内容摘要 《砂女》是让安部公房闻名世界的一部小说,是他创作生涯的一座里程碑。自问世以来,便获得很高评价,被翻译成多国文字在世界上广为流传。 主人公,某学校教员仁木顺平,利用休假日外出采集昆虫标本,住宿砂穴民家。穴中只住有一位年轻女人。第二天“他”醒来发现,通往地面的绳梯已被人撤去 ,始知自己受了欺骗。这处砂的村落由那位把“他”引往砂穴中的“年长者”控制着。虽有粮水烟茶平均按时供给,却无行动自由。“他”几次劝导年轻的女人放弃这种无视自我存在的、为了苟活而终日挖砂不止的活动,却遭到女人绝念而平静的拒绝:不可能。在与女人的肉体生活中,“他“获得过短暂的快乐,但逃跑的心不死。然而几次行动都惨遭失败。后来在送已有身孕的女人去医院时,“他”得到了通往地上的绳梯,却已无心逃出。 《砂女》凝聚了安部公房之前创作和思考的精华,又为接下来的作品建立了一个关于都市的基本框架和空间舞台,在这个舞台上,各种类型的都市人不断登场,在寻找自我和他人之间的纽带,还有自己人生的意义。 The Woman in the Dunes, by celebrated writer and thinker Kobo Abe, combines the essence of myth, suspense and the existential novel. After missing the last bus home following a day trip to the seashore, an amateur entomologist is offered lodging for the night at the bottom of a vast sand pit. But when he attempts to leave the next morning, he quickly discovers that the locals have other plans. Held captive with seemingly no chance of escape, he is tasked with shoveling back the ever-advancing sand dunes that threaten to destroy the village. His only companion is an odd young woman. Together their fates become intertwined as they work side by side at this Sisyphean task.
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