读书记:澳大利亚小说《荆棘鸟》散记一

in literature •  6 years ago 

作者:史遇春

1.题记

关于这部小说,随便说几句话,作一篇散记性质的文字。

以前读书,读完之后,非常热衷写随感、评说性质的文字。因为热衷于写这种被称作是“文字游戏”的东西,曾经被人讥讽是在做“最没意思”的事。那时,似乎很在意别人对我的指点、批评,所以,之后是尽量少做、甚至是不做。尽管如此,我的积习仍在,总是忍不住会技痒,读罢书,老是想写随感、写评说。

关于周边人事的异动和变化,我很少去想,也懒得去想。每每闲下来,我总是会自觉不自觉地去想那些已经过眼的文字。

澳大利亚小说《荆棘鸟》读完了。

小说读完之后,要是还在这里重复小说的故事梗概、内容情节,那真是“最没意思”的事了。但是,要把读完这小说所写的文字上升到所谓理论的高度,用所谓专家学者们惯用的“框架”去解释,我自知,我没有那样的能耐。

藏拙,是中国自古以来就宣扬的美行。我想,不献丑或许多少就是在含蓄吧。

所以,关于这本小说,我所能说的,都只是浅见,或许这些浅见也都只在窠臼之中。

但是,动笔写这些文字时,如果仅仅是为了抒写“浅见”的话,那可完全不是我的本意。

这是我必须认真交代的。

2.散一

所能记得的小说中的经典台词,是那个男人对“丝”说的:

“如果不想娶你为妻,我是不会要你的。”

这里的“要”,明眼人一看便知道是在说什么。大概也并不需要什么“明眼”,大多数的成年男女一看就会明白他在说什么。

“要你的”什么呢?当然不是财产,在正常男人的思想中,他所“要”的,除了身体,这里不会再有别的任何深意。

这话,如若是用一个男性作家的笔触来描述,我会说,这大约只是一个冠冕堂皇的谎言。然而,这话出于一位女作家之手。所以,我不得不说,这大概只是一位善良女性的天真的幻想、美丽的梦想,甜蜜的理想。

在现实生活中,不论是过去、现在、还是未来,不论是东方、西方、还是其他什么方,追求“丝”的男人那样的人,或许是有的,但是,毕竟为数不多。对于大多数的女性而言,这样的男人,想想、梦梦也就罢了,要想亲身碰见他们,只恐怕是“白了少年头”也不见得会有这样的机会,即便是有这样的机会,也不见得就能够成功结合、能够白头偕老。

尽管如此,我还是对作者这样的台词表示真诚的赞赏,就像赞赏那个追求“丝”的男人的美丽言辞。

我之所以对这本小说有意,或许很大的原因恰恰就在于这部小说明显的特点,那就是行文之间毫不掩饰、从不不做作特色流露:女性化以及女性情怀下的人性化。

(未完待续)

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