恢弘而独特的“长河小说”——评刘凤起长篇小说《永远的大运河》

A Magnificent and Unique ＂River Novel＂： Review of The Eternal Grand Canal by Liu Fengqi

刘凤起的长篇小说《永远的大运河》是一部恢弘而独特的作品。该小说将战争题材与家族叙事、人物传奇熔于一炉,为乡土文学提供了鲜明的“河流性”特征。作为意象存在的“大运河”在小说中承载着双重想象功能,建构起一种带有作者独特叙事风格的“个人化历史想象力”,使文本散发出浓郁的烟火气、香火气、民俗气、江湖气,称得上是中国当代文学史上的“长河小说”。

The Eternal Grand Canal by Liu Fengqi is a great and unique novel that integrates the subject of war with family narratives and legendaries, thus providing for the local literature a clear ＂river＂ characteristic. The ＂Grand Canal＂ image in the novel carries with double imagination functions and establishes the author＇s unique narrative style of the ＂personalized historical imagination＂. Therefore, the text exudes a strong sense of earthliness, piety, folklore, and chivalry, known as ＂River novel＂ in the history of contemporary Chi- nese literature.