I sometimes think this whole world and
all of us are just fiction, and some of us are good storytellers. Everyone has their
own stories; yet, some are more compelling than others. However, I have found that
people tend to beautify and modify their experiences, or somewhat hide the
Death Constant Beyond Love 是1982年諾貝爾文學獎得主,哥倫比亞作家Gabriel Garcia Marquez寫於1970的一個短篇.有興趣的朋友在網上可以找到中英文版本(原文是西班牙文).我看的是收錄在The Norton Anthology World Literature, 由Gregory Rabassa翻譯的,只有六頁.這篇文章不錯,是期中到期末我們唸過的22篇裡,極為少數我喜歡的. Marquez的寫作風格被歸類為Magic Realism.故事的結尾,競選期間的紙鳥和中間紙蝴蝶那幾段像噩夢般似的纏著我(不知道Marquez想傳達什麼)整整一個禮拜才下筆寫這篇期末essay.放在這作為噩夢結束的紀念.現在只剩下期末考了...
I dislike the underground man. The only reason I’ve finished reading this sort of novel, sort of confession work is because it’s assigned by the teacher. It was a drag reading.
We all have
passion. We sometimes can’t control our lust, but we all have a logical mind. If
Cao Xueqin and Moliere had allowed Lin Daiyu and Tartuffe’s reasoning to
overcome their emotions, we wouldn’t have these two great works.