的彰显,其创作才能初露端倪。王小波说:我从小就想写小说……我做这件事,纯粹是因为,这是我爱的事业。李银河亦赞叹:小波的诗人天分已经显露出来。然而,当时使我爱上他的也许不是他写诗的才能,而更多的是他身上的诗意。
王小波、李银河的定情之作! 收录王小波小说处女作《绿毛水怪》,知名作家、媒体人绿妖笔名的由来,呈现一代人对青春、友情、爱情的记忆,影视化改编在即。 李银河亲自校订全稿——“从《绿毛水怪》开始,他拥有我,我拥有他。” 王蒙、王朔、李敬泽、章诒和、徐则臣、徐浩峰、麦家、冯唐、柴静,诸多文坛名家倾情推荐,致敬王小波。
王小波(1952—1997) 1952年生于北京。1968年到云南插队。后在山东转插,做过民办教师。1973年在北京当工人。 1978年考入中国人民大学本科,1986年获得美国匹兹堡大学硕士学位。1988年回国,曾在北京大学、中国人民大学任教。1992年辞职,成为自由撰稿人。 1997年4月11日病逝于北京。 在当代中国作家中,从没有人像他那样获得数不清的赞誉和追捧,从没有人像他那样有无数青年自愿充当其“门下走狗”。他的小说为读者贡献了现代汉语小说前所未有的阅读快感,他让人们看到了一个完全不同的别样的世界;他的杂文,幽默中充满智性,为读者打开一条通向智慧、理性的道路,被一代代年轻人奉为精神偶像。 他被誉为中国的乔伊斯兼卡夫卡,亦是两次获得世界华语文学界的重要奖项“台湾《联合报》文学奖中篇小说大奖”的中国大陆作家。 代表作有杂文集《沉默的大多数》,小说《黄金时代》《革命时期的爱情》。其中《黄金时代》《未来世界》分别获第13届、第16届《联合报》文学奖中篇小说大奖;电影剧本《东宫·西宫》获阿根廷国际电影节*编剧奖。

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Published May 1, 2018

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王小波,1952年5月13日出生于北京,1968-1972年在山东牟平插队,后做民办教师,1972-1973年北京牛街教学仪器厂工人,1974-1982年中国人民大学贸易经济系学生,1982-1984年中国人民大学一分校教师,1984-1988年美国匹兹堡大学东亚研究中心研究生,获硕士学位。1988-1991年北京大学社会学所讲师,1991-1992年,中国人民大学会计系讲师。1992-1997年,自由撰稿人。1997年4月11日在北京逝世。被称为上个世纪九十年代中国最“另类”的作家,有评价说他是中国白话文的第一把手。其自由人文主义的立场和风格贯穿作品,“王小波文体”为无数青年仿效。“时代三部曲”是王小波作品的精华,其中以喜剧精神和幽默口吻,述说人类生存状况的荒谬故事,故事背景跨越各种年代,描写权力对创造欲望和人性需求的扭曲及压制,展示了知识分子在过去、现在和未来的命运,代表着王小波对文学的理解和他异于寻常的艺术水准。

王小波是中国最富创造性的作家,他是中国近半世纪的苦难和荒谬所结晶出来的天才。他的作品对我们生活中所有的荒谬和苦难作出最彻底的反讽刺。他还做了从来没有 王小波人想做和做也没才力做到的事:他唾弃中国现代文学那种“软”以及伤感和谄媚的传统,而秉承罗素、伯尔·卡尔维诺他们的批判、思考的精神,同时把这个传统和中国古代小说的游戏精神作了一个创造性的衔接。
  王小波的文学创作独特,富于想像力之余,却不乏理性精神,特别是他的“时代三部曲”。“时代三部曲”是由三部作品组成,分别是《黄金时代》、《白银时代》和《青铜时代》。在整个三部曲系列中,他以喜剧精神和幽默风格述说人类生存状况的荒谬故事,并透过故事描写权力对创造欲望和人性需求的扭曲及压制。至于故事背景则是跨越各种年代,展示中国知识分子的过去、现在和未来的命运。事实上,王小波最过人之处,无疑是随心所欲的穿梭古往今来的对话体叙述,并变换多种视角。
  表达手法方面,他擅于用汪洋恣肆的笔触描绘男欢女爱,言说爱情的动人美丽场景及势不可挡的威力。其成名作《黄金时代》,文学界的评誉甚高,中国社会科学出版社副编辑白桦更说:“《黄金时代》把以前所有写性小说全枪毙了!” 他的小说其实一直不大被出版社接受,也是因为文章中的性描写。其实这些文字不如贾平凹等人的小脚文学来的露骨,也不如其它人如莫言写的一样媚俗,只是比较直率罢了。在新时期文学领域中,性禁忌依然存在,这原因涉及到中国人的文化传统、社会心理、伦理价值等一些更深的层面。 抛开以上热点不谈,从没有看到有人用这样的笔法写作。在王的小说中,你可以看到,历来文学所谓真实性的规则全都被从容跨越了,他用了不同的修辞方式来写小说,大量的即兴发挥、错位的角色语体,寓庄于谐,寓文雅于粗野。读者可以在其中感受澎湃的想象力。
  王大多数以第一人称叙事,而这个人总是个生活中不顺心、受委屈的家伙。他幽默机敏,理性清澈,在内心状态和角色地位上最接近游离于主流的个体知识分子,这种性格的叙事者,也有易于辨识的语言风格。王本身是个“能文能武”的人,曾是个知识青年,上山下乡过,赴美深造过——他的本职是个名牌大学数学讲师,写这一手好文不输任何敢称大师的人,这种角色在中国文坛上也是绝无仅有的。王小波所虚构的艺术之美,以及他通过对现实世界的批评所传播的自由主义理念,已经在这个世界的文化和思想宝库中占据了一席之地。

