第一章 吕桂花—— 另一个人说吕桂花—— 另一个人说(一)刘震云 镇上看电话的老牛,1968年和严守一他爹一块卖过葱。 卖葱之前,严守一他爹不爱说话。村里老阳高,日子显得长,一天下来,老严说不了十句话。十句话中,不得不说的占六句,大到家里盖一座房子,小到家里添一只尿盆,老严赞成,是“弄”,不赞成,是“弄个球”;另四句是感叹词,不管是高兴或是愤怒,都是“我靠”。卖葱之后,老严开始说话了。卖了半年葱,老严能完整说下一个故事。严守一记得,那时他爹常讲的故事有两个,一个是吃丸子,一个是吃粘糕。 一个人,腊月,到集上卖门神,旁边是一卖炸绿豆面丸子的。他买了四斤,人熟,给了他六斤。他一个一个捡着吃,不知不觉吃完了。一站起来,“咕咚”,倒了。 一个人,收麦时节,家里的牛丢了,出门找了两天没找着,饿着肚子回到村头,碰到一卖粘糕的,认识,“大哥,先赊我五斤。”吃完回到家,“娘,我...
京师,哲宗康德七年五月。熙熙攘攘的大街上来了一行看似貌不惊人的游客,但这行人所过之处,都引起了市人的窃窃私语。原来走在前首的白衫人,虽是戴了范阳笠,可回顾言谈之间,分明是个女子。其时朝野之内外礼法之防甚严,象这般女子在外公然抛头露面,自然难免被人议论。“小寒,你收敛点,别惹全街人都看你!”身后一个三十多岁的中年人皱眉道,可语气抱怨之中满含爱怜之情。“我要这个,大哥你给我买么!”那白衫女子在一家铺子里突地指着壁上的东西叫了起来,“就是这个,喏,左边的,很漂亮吧?”她语音清越动人,语一出口,更无法掩饰她女子的身份。中年人被她死拖到店中,抬头一看壁上,也不由笑了:“小寒要这个干嘛?小寒,急着嫁人了?”后边一行人此时也已到了店外,抬头往壁上一望,不由轰然大笑。只见壁上挂着的是一整套女子嫁时衣饰,而那个叫“小寒”的白衣女子正指着那一顶珠玉缀的凤冠娇嗔。...
The Witch and other Storiesby Anton ChekhovTHE WITCHPEASANT WIVESTHE POSTTHE NEW VILLADREAMSTHE PIPEAGAFYAAT CHRISTMAS TIMEGUSEVTHE STUDENTIN THE RAVINETHE HUNTSMANHAPPINESSA MALEFACTORPEASANTSTHE WITCHIT was approaching nightfall. The sexton, Savely Gykin, was lyingin his huge bed in the hut adjoining the church. He was notasleep, though it was his habit to go to sleep at the same timeas the hens. His coarse red hair peeped from under one end of thegreasy patchwork quilt, made up of coloured rags, while his bigunwashed feet stuck out from the other. He was listening. His hutadjoined the wall that encircled the church and the solitarywindow in it looked out upon the open country. And out there a...
Author :韩廷一Issue : 总第 158期Provenance :《海外星去》Date :Nation :中国Translator : 我在伦敦半年,看过无数个墓园,深深觉得“死在英国”,尤其“葬在伦敦”,应该是死人一种至高无上的享受。在英国,不但住宅区规划得很整齐、完善,即使墓园,也不一定非要跑到荒山僻野,就在市区内或水边或丘缘,往往一墙之隔,墙外车水马龙熙熙攘攘,墙内则芳草如茵,花木扶疏,不仅有如公园,有时还真是世外桃源呢。老实说,我固然爱逛公园(那是与古人活动的地方),我更爱逛墓园(那是与古人交谈的地方),我尤其爱逐个诵读碑文,这时墓中的主人翁与其家人即刻出现在我眼前,使我暂时远离这滚滚红尘,分享他们之间的喜、怒、哀、乐。 嘲弄“人生”嘲弄“人死” (一)“心平气和地安息吧!”——多少恩怨,多少遗憾,就此埋进黄土一 。 (二)“我曾经认真过,现在我才知道,生命原不过是一场嘲弄,经历的每件事都这样告...
