大头:一个带缺憾的英雄——长篇小说《流水》人物与作家简评

Big Head:A Hero with Defects——A Brief Review on the Character in the Novel Running Water and Its Author

长篇小说《流水》最令人难忘的人物是派出所所长——大头。林域生能用简练的笔墨成功地塑造一个有血有肉、鲜明独特的人物形象,得力于作家的厚实功力。大头这个人物突破了"高大全"的传统英雄模式,作家大胆地写出英雄身上的缺憾,体现了其对社会与人生、人性与环境、理想与现实的敏锐思想与多种探索。

The most unforgettable character in the novel Running Water is the director of the local police station-Big Head. Lin Yusheng successfully creates such a vivid and unique character in the concise language, thanks to his strong writing skill. The author breaks through the traditional he-roic model of ＂being great in all aspests＂ and boldly describes the hero＇s defects,which enbodies his sensitive thought about and various explorations into society and life, humanity and environ-ment,ideal and reality etc.