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臺北人

By 白先勇

(1974)

| Paperback | 9789579159883

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白先勇在人物形象上的塑造上有一個極為引人注目的特徵，那就是把比較抽象和深奧的有關人和人性的命題化解為時空兩度，於是也就化解成了活生生的人生命題，因為人性的時空形態也就是展開了的人生形態。「臺北人」中的人物，在時間上幾乎都有沉重的今昔之比、年華之嘆，在空間上幾乎都從大陸遷移而來，隔岸遙想，煙波浩淼。於是，時間上的滄桑感和空間上的飄泊感加在一起，組成了這群臺北人的雙重人生幅度，悠悠的厚味和深遂的哲思就從這雙重人生幅度中滲發出來。有的作家也能排除「非人」的干擾而逼視人的命題，卻往往陷入一種玄學式的滯塞，白先勇打破了這種滯塞，把自己的人物推入背景開闊的人生長旅，於是全盤皆活。只有在人生長旅中，那些有關Continue

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沒有第二句話，只有極力推薦。
Everytime I read this, i'm so touched.

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It is actually worth five-star rating, but I give it a four for the unbearable sadness and regret.

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白先勇的'臺北人'以十四篇短篇虛構小說精闢的描述了在臺中國人在戒嚴期間的生活和心聲. 在這十四篇看似不同的故事中, 看到的僅是失望和主角們對'大陸'的美好回憶. 對於未來, 臺灣好如一座被霧繚繞著的小島, 大家只願近視般的過活. 移民, 難民, 還是統治者? 因於這些複雜心情, '臺北人'對在臺中國人是個誤稱的標題, 剩的只是地理上的正確. 很好奇的是(或, 很可悲的), 如擴大來說, 在今日的臺灣, 當時的來臺者(和其子女)是否仍對'臺灣人'這個稱號感到不適?
Pai Hsien-yung's 'Taipei People' packs a collection of 14 short s ... (continue)

白先勇的'臺北人'以十四篇短篇虛構小說精闢的描述了在臺中國人在戒嚴期間的生活和心聲. 在這十四篇看似不同的故事中, 看到的僅是失望和主角們對'大陸'的美好回憶. 對於未來, 臺灣好如一座被霧繚繞著的小島, 大家只願近視般的過活. 移民, 難民, 還是統治者? 因於這些複雜心情, '臺北人'對在臺中國人是個誤稱的標題, 剩的只是地理上的正確. 很好奇的是(或, 很可悲的), 如擴大來說, 在今日的臺灣, 當時的來臺者(和其子女)是否仍對'臺灣人'這個稱號感到不適?
Pai Hsien-yung's 'Taipei People' packs a collection of 14 short stories brilliantly describing the lives of the Chinese people living on Taiwan during the period of martial law. Through the markedly distinctive story lines in the collection, dismay is one commonly emoted by their protagonists, while the sweetness in their lives remain locked on the 'mainland'. For them, Taiwan appears to be an island besieged by fog, where they pass their days myopically toward the future. Migrants, refugees, or colonisers? Due to the complexity involved, 'Taipei people' is almost seem as a misnomer if not for its geographical correctness. Curiously (rather, lamentably), in today's Taiwan, one wonders whether these former migrants (and their offsprings) who remain on the island would regard 'Taiwan people' a misnomer?

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