能跟你说说我的故事,实在是让我开心的一件事。虽然我已经20多岁了,年龄可能比你大,但是我的经历没准儿会让你感兴趣。其实,每个人的经历说出来都是一部生动的文学作品,在这样有血有肉的经历面前,再大的作家也显得苍白无力。地球说白了是一个巨型电视屏幕,每时每刻由数10亿演员同时出演没完没了的连续剧。和这部连续剧比起来,作家们艺术家们写的拍的那些玩艺儿着实是挂一漏万弄巧成拙的蹩脚货。 我还没告诉你我的名字,我叫李翼展。据说这名字是我爸给我起的,好像是希望我展翅高飞的意思,是不是俗了点儿?不过从望子成龙的角度看,他的用心也说得过去。搁谁费了半天劲儿生养个孩子都会希望孩子日后有出息。后来我才知道,在航空术语里?quot;翼展"特指飞机机翼的总宽度。打个比方说吧,如果你是一架飞机,你的双臂顺理成章就是机翼,你伸开双臂的长度,就是你的翼展数据。 我这人记忆力比较出众,遗憾的是我的记忆...
单飞雪第一章黄昏,一群小孩在巷子旁的空地玩跳格子游戏,接近晚餐时刻,各自被爸妈吆喝回家。六岁的童敏希却还在空地晃,晃着晃着她来到蹲在地上打弹珠的男孩身旁。「你叫什么名字?」童敏希问男孩。「干么跟妳说?」古骏逸低着头打弹珠,没看她一眼。「你为什么不回家?」她拍拍他的肩膀。他回头,看着她。「我家的人讨厌我。」童敏希听了睁大眼睛,表情很兴奋,笑嘻嘻地说:「真的那你跟我一样可怜。」古骏逸看着童敏希,她留着短短鬈鬈的头发,长得白胖胖,眼睛大大,鼻子扁扁,小嘴儿红粉粉。她穿著白洋装,整个人看起来像团棉花,白粉粉、软绵绵的棉花。他心里想着——她可怜?笑瞇瞇的是在可怜什么?扔了弹珠,他挑衅似地问:「要不要跟我比?」「好啊,比什么?」敏希眼睛一亮,咧着嘴笑了。...
邻桌同事曾经心血来潮要学外语,手持一本中国当代散文说要自己给翻译成英语。一次,正埋头翻书的她突然问道:“哎,幸福怎么说?”马上有人回答:“happy!”“胡说,那是快乐。”邻桌立即反驳。“快乐?那就lucky!”“那是幸运,文盲!算了算了,我查快译通吧!”“幸福?这词不常用嘛。”被称作文盲的同事还在自语。我也在想,是啊,这词不常用,幸福怎么说?曾经和一位亦师亦友的兄长谈论起古巴的英雄切?格瓦拉和理想主义,他说对理想坚持不懈的追求过程中应该能产生一种幸福感。那天我突然发现,原来10年前我曾经也算是个理想主义者,现在则一定不是了——尽管理想主义还在脑海里有所残留。我想不起来什么理想,但至少每月一次的“准幸福感”是真实的——它存在于向工资条上签名确认的三秒过程之中,幸福感比过年时多很多。我想我和很多人一样,无所谓幸福和不幸,我们很平凡,感受也很平凡。...
On Horsemanshipby XenophonTranslation by H. G. DakynsXenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was apupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans,and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave him landand property in Scillus, where he lived for manyyears before having to move once more, to settlein Corinth. He died in 354 B.C.On Horsemanship advises the reader on how to buya good horse, and how to raise it to be either awar horse or show horse. Xenophon ends with somewords on military equipment for a cavalryman.ON HORSEMANSHIPIClaiming to have attained some proficiency in horsemanship[1]...
