质朴、可怖、善良、狡诈——评刘恒的《农民系列》小说

Simple, Terrific, Kind and Sly

刘恒的《农民系列》小说 ,反映的是中国农民在广阔的中华大地上翻耕细作的情景 ,作者用下地狱般的激情去描摹农民人生的惨烈与残酷、恐惧和幻灭 ,[1] (p114 ) 揭示并弥漫了生命的悲剧、人生的悲哀 ,讴歌了农民在困境的逼视中表现出的忍耐、克制和反抗 ,对生命的呐喊、对生活的渴望 ,从而诱发读者强烈的阅读兴趣 ,并对中华民族传统文化和中国农民的人生作出深刻的反思。

A series of novels on peasants by Liu Heng reflect the scene that Chinese peasants turn up the soil and plant crops on the vast land. The author delineated the peasants' life in a hell-passion way. Painful and cruel, fearful and unreal . The series reveal and cover the grief and tragedy of the peasants' life and also eulogize the peasants' patience, restraint and revolt as well as cheer and thirst for life when they are in predicament. The novels have aroused readers' interest and made them think deeply over the traditional culture of China and the life of Chinese peasants.