(Garlic Ballads)
《天堂蒜薹之歌》
'Garlic Ballads,' Mo Yan
作者:莫言
Readers who want to get a taste of Mo Yan before they commit to reading a whole book may want to pick up 'Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh!, ' a collection of Mo's short stories, or check out Zhang Yimou's film version of the novel 'Red Sorghum.' For those who want to read a full-length novel, the Nobel committee's recommendation of ' The Garlic Ballads' as a first Mo Yan novel is a good place to start.
在埋头开始完整地阅读一部莫言的小说前,读者若想对其作品风格有所了解,他的短篇小说集《师傅越来越幽默》(Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh!)也许是一个不错的选择,或者去看看张艺谋根据莫言小说改编拍成的电影《红高粱》(Red Sorghum)。而对于那些热衷于长篇小说的读者而言,《天堂蒜薹之歌》是一个很好的选择。诺贝尔文学奖评委会就曾建议,阅读莫言应当从这部小说开始。
'The Garlic Ballads' opens with a quote attributed to Stalin -- though Mo admitted to making it up in the preface to the second edition of the novel -- that takes on new resonance in the light of recent criticisms of Mo for not being more outspoken in his support of imprisoned fellow Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo and other politically active writers:
《天堂蒜薹之歌》曾在卷首引用了一段斯大林语录──虽然莫言在第二版的前言中承认那段话是他自己杜撰的──但这仍引发了公众对他新一轮的批评。此前,莫言就曾因未替同是诺奖得主却身陷囹圄的刘晓波及其他异见作家大声疾呼、出言相助而受到指责。
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