The ArgonauticaThe ArgonauticaApollonius Rhodius(fl. 3rd Century B.C.)1- Page 2-The ArgonauticaINTRODUCTIONMuch has been written about the chronology of Alexandrian literatureand the famous Library, founded by Ptolemy Soter, but the dates of thechief writers are still matters of conjecture. The birth of ApolloniusRhodius is placed by scholars at various times between 296 and 260 B.C.,while the year of his death is equally uncertain. In fact, we have very...
Salammboby Gustave FlaubertCHAPTER ITHE FEASTIt was at Megara, a suburb of Carthage, in the gardens of Hamilcar.The soldiers whom he had commanded in Sicily were having a great feastto celebrate the anniversary of the battle of Eryx, and as the masterwas away, and they were numerous, they ate and drank with perfectfreedom.The captains, who wore bronze cothurni, had placed themselves in thecentral path, beneath a gold-fringed purple awning, which reached fromthe wall of the stables to the first terrace of the palace; the commonsoldiers were scattered beneath the trees, where numerous flat-roofedbuildings might be seen, wine-presses, cellars, storehouses, bakeries,and arsenals, with a court for elephants, dens for wild beasts, and a...
An Unsocial Socialistby George Bernard ShawCHAPTER IIn the dusk of an October evening, a sensible looking woman offorty came out through an oaken door to a broad landing on thefirst floor of an old English country-house. A braid of her hairhad fallen forward as if she had been stooping over book or pen;and she stood for a moment to smooth it, and to gazecontemplativelynot in the least sentimentallythrough thetall,narrow window. The sun was setting, but its glories were at theother side of the house; for this window looked eastward, wherethe landscape of sheepwalks and pasture land was sobering at theapproach of darkness.The lady, like one to whom silence and quiet were luxuries,lingered on the landing for some time. Then she turned towards...
The Garden PartyThe Garden PartyBy Katherine Mansfield1- Page 2-The Garden Party1. AT THE BAY.Chapter 1.I.Very early morning. The sun was not yet risen, and the whole ofCrescent Bay was hidden under a white sea-mist. The big bush-coveredhills at the back were smothered. You could not see where they endedand the paddocks and bungalows began. The sandy road was gone andthe paddocks and bungalows the other side of it; there were no white...
Indian Heroes and Great Chieftainsby Charles A. EastmanCONTENTS1. RED CLOUD2. SPOTTED TAIL3. LITTLE CROW4. TAMAHAY5. GALL6. CRAZY HORSE7. SITTING BULL8. RAIN-IN-THE-FACE9. TWO STRIKE10. AMERICAN HORSE11. DULL KNIFE12. ROMAN NOSE13. CHIEF JOSEPH14. LITTLE WOLF15. HOLE-IN-THE-DAYRED CLOUDEVERY age, every race, has its leaders and heroes. There were oversixty distinct tribes of Indians on this continent, each of whichboasted its notable men. The names and deeds of some of these menwill live in American history, yet in the true sense they areunknown, because misunderstood. I should like to present some of...
一女二男三分情 作者:夏凡第一章“……谢谢嘉义的蚊子,你的支持会让我更有信心把节目做得更好,不过,你这个忠实听友可得等到考试结束之后,再CALLIN进来,否则深深我可要挂你电话,外加隔空打屁股喽。最后还有一点点,一点点的时间——哦,有一张传真,是桃园的阿竹,他想问我——是怎样开始从事广播的工作?还有——每天在一个小时中要不断地讲话,讲个不停,嘴巴酸不酸?会不会遇到没话讲,说不下去的情况,那该怎么办?你知道吗?阿竹。现在我透过空气对这你说话,就有一种想和你聊到天亮的冲动。你说,和一个你很想一起聊天的朋友讲一个小时的话,你的嘴巴会不会酸?会不会没话题聊?又该怎么办?也许你该再传真来告诉我。我一直都没这种经验,所以没法回答你。至于我是怎么开始从事着个需要一直说话说个不停又不能没话说的广播工作呢?今天我又要先卖一个关子,这样我才会显得更神秘,更有价值,更有可听性,你们说是不是?...
