残忍而美丽的情谊:The Kite Runner 追风筝的人(51)
日期:2014-10-21 10:44

(单词翻译:单击)

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Assef motioned with his hand, and the other two boys separated, forming a half circle, trapping Hassan in the alley.
“I’ve changed my mind,” Assef said. “I’m letting you keep the kite, Hazara. I’ll let you keep it so it will always remind you of what I’m about to do.”
Then he charged. Hassan hurled the rock. It struck Assef in the forehead. Assef yelped as he flung himself at Hassan, knocking him to the ground. Wall and Kamal followed.
I bit on my fist. Shut my eyes.
A MEMORY:
Did you know Hassan and you fed from the same breast? Did you know that, Amir agha? Sakina, her name was. She was a fair, blue-eyed Hazara woman from Bamiyan and she sang you old wedding songs. They say there is a brotherhood between people who’ve fed from the same breast. Did you know that?
A memory:
“A rupia each, children. Just one rupia each and I will part the curtain of truth.” The old man sits against a mud wall. His sightless eyes are like molten silver embedded in deep, twin craters. Hunched over his cane, the fortune-teller runs a gnarled hand across the surface of his deflated cheeks. Cups it before us. “Not much to ask for the truth, is it, a rupia each?” Hassan drops a coin in the leathery palm. I drop mine too. “In the name of Allah most beneficent, most merciful,” the old fortune-teller whispers. He takes Hassan’s hand first, strokes the palm with one hornlike fingernail, round and round, round and round. The finger then floats to Hassan’s face and makes a dry, scratchy sound as it slowly traces the curve of his cheeks, the outline of his ears. The calloused pads of his fingers brush against Hassan’s eyes. The hand stops there. Lingers. A shadow passes across the old man’s face. Hassan and I exchange a glance. The old man takes Hassan’s hand and puts the rupia back in Hassan’s palm. He turns to me. “How about you, young friend?” he says. On the other side of the wall, a rooster crows. The old man reaches for my hand and I withdraw it.
A dream:
I am lost in a snowstorm. The wind shrieks, blows stinging sheets of snow into my eyes. I stagger through layers of shifting white. I call for help but the wind drowns my cries. I fall and lie panting on the snow, lost in the white, the wind wailing in my ears. I watch the snow erase my fresh footprints. I’m a ghost now, I think, a ghost with no footprints. I cry out again, hope fading like my footprints. But this time, a muffled reply. I shield my eyes and manage to sit up. Out of the swaying curtains of snow, I catch a glimpse of movement, a flurry of color. A familiar shape materializes. A hand reaches out for me. I see deep, parallel gashes across the palm, blood dripping, staining the snow. I take the hand and suddenly the snow is gone. We’re standing in afield of apple green grass with soft wisps of clouds drifting above. I look up and see the clear sky is filled with kites, green, yellow, red, orange. They shimmer in the afternoon light.
