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弋舟 | 《所有路的尽头》

　　推荐理由

　　《所有路的尽头》笔调冷静而克制，庄严而悲伤。以对邢志平死因的追索作为叙事动力，通过不同行为者的追忆叙述连接故事，不同角色的故事多有交错，在复杂的讲述中一点点接近事件的真相。

　　小说结尾以邢志平的万念俱灰揭开一个时代的秘密，在追寻一个人的死因的过程中，揭露了与之相关的活着的人的孤独。从中我们懂得：活着是需要信仰的，这种信仰一旦被摧毁，对于信奉者的打击是致命的，如邢志平的死。小说不仅充满了对一个时代人的生存状态和人生际遇的关怀，还指向我们现在生存的时代：雾霾重重，人心走向不定，孤独者睡在潮湿的洗浴中心。总之，小说意在表达对于生活的观察及思考，尽管其中有迷茫、坚守、痛苦、淡泊等，但从未停止追寻的脚步，给人以正能量。

　　作者弋舟善于发掘和处理直指人物灵魂和内心的题材，表达富于先锋性的主题，在这篇小说的创作中表现出良好的艺术感觉和形象捕捉能力。作品内容深邃，情感沉郁，心理描写细腻，形式圆满，文体意识自觉，有相当的可读性和引人入胜的力量。

　　Reviews

　　The tone of The End of All Roads is restrained and sober， solemn and sad. The narrative is prompted by an exploration of Xing Zhiping’s death， and a linking of different recollections by various characters creates its structure. The multiple intersections between the different characters’ accounts lead the reader nearer and nearer to the truth of what happened.  

　　The utter despair of Xing Zhiping at the end of the story reveals a secret of the era. In the process of pondering Xing Zhiping’s motives for suicide， the loneliness of those involved is exposed. It implies that living requires belief， and once this belief is destroyed， the blow is fatal for the believer. This is why Xing Zhiping committed suicide. The implications of the novella are not only concerned with the plight and fight of a single generation. It also casts a light on the modern society： thick pollution， uncertain direction， and a lonely person sleeping in a bath house. In short， the novella’s significance lies in the author’s observations and ponderings of life. Even though what the novella relates is full of confusion， resoluteness， suffering， and detachment， it never ceases in its pursuit of the positive energy. 

　　Yi Zhou is adept at unearthing and handling material that deals directly with human nature. The novella is rich with innovative themes and grasps the author’s artistic potential. The material is profound， the feeling gloomy， and his psychological depictions exquisite. The form is mature and the style is self-aware. It is considered to be both readable and enchanting.

　　作家简介

　　Author Profile

　　弋舟，原名邹弋舟。1972年生，江苏无锡人，现居甘肃兰州。2000年开始发表小说作品。2008年加入中国作家协会。“70后”代表性作家之一，有大量长中短篇小说见于重要文学刊物、被选刊转载并辑入年选；作品入选中国小说学会年度排行榜，当代中国文学最新作品排行榜，获《小说选刊》年度大奖，第二、三、四届黄河文学奖中短篇小说一等奖，第六、七届敦煌文艺奖等多种奖项；著有长篇小说《跛足之年》《蝌蚪》《战事》《春秋误》长篇非虚构作品《我在这世上太孤独》，小说集《我们的底牌》《所有的故事》《弋舟的小说》等。

　　Yi Zhou is the penname of Zou Yizhou. He was born in Wuxi， Jiangsu Province， in 1972 and now lives in Lanzhou， Gansu Province. He started to publish literary works in 2000 and in 2008 he joined the China Writers Association. As one of the writers representing the 1970s generation， Yi Zhou has received numerous awards. Many of his works have appeared in important literary publications and have been handpicked for inclusion in annual selected writing collections. His writings have repeatedly appeared in the annual rankings by the China Novel Association and Contemporary Chinese Literature. His principal works include the novel The Year of Being Lame， Tadpole， War， Spring and Autumn Error， the nonfictional novel I Am Too Lonely in This World， and the collections The Cards in Our Hand， All Stories， and Yi Zhou’s Novels.

　　中文概要

　　Synopsis

　　弋舟的中篇小说《所有路的尽头》是刘晓东系列的终篇。作家通过叙述者刘晓东——这个中国男性司空见惯的名字给我们讲述了1980年代的青年人与他们成为如今的中年人所面临的困境。故事叙述的动力是邢志平自杀的原因。小说通过对于富人邢志平自杀死因丝丝入扣的追问探寻，探入到了时代精神的深处。文本分为八个部分，分别是几个不同角色不同立场的讲述，除了“我”这个曾一起度过两个生日的朋友，还有邢志平的校友、老师、前妻、偶像诗人分别跳出来讲述与邢志平有关的故事，但是每一个故事都没有给出确切的答案，而是留下线索，读者的阅读就是跟随刘晓东一起解码的过程，这也是支配故事结构组织的动力。揭示一个人的死亡原因只是表象，弋舟是要借此而在一种强烈对比的意义层面上，写出他自己关于二十世纪八十年代的真切历史记忆。与八十年代形成鲜明对照的，是当下这个物欲横流的时代。

　　《所有路的尽头》全文笼罩着特属于八十年代的气息：诗人在时代的风口浪尖弄潮、怯弱者躲在寂寞的角落里、画家仓皇逃跑流浪······一群眼睛里闪烁着理想主义光芒的青年人在初入社会时便被风雨打湿翅膀，失散流离。这篇小说是对八十年代的一次全方位接触，无论是个人的生存状态还是大的时代环境都隐约可见。

　　Yi Zhou’s novella The End of All Roads is the final work of his Liu Xiaodong series. The narrator， Liu Xiaodong， has a common Chinese male name. This narrator relates the difficulties the youth in the 1980s faced， and the difficulties they now face as the middle-aged of the present day. Liu Xiaodong’s narration is prompted by the suicide of wealthy Xing Zhiping. The resulting meticulously detailed examination into the suicide deeply explores the spirit of the era. 

　　The text is divided into eight parts. Within these sections， different characters relate events from their individual standpoints. Besides the narrator who is a friend celebrating two birthdays with Xing， other characters include Xing Zhiping’s old classmates， teachers， ex-wife， and a poet who was his idol. Each of them tells their tale of Xing Zhiping， but none provide definite answers to the story’s central questions. Instead， threads are left for Liu Xiaodong and the reader to follow and decipher. This created an interesting organization and structure for the story. Yi Zhou’s analysis of a suicide merely provides a framework upon which he can contrast meanings while discussing his own memories of the 1980s. By paralleling that era with the excessive materialism of modern society， Yi Zhou is able to display a sharp contrast.  

　　The End of All Roads contains the essence of the 1980s： poets living at the heart of turbulent times， the meek hiding themselves away， painters drifting about in a panic， and a group of youths who still had idealism shining in their eyes entering society. Their wings， however， are soon weighed down by storms – storms that eventually leave them scattered and lost and wandering without aim. This novella provides a rough outline of the 1980s where both individuals and social aspects of that era are revealed.