“小私语”与“大时代”——夏氏兄弟书信选刊

‘The Small Private Talk' and ‘the Great Times':Selected Correspondence between the Hsia Brothers

本文选刊夏氏兄弟1955年所写的8封书信。青年的夏志清、夏济安谈及日常琐事、感情生活、读书感悟、文坛名人张爱玲等。书信内容很深刻、很肤浅、很学术、很生活、很严肃、很八卦……为我们还原一对兄弟逐步成长为学界大家的历程。

This is a selection of 8 letters, written in 1955, between the Hsia brothers, in which C. T. Hsia and Hsia Tsi-an talk about ordinary daily events, emotional life, insights gained from reading, and well-known men or women of letters, such as Aileen Chang. The contents of these letters are as profound as shallow, as academic as quotidian, and as serious as chit-chatting,…that reveal the journey these two brothers took in becoming great scholars.