A HAVOC OF SCRAP AND RUBBLE littered the alley. Worn bicycle tires, bottles with peeled labels, ripped up magazines, yellowed newspapers, all scattered amid a pile of bricks and slabs of cement. A rusted cast-iron stove with a gaping hole on its side tilted against a wall. But there were two things amid the garbage that I couldn’t stop looking at: One was the blue kite resting against the wall, close to the cast-iron stove; the other was Hassan’s brown corduroy pants thrown on a heap of eroded bricks.
“I don’t know,” Wali was saying. “My father says it’s sinful.” He sounded unsure, excited, scared, all at the same time. Hassan lay with his chest pinned to the ground. Kamal and Wali each gripped an arm, twisted and bent at the elbow so that Hassan’s hands were pressed to his back. Assef was standing over them, the heel of his snow boots crushing the back of Hassan’s neck.
“Your father won’t find out,” Assef said. “And there’s nothing sinful about teaching a lesson to a disrespectful donkey.”
“I don’t know,” Wali muttered.
“Suit yourself,” Assef said. He turned to Kamal. “What about you?”
“I... well...”
“It’s just a Hazara,” Assef said. But Kamal kept looking away.
“Fine,” Assef snapped. “All I want you weaklings to do is hold him down. Can you manage that?”
Wali and Kamal nodded. They looked relieved.
Assef knelt behind Hassan, put his hands on Hassan’s hips and lifted his bare buttocks. He kept one hand on Hassan’s back and undid his own belt buckle with his free hand. He unzipped his jeans. Dropped his underwear. He positioned himself behind Hassan. Hassan didn’t struggle. Didn’t even whimper. He moved his head slightly and I caught a glimpse of his face. Saw the resignation in it. It was a look I had seen before. It was the look of the lamb.
阿塞夫挥挥手,其他两个男孩散开,形成半圆,将哈桑包围在小巷里面。
“我改变主意了,”阿塞夫说,“我不会拿走你的风筝,哈扎拉人。你会留着它,以便它可以一直提醒你我将要做的事情。”
然后他动手了,哈桑扔出石块,击中了阿塞夫的额头。阿塞夫大叫着扑向哈桑,将他击倒在地。瓦里和卡莫一拥而上。
我抓紧拳头,合上双眼。
一段记忆:
“你知道哈桑跟你喝着同一个胸脯的奶水长大吗?你知道吗,阿米尔少爷?萨吉娜,乳母的名字。她是个漂亮的哈扎拉女人,有双蓝眼睛,从巴米扬来,她给你们唱古老的婚礼歌谣。人们说同一个胸脯喂大的人就是兄弟。你知道吗?”
一段记忆:
“每人一个卢比,孩子们。每人只要一个卢比,我就会替你们揭开命运的帷幕。”那个老人倚墙而坐,黯淡无光的双眼像滑溜溜的银子,镶嵌在一双深深的火山洞口中。算命先生弯腰拄着拐杖,从消瘦的脸颊下面伸出一只嶙峋的手,在我们面前做成杯状。“每人一个卢比就可知道命运,不贵吧?”哈桑放了个铜钿在他粗糙的手掌上,我也放了一个。“以最仁慈、最悲悯的安拉之名。”那位老算命先生低声说。他先是拿起哈桑的手,用一只兽角般的指甲,在他掌心转了又转,转了又转。跟着那根手指飘向哈桑的脸庞,慢慢摸索着哈桑脸颊的曲线、耳朵的轮廓,发出干燥的刮擦声。他的手指生满老茧,轻轻拂着哈桑的眼睑。手停在那儿,迟疑不去。老人脸上掠过一抹阴影,哈桑和我对望了一眼。老人抓起哈桑手,把那个卢比还给他。“让我看看你怎么样,小朋友?”他说。墙那边传来公鸡的叫声。老人伸手来拉我的手,我抽回来。
一个梦境:
我在暴风雪中迷失了方向。寒风凛冽,吹着雪花,刺痛了我的双眼。我在白雪皑皑中跋涉。我高声求救,但风淹没了我的哭喊。我颓然跌倒,躺在雪地上喘息,茫然望着一片白茫茫,寒风在我耳边呼啸,我看见雪花抹去我刚踩下的脚印。我现在是个鬼魂,我想,一个没有脚印的鬼魂。我又高声呼喊,但希望随着脚印消逝。这当头,有人闷声回应。我把手架在眼睛上,挣扎着坐起来。透过风雪飞舞的帘幕,我看见人影摇摆,颜色晃动。一个熟悉的身影出现了。一只手伸在我面前,我望见手掌上有深深的、平行的伤痕,鲜血淋漓,染红了雪地。我抓住那只手,瞬间雪停了。我们站在一片原野上,绿草如茵,天空中和风吹着白云。我抬眼望去,但见万里晴空,满是风筝在飞舞,绿的、黄的、红的、橙的。它们在午后的阳光中闪耀着光芒。
小巷堆满了破铜烂铁,废弃的自行车轮胎、标签剥落的玻璃瓶子、卷边的杂志、发黄的报纸,所有这些,散落在一堆砖头和水泥板间。墙边有个锈蚀的铁火炉,炉洞像血盆大口般张开。但在那些垃圾之间,有两件东西让我无法移开眼光:一件是蓝风筝,倚在墙边,紧邻铁炉;另一件是哈桑的棕色灯芯绒裤,丢在那堆碎砖块上面。
“我不知道,”瓦里说,“我爸爸说那是犯罪。”他的声音自始至终充满了怀疑、兴奋、害怕。哈桑趴在地上。卡莫和瓦里一人抓住他一只手,将其从手肘扭转,压在哈桑背后。阿塞夫站在他们上方,用雪靴的后跟踩着哈桑的脖子后面。
“你爸爸不会发现。”阿塞夫说,“给这头无礼的蠢驴一点教训,跟犯罪有什么关系?”
“我不知道。”瓦里咕哝着。
“随便你。”阿塞夫说,他转向卡莫,“你怎么说呢?”
“我……好吧……”
“他只是个哈扎拉人。”阿塞夫说,但卡莫把眼睛望向别处。
“好吧,”阿塞夫不满地说,“你们这些懦夫,帮我把他按住就好了。你们能做到吗?”
瓦里和卡莫点点头,看上去如释重负。
阿塞夫在哈桑身后跪倒,双手放在哈桑的臀部,把他光光的屁股抬起。他一手伸在哈桑背上,另外一只手去解开自己的皮带。他脱下牛仔裤,脱掉内裤。他在哈桑身后摆好位置。哈桑没有反抗,甚至没有呻吟。他稍稍转过头,我瞥见他的脸庞,那逆来顺受的神情。之前我也见过这种神色,这种羔羊的神色。

