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格非丨《隐身衣》

推荐理由

《隐身衣》延续了格非自“乌托邦三部曲”以来对现实世界的高度关注与思省。小说设置了重重悬念，讲述自上世纪七十年代至今，社会剧变中的人们追名逐利而起伏跌宕、凶险无着的命运，从一个小人物的视角看取世态人心的跌宕起伏。缜密准确的叙述穿越人间万象的庸常浮华，将人生的卑微困窘和清明淡定表现得质朴细致，直击人性痛处，抵达命运深处。

小说在艺术上独辟蹊径，可以说是格非对文学形式的又一次重要探索。全书贯穿了对古典音乐的优美诠释和倾心礼赞，以之与无序和充满欲望的世界构成强烈对比，突出精神理想与现实险恶的矛盾，张力十足。小说主人公始终抱有对精神理想（音乐）的向往，却在世俗生活和音乐生活两个层面上都不断遭到剥夺，不断失去，人物命运的设置具有浓厚的象征意味和很强的现实针对性。小说构思匠心独运，笔法干净利落，叙述从容不迫，其中音乐发烧器材的知识性融入，赋予小说独特的质地和韵味，而情节的惊悚与繁复的构造又体现了某种黑暗、残酷的哥特式艺术特征，充分彰显出汉语小说高超的艺术境界。

Reviews

The Invisibility Cloak continues with Ge Fei’s intense concern for and pondering over reality that began with his “Utopian Trilogy.” There is great suspense within the story’s tale of turbulent pursuits of fame and fortune; danger, treachery, and uncertainty are an element of this in a society undergoing drastic changes – namely, China during its transitional period from the seventies to today. In the novella, the constantly fluctuating circumstances and trajectories of people are seen from the perspective of an ordinary man. Ge Fei’s meticulous and precise narration cuts through the varied vanities of society and clearly shows the aspects of life that are cruel and petty, peaceful and sober. This method touches on the softest spots of human nature and digs deep within our fate.

The novella is a unique artistic piece, which can be seen as an important re-exploration into literary style by Ge Fei. The book is rich in both interpretation and admiration of classical music. This is starkly contrasted by the disorderliness and indulgent desires of the world and creates tension between the spiritual idealism of the main character and the dangers of reality. The novella’s protagonist maintains a constant passion for music throughout the work. However, suffering, loss, and deprivation become an unavoidable part of both his relationship with music and with his everyday life. The unraveling of this fate is rich in symbolism and is clearly grounded in real life, and the novella’s structure shows great originality. Ge Fei’s writing is succinct and the narrative is calm and unhurried. The informed references to high quality sound systems are well integrated into the plot and give the work a unique texture. Both thrilling and complex, the structure of the plot reflects much of the darkness and ruthlessness characteristic of Gothic artistic style. The novella is considered to have reached the heights of artistic expression afforded by the Chinese language.  

作家简介

Author Profile

格非，原名刘勇，江苏丹徒人，1964年生。

1981年考入华东师范大学中文系，毕业后留校任教；2000年获文学博士学位，并于同年转入清华大学中文系任教。格非从1987年发表成名作《迷舟》开始，已创作出版长篇小说《敌人》《边缘》《欲望的旗帜》以及“江南三部曲”《人面桃花》《山河入梦》和《春尽江南》；中短篇小说集《迷舟》《唿哨》《雨季的感觉》《青黄》《戒指花》等。另有论著和散文随笔《小说艺术面面观》《小说叙事研究》《格非散文》《塞壬的歌声》《文学的邀约》等多部。

格非属于擅长对文学、社会、历史等问题做深入思考的学者型作家，他的作品具有坚韧、优雅、准确、睿智等特质，在中国当代文坛独树一帜、风格鲜明。长篇小说《江南三部曲》获得“第九届茅盾文学奖”，中篇小说《隐身衣》获得2014年“鲁迅文学奖”“老舍文学奖”。此外，格非作品曾获“2004年度华语文学传媒大奖杰出成就奖”“2004年度长篇小说排行榜”第一名、“第二届21世纪鼎钧双年文学奖”“第三届中国图书势力榜”文学第一名、《新京报》“2011年度文学类致敬图书”等多种文学奖项。其作品被翻译成英、法、意、日等多种文字在国外出版。

Ge Fei, penname of Liu Yong, was born in Dantu, Jiangsu Province, in 1964.