,,余光中诗集目录小.说.t.xt.天.堂目录1.碧潭2.乡愁3.天问4.火浴5.石器时代6.或者所谓春天7.星之葬8.风铃9.秦俑10.纱帐11.寄给画家12.第叁季13.等你, 在雨中14.圆通寺15.蜀人赠扇记16.鼎湖的神话17.梦与地理18.与李白同游高速公路19.戏李白20.欢呼哈雷21.当我死时22.五陵少年23.连环24.向日葵25.银叶板痕26.海棠纹身27.问烛28.对灯29.中元月30.扬子江船夫曲31.算命瞎子32.下次的约会33.永远,我等34.狗尾草35.乡愁四韵36.招魂的短笛37.黄昏38.夜色如网39.寻李白40.春天,遂想起41.月光光42.蛛网43.布谷44.所谓永恒。【碧潭】【碧潭】十六柄桂浆敲碎青琉璃几则罗曼史躲在阳伞下我的,没带来的,我的罗曼史...
作者:汪正喜,男,1964年出生,籍贯湖北,在武汉铁路建设集团工作。 来信请寄:湖北省武汉市桥口区汉西北路51号 汪正喜收 邮政编码:430034 E-mail: wangzhengxi80@sina 人类命运如何?最终的结局如何?人类果真是自然进化而来吗?《人类终始》一书以新的、与以往不同的观念明确回答了人类未来和起源的问题。作者建立了生物“智进化”理论,提出了“人类一元性原则”和“生物塔法则”等,是一部重新解释生命起源进化、人类诞生和终结的书。阅完全文后读者会对人类和宇宙有一个全新的认识。原著十二万字,已由出版社出版发行,为扩大影响及传播面,简至五万字在网上发表,欲购书者请联系。 序 言 第一章 生 物 进 化 第二章 生 命 本 质 第三章 使 命 第四章 未 来 第五章 造 物 之 旅 第六章 人 类 诞 生 生命存在于宇宙之中,地球上出现生命不是独特事件,而...
--中华贵族 作者:龙鳞道第一章 野店几杯空酒,醉里两眉长皱。 已是不成眠,那更酒醒时候。 知否,知否? 直是为他消瘦。 向镐字丰之,生平不详。河内(河南沁阳)人。其《喜乐词》,有江氏本,有王鹏运《四印斋汇刻宋元三十一家词》本。他的词以自然为胜,多用俗语入句。 这首小令写别后的绵绵相思。分别之后,旅居野店,思乡怀人之情,不能自已。空酒几杯,未能消愁。醉里尚且双眉紧皱,更那堪酒醒时候!全词轻柔雅丽,语浅情深。 但无论这词意境有多优美,含义有多深刻,其中包含的思念有多动人,这样的词句在这种地方听起来,总有些个不合时宜。 ※※※ 这是个灯红酒绿的夜总会,几个妖娆的女子怔怔的看着一个男子拿着话筒却不唱歌,嘴里吐出来的却是这种玩意,听不懂还罢了,可是客人这么发挥一下,不鼓掌似乎又有点说不过去。 酒吧中除了她们还有另外几个年轻人或斜或靠的倚在沙发上,可是...
一九年前,我从部队复员,回到了家。用爹的话讲,在外四年,白混了:既没入党,也没提干,除了腮帮上钻出些密麻的胡子,和走时没啥两样。可话说回来,家里也没啥大变化。只是两个弟弟突然蹿得跟我一般高,满脸粉刺,浑身充满儿马的气息。夜里睡觉,爹房里传来叹气声。三个五尺了五高的儿子,一 下子都到了向他要媳妇的年龄,是够他喝一壶的。那是一九七 八年,社会上刚兴高考的第二年,我便想去碰碰气。爹不同意,说:“兵没当好,学就能考考上了?再说……”再说到镇上的中学复习功课,得先交一百元复习费。娘却支持我的想法:“要是万一……”爹问:“你来时带了多少复员费?”我答:“一百五。”爹朝门框上啐了一口浓痰:“随你折腾去吧。就你那钱,家里也不要你的,也不给你添。考上了,是你的福气;考不上,也省得落你的埋怨。”就这样,我来到镇上中学,进了复习班,准备考大学。...