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January 30, 2023
Every story in《绿毛水怪》includes elements of magical realism and most of the stories are similar to fables where the story ends with a lesson. I do not particularly like the stories except the title story. In the rest of the stories, the main characters are often male and some are rather misogynistic. Not being able to relate with the main characters likely resulted in me disliking the stories as a whole. Some of the stories also reminded me of works I read in Chinese class like 鲁迅's 阿Q正传. 阿Q正传 features a character that represents people that are excluded from society and some of the stories in 《绿毛水怪》include these kind of characters as well. Maybe the author wanted to shed light on this group of people that exist in society but seeing him use the template just made me feel slightly revulsed.

I enjoyed the title story so much when I first finished it. I loved the characters and the plot and how magical realism was incorporated into the story. I remember thinking to myself that stories like this must be the reason why 王小波 was recommended by so many. But after《绿毛水怪》, I can't say I liked the rest of stories as much. The only aspect of the ensuing stories that stood out to me was how I disliked them. It's not that the first story was written really well that it undermined the other pieces but that I didn't like the other stories in the first place.

Even though I disliked most of the stories, I continued to read the collection because of a few reasons:
(a) It's a short story collection.

Short stories are easy to follow along for readers like me who do not have a ton of time to sit down behind a book. The level of complexity the author can go to with the plot and characters in a short story is limited. This makes it easier to remember what happened and continue reading the book after putting the book down for a few days. I can also finish each story fairly quickly which makes the reading process much more rewarding than that novel you need 4+ hours to finish.

(b) I experienced disgust, etc., but not boredom.

My creative writing teacher mentioned that all emotions that the author evokes in the reader is acceptable except boredom. I felt digust at times reading the stories but it didn't stop me from reading because the stories were engaging. In a story called "变形记", the magical realism is implemented in such a random way that it felt ridiculous and I laughed out loud.

(c) I wanted to read the last story.

As the committed reader I am, of course I searched up background information about 《绿毛水怪》before I started reading it. As I browsed the Internet, I came across reviews of the collection and many readers liked the first story and the last story. So, after I discovered how I disliked the ensuing stories, I decided to finish the collection because I thought the last story must be as compelling as the first story.

I was wrong though.


If you read this far, it must be because my writing is engaging (jk! thanks for reading my messy review XD).
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6 reviews
December 19, 2023
前面几篇有点点稚嫩,最后一篇《地久天长》非常有活力,很动人!
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December 21, 2024
大概是从这本小说集开始,我逐渐认识到当我在读小说时,究竟实在读什么。用一个也许以后看起来会不太恰当的比喻,虚构文学的作者们就是一群技艺高超的眼镜制作师傅,他们每个人都能创造出各样奇特的、扭曲现实的镜片。其中,越能精准地将镜片做地与自己所想象的接近,就越是所谓高超的师傅。当然,每个戴眼镜的人都可以说自己是否喜欢这副镜片,而喜不喜欢大多取决于个人爱好或能否产生共鸣。在我想来,也许一些公认的名著,是在于这些眼镜师傅找到了一些多数人能产生共鸣的镜片。

最开始读《绿毛水怪》时,实在是不能理解为何很多人会喜欢作者的文字,但渐渐读着就发现,王小波确实能捕捉到一些普遍的事实而以非常独特、有趣的方式呈现出来。这使得很多人产生了共鸣,或至少被娱乐到。
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43 reviews
February 7, 2024
all stories are like fairy tales with sad endings; something pure from Wang Xiaobo can be felt throughout his words.
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22 reviews
August 25, 2025
「我在一瞬間慌忙地回顧了一下自己的一生:有很多後悔的地方。」
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75 reviews
April 24, 2021

她绝对温存,绝对可爱,
生机勃勃,全无畏惧而且自信。

我从她身上感到一种永存的精神,
超过平庸生活里的一切。


读完了王小波的《绿毛水怪》,
被最后一篇「地久天长」真实地打动。

读完一阵怅惋,和深情一样,
美好和理想若是一场悲剧,
必定以死来句读。
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April 13, 2022
偶尔像法国启蒙文学,偶尔像俄罗斯奇幻现实主义。非常好玩。好可惜没有英文版。
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