In 1981, he was accepted into the Chinese Language Department at East China Normal University. After graduating, he stayed at the institution, teaching and eventually receiving his doctorate in literature in 2000. That year, he transferred to Tsinghua University’s Chinese Language Faculty to take on a teaching post. Ge Fei published his first work, a novella entitled Mizhou, in 1987, which soon established fame for him. He has since published six novels and five novellas, in addition to a number of short story collections and prose essays.

Ge Fei is known for his deep reflection concerning literary, social, and historical issues. His works possess a distinctive tenacity, elegance, exactness, and keen intellect, which blend together to form a style that is both unique and fresh within China’s contemporary literary circles. Various works of his have received awards. The novelistic collection Jiangnan Trilogy won the 9th Mao Dun Literature Prize, and the novella The Invisibility Cloak was awarded both the Lu Xun Literature Prize and the Lao She Literature Prize in 2014. Additionally, he has received various literary prizes such as the 2004 Chinese Language Media Outstanding Achievement Award, the Second 21st Century Biennial Ding Jun Literature Prize, and The Beijing News 2011 Respected Literature. Ge Fei’s works have also been translated and published abroad in such languages as English, French, Italian, and Japanese. 

中文概要

Synopsis

崔师傅是一个贩卖和安装高级音响的个体商户，热爱古典音乐，对乐曲及相关器材如数家珍、极尽讲究，与同样爱好的古典音乐发烧友交往甚密。因为妻子玉芬红杏出墙，二人离婚，崔师傅把房子留给了妻子，借姐姐的房子住。不想母亲去世，姐姐姐夫以极端庸俗而又可怜的手段将他从家中赶走。朋友蒋颂平为他招揽客户，但又极其冷酷地拒绝他的求助，崔师傅落得个居无定所的境地。古典音乐成了他的精神家园。

一天，崔师傅接到一笔订单，为富翁丁采臣打造一套顶级音响。为获得买房款，崔师傅只好忍痛割爱。这套发烧音响中的极品，英国天朗公司的AUTOGRAPH的原主人因登山而遇难，家人为偿还所欠债务进行拍卖。崔师傅偶然和它相遇，使它成为生命中不可分割的部分。

丁采臣意外自杀，崔师傅结识了别墅里被幽闭残害的毁容女，他们一起生活，生下了一个女儿。崔师傅始终不知道女方的真实身份，也没有见过她毁容以前的真容。他对美貌的玉芬一直不能忘情，甚至直接以“玉芬”称呼毁容女，对方也没有异议。而丁采臣承诺的高额音响安装费，也在他死后悉数打到崔师傅账上。

Master Cui is an independent merchant and installation expert of high-quality hi-fi systems. He loves classical music and is both very familiar with and knowledgeable of musical composition and relevant equipment. He is closely associated with others who share the passion. The knowledge of his wife’s affair brings their marriage to an end. Following their divorce, Master Cui leaves the apartment to his wife and begins staying at his elder sister’s. His mother then dies, and he is vulgarly forced out of his sister’s apartment by the couple. His friend Jiang Songping solicits customers for Cui, but coldly denies his request for further assistance. Master Cui is left without a fixed residence and classical music becomes his spiritual refuge.

One day, Master Cui is commissioned to assemble a top-quality sound system for a wealthy official named Ding Caichen. Cui has wanted to acquire enough money to buy an apartment, so he reluctantly decides to part with something he treasures: the AUTOGRAPH sound system produced by the English company Tannoy. The system’s original owner died in a mountain climbing accident, and his family sold it quickly to pay off his debts. It was in this way that Master Cui had chanced upon the sound system that became an inseparable part of his life.

Unexpectedly, the official Ding Caichen commits suicide and Master Cui meets an abused and mutilated woman who had been confined in Ding’s villa. Her face is disfigured from the experience. They begin living together and have a daughter. Master Cui never finds out her true identity or what she had looked like prior to her disfigurement. He never gets over the beautiful ex-wife, and even uses her name to address the mutilated woman. The woman does not object. The entirety of the large fee Ding Caichen had agreed to for the installation of the sound system before killing himself is still paid to Master Cui in full.