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流雲抄

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地獄無門。災難從寂靜中升起,生命自敗滅中一再重生。

  年青作家李日康的第一本散文集
  書寫香港及其倒影
  細察蟄伏日常的確幸與確哀

  「由不測起始,而後悲鳴,嘆息,毀滅,神秘,恐懼,堅定,夢幻。」
 
  《流雲抄》是年青作家李日康的第一本散文集,收錄散文近作二十篇。本書以「不測」為題,所關注的卻並非轟烈的天災人禍,而是著眼於日常經驗裡,逐漸發生的崩壞現場。他將「一瞬」拉長放大,重組成無限的命運鏈條,由是,有〈奈良電幻〉中前仆後繼的守經人,在悠長的年月裡窮其一生,守著脆弱的經書;〈雪白如嬰〉中天真的狗一再被賣,年幼的母親對人類的信任日漸瓦解;又如〈平安神宮前寫生〉,作者在大眾熱衷的祭典裡,所注視的卻是歷史巨流中被一一遺落的犧牲者。

  留學日本對李日康帶來不只是文化衝擊,還有天災的威脅:地震、雨災、熱浪一再來臨,置身多災多難的陰翳之島,使人不得不逼視無常。然而他的異鄉經驗,卻無一不與傷痕纍纍的香港對照重疊,與本土記憶融合而得到轉化。偌大的人間之世,承載無處容身的過客,此刻可是島國的北方圖書館、轉念亦可是風風火火的亡命小巴。

  有別於一般的旅遊散文,作者的視野不限於地域,而是將生命視作一場廣義的行旅。漫長的旅程中,他到過真實的異地;去過泰拳教練口中的故鄉、健身室的鐵之國;聽到由歷史另一端傳來的戰爭回音,蟄伏在日常事物當中,終將傳到未來的耳裡。

  「我不能擺脫無門地獄,於是我唯有把自己打開,讓事物轉蓬開去。這不是圓滿的句號,但我們暫時只好藉此安頓下去。」

200 pages, Paperback

Published April 2, 2021

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August 2, 2022
This debut of a young scholar is a poetically written travelogue that merits 3 stars on the strength of his award-winning* writing alone. As the cliché goes, good art can help us see the world, even the mundane and the routine, in a new light. No doubt this collection of essays has demonstrated that pretty well. If only he had more to write than the everyday trifles like taking a minibus or staying home ...


*He has won several literary awards.
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