快与慢的辩证法——论东西的长篇新作《篡改的命》

Dilemmaof Quickness and Slowness——A Review of The Tampered Fate by Dongxi

《篡改的命》中通过讲述一个农民为改变自己"原罪"式的农民身份而付出的惨重代价,呈现并表达了作者对长期以来形成的城乡对立格局的深入思考。对于农民来说,其农民身份所指涉的不仅仅是自身的经济状况,更多是一种涉及文化身份及其认同在内的诸多方面的深层次问题。随着全球化时代的到来,这一问题更是同空间上的错综等级关系纠缠一起,因而也就越加显得复杂而多变。某种程度上,以几何数字的方式递增的全球化时代节奏,不仅没有带来文化认同差异的消弭,反而是持续发酵且愈演愈烈。小说中主人公汪长尺最后无奈的奋力一跳,其显示出来的正是这一悖论之所在。

A story about a peasant who pays a high price to change his identity as a peasant, The Tampered Fate illustrates the author＇s contemplation on the urban-rural confrontation formed for a long time. A person＇s identity as a peasant decides not only his economic status, but also some issues of deep level such as cultural identity. Involved with spacial hierarchy, these issues turn out to be more complicated and intricate in a time of globalization. The soaring development of globalization has worsened the gap of cultural identity rather than bridge it, which is demonstrated by the ending of the novel-Wang changchi, the protagonist, hopelessly commits suicide by jumpping into a river.