在揭真相与泯仇恨之间——谈张悦然《茧》

Zhang Yueran's The Cocoon Interpreted

张悦然的《茧》,是书写"文革"历史阴影继续作用于后代人的创伤问题。名为"茧",故事也就是在剥"茧"。小说一方面是探求历史真相的剥茧,同时也剥人物因为知晓了真相而生成的仇怨之茧。这种"对剥",既是探究后代人的"文革"历史记忆问题,同时也思考后代人该以何种心态面对历史伤痕。这是一种纠缠在揭示真相与消泯仇恨之间的写作。

Zhang Yueran＇s The Cocoon is about the continuous traumatic impact of the historical shadow of the＂Cultural Revolution＂on future generations. As it is entitled＂the cocoon＂,the story is like peeling＂a cocoon＂,for the novel aims to explore the historical truth on one hand while simultaneously trying to rid characters of their hatred caused by their awareness of the truth on the other hand. Such a technique is meant not only for probing into future generations＇ memory of the＂Cultural Revolution＂but also for considering how future generations should face up to the historical trauma. In short,the novel is a piece of writing entangled between truth revelation and hatred removal.