作品周边

内容简介
12岁的阿富汗富家少爷阿米尔与仆人哈桑情同手足。然而,在一场风筝比赛后,发生了一件悲惨不堪的事,阿米尔为自己的懦弱感到自责和痛苦,逼走了哈桑,不久,自己也跟随父亲逃往美国。

成年后的阿米尔始终无法原谅自己当年对哈桑的背叛。为了赎罪,阿米尔再度踏上暌违二十多年的故乡,希望能为不幸的好友尽最后一点心力,却发现一个惊天谎言,儿时的噩梦再度重演,阿米尔该如何抉择?

故事如此残忍而又美丽,作者以温暖细腻的笔法勾勒人性的本质与救赎,读来令人荡气回肠。

作者简介
卡勒德·胡赛尼(Khaled Hosseini),1965年生于阿富汗喀布尔市,后随父亲迁往美国。胡赛尼毕业于加州大学圣地亚哥医学系,现居加州。“立志拂去蒙在阿富汗普通民众面孔的尘灰,将背后灵魂的悸动展示给世人。”著有小说《追风筝的人》(The Kite Runner,2003)、《灿烂千阳》(A Thousand Splendid Suns,2007)、《群山回唱》(And the Mountains Echoed,2013)。作品全球销量超过4000万册。2006年,因其作品巨大的国际影响力,胡赛尼获得联合国人道主义奖,并受邀担任联合国难民署亲善大使。
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对友谊最大的误解,就是认为它是万能的(来自豆瓣网友:谢长留)
  我时常幻想自己是来自未来的,这样,有一天我面对未来某一时刻的突然变化,就会更从容,面对陈年往事也会更慷慨。但,我更适合平庸,如寻常人一样琐碎繁杂的生活,对时间的细枝末节斤斤计较。
  
  既然无法预知未来,那么人更多的开始依赖回忆,甚至靠那些零星琐碎的回忆支撑往后的日子,有些回忆很美好,有些回忆很心酸,有些回忆让人长大,有些回忆让人显得很无知,有些回忆慢慢泛黄,有些回忆仿佛就在昨天。有些故事也总是从儿时的回忆展开。
  
  我对阿富汗以及周边连年征战的国家和他们的历史毫无兴趣,对我而言,那里的人民是可怜的,那里的政府是可悲的,所以当《追风筝的人》这个故事一点一点展现在我面前的时候,我并没准备好接受一个平静的,也曾春暖花开,羊肉串香飘整条街的画面,更没想到那里的孩子也可以无忧无虑的追逐风筝。
  
