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瓦猫

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They inherit not only a skill, but also the memory of an era. They patched up the sheets of paper that were scattered and damaged, exhausted their efforts and methods, but in order to "remain the same as the old", they only hoped that the booklet could retain the imprints left by time. With the razors and hair clippers flying neatly in the grassy beard and blue silk, the barber is not only taking care of other people's facades, but also summoning the ideal radiant self. The guardian divine beast that slowly took shape in countless repeated beatings, watching over people's hopes for peace in a chaotic world, and at the same time waiting for the joys and sorrows of a family's rise and fall...

337 pages, Hardcover

Published February 1, 2021

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葛亮

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  原籍南京。香港大學中文系博士畢業,現任香港浸會大學副教授。作品出版於兩岸三地,著有小說《北鳶》、《朱雀》、《七聲》、《戲年》、《謎鴉》、《浣熊》,文化隨筆《繪色》、《小山河》,學術論著《此心安處亦吾鄉》等。部分作品譯為英、法、俄、日、韓等國文字。

  長篇小說《朱雀》獲選「亞洲週刊華文十大小說」,二○一六年以新作《北鳶》再獲此榮譽,並斬獲各項大獎。包括二○一六年度「中國好書」、「華文好書」評委會特別大獎、當代長篇小說年度五佳、二○一六年中版十大中文好書等。作者獲頒《南方人物週刊》「二○一六年度中國人物」。

  曾獲首屆香港書獎、香港藝術發展獎、臺灣聯合文學小說獎首獎、臺灣梁實秋文學獎等獎項。作品入選「當代小說家書系」、「二十一世紀中國文學大系」、「二○○八、二○○九、二○一五中國小說排行榜」、「二○一五年度誠品中文選書」。

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4 reviews1 follower
August 10, 2021
比作者的其他作品 (例如:朱雀) 稍遜色,但仍是一部出色的作品。
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211 reviews5 followers
June 28, 2023
本書有三篇,第三篇的瓦貓故事很有張力。天高地闊,但人找個安身的去處卻不容易。
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226 reviews21 followers
October 29, 2024
3篇關於技藝匠師的故事,分別是古籍修復師、理髮師、瓦貓製作,理論上這種傷物、懷古應該是滿會打動我的,但這本讀來真的很無感...尤其最後一篇同名短篇更是洋洋灑灑前後幾十年回顧,最後仍僅略懂略懂,看了豆瓣的討論發現情節跟我原先想的一樣,那何苦情節在某一段(最後托人送信的藏族老婦部分)故意晦澀起來,簡直大可不必。
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March 9, 2025
按配方堆砌,但看出香港和云南语言习惯不同,瓦猫风格略不同。
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1,259 reviews28 followers
July 10, 2023
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好的修書師傅,多數去了台灣。〈江南篇:書匠〉

知世道汙濁,才有個出淤泥而不染。〈江南篇:書匠〉

她(霞姊)的過去,就是他(翟玉成)的市面。〈嶺南篇:飛髮〉

眼看見的,都是相,方才在自己手裡,到最後合為一個。現在通亮的,卻是百態。〈西南篇:瓦貓〉

他明知道她聽不懂,還要說給她聽,便是心意了。〈西南篇:瓦貓〉

在這半年內,香港的老字號們,紛紛「執笠」。這終於是現實對現實的屈服,也是現實對現實的捨棄。大多數時候,現實皆是溫柔面目,埋身蟄伏。忽然之間,便真刀真槍,出其不意,狹路相逢。如此,誰有能獨善其身。〈後記:藏品〉


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