  所以当身为少爷的阿米尔和他的仆人哈桑情同手足的画面一出现,所有读者不禁感叹,少年时的友谊是那么充满力量,干净而持久的。他们总是并肩而行,每当阿米尔被人欺负的时候,哈桑总是义无反顾的站出来保护,很多人说这是哈桑天生的奴性,这种观点我不赞同,我看见他们之间分明有一道友谊的光芒在闪耀。
  
  当阿米尔问哈桑为什么确定自己一定会知道被切断绳线的风筝的掉落地的时候,哈桑肯定的对阿米尔说,我就是知道,然后反问,我什么时候骗过你。阿米尔轻声说,我怎么知道有没有骗过我。哈桑发誓,为了你,我宁可啃烂泥。阿米尔进一步确定,你真的会为我啃烂泥?哈桑坚定的说,我肯定,然后又说,但是你又怎么能忍心让我啃烂泥。所以读者心中所向往的也就是我们每个人心中那个潮湿的童年印象,总是和自己最亲密的伙伴,席地而坐,互相盟誓,发誓为对方,甘愿上刀山下火海。就如同哈桑洋溢着笑脸对阿米尔说的那样:为你,千千万万遍。
  
  然而事实上却是这样的:他是主人,他是仆人;他是普什图,他是哈扎拉;他是逊尼派,他是什叶派,从他们出生的那一刻起,他们的命运就被这些他们所不能理解的标签所分隔开来,尽管他们是亲密无间的朋友,尽管他们事实上拥有同一位父亲。无论是平凡的阿米尔和哈桑,还是高高在上的查希尔国王或者卡尔扎伊,都不得不接受社会为他们预定的座位——阿米尔不再是阿米尔,哈桑也不再是哈桑,他们必须戴上社会分给他们的面具。
  
  哈桑总是说“为你,千千万万遍”,而生性懦弱的阿米尔却选择沉默冷酷的逃避,这样的悲剧性结果并不单单是个性差异所造成的,在这些年少无知的孩子的潜意识里早已被灌输了相应于自身社会地位的“应该”与“不应该”,一个哈扎拉仆人理应为主人尽忠,而高贵的普什图少爷不值得为一个卑贱的哈扎拉仆人冒任何风险。
  
  “阿米尔和哈桑,喀布尔的统治者”,这样的誓言只能是石榴树下的童话,“王子与贫儿”不可能成为兄弟,因为他们命中注定不平等。包括二十年后,阿米尔重返阿富汗的自我救赎行为,也只不过是在获知自己与哈桑的同父异母兄弟关系之后对身世的无奈认可,也就是说,他仍然没有证明自己已经找到了“重新成为好人的路”。
  
  我们少年的时候,总是意气风发,三五结伴,促膝长谈。那是在我们其乐融融的环境中构建的虚拟场景,属于物理学讲究的理想状态,然而在残酷的现实面前,在微弱的友谊遇到挑战的时刻,只要有一方露出破绽,友谊的桥梁必然坍塌。
  
  于是当阿米尔在看到哈桑被大一些的孩子欺负甚至猥亵的时候,他选择沉默和逃避;与此同时,哈桑却为了阿米尔的风筝坚定不动摇的和对手较量,对手残忍的揭示阿米尔和哈桑之间的主仆关系,哈桑大声反驳说两个人是朋友。躲在角落里不敢出现的阿米尔听到这句话不但没有一点激励也没有丝毫感动,他心底里的怯懦终于将他的灵魂吞噬,于是悲剧发生。
  
  这就是我们对友谊最大的误解,认为它是万能的。
  
  即使是存在这样的问题,《追风筝的人》也还是一本出色的小说。主和仆、贵族和贱民、朋友和兄弟,历史和现实,种种转变都被刻画得生动而细腻。放在历史的宏大背景下,更洞见人生和人性的复杂。
  
  友谊和爱。
  
  是在困难之中由弱变强的柔韧派还是在权衡利弊之中土崩瓦解的懦弱派。
  
  谁敢真的站出来举起右手发誓,我从来没有辜负过任何一段纯粹的友谊,谁敢真的抬头挺胸说自己对朋友忠心不二。
  
  我们总是太自信,对友谊误解,对自己的爱误解,对不可能的事信以为真。

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