幸福的温度——评何顿新作《幸福街》

Temperature of Happiness:A Review of He Dun’s New Novel Happiness Street

20世纪90年代以来,何顿创作了一系列表现当代中国经济社会转型给个人心灵带来冲击的小说,这些在场感强烈的作品是何顿对时代、对人性的观察。在其新作《幸福街》中,何顿由现场转向历史,通过叙写黄家镇幸福街上两代人、半世纪的生活历程,从源头梳理"50后"的一代中国人的人生轨迹和精神难题,以具有历史感的眼光探寻社会历史和个人生活中的剧变与恒常,重建了他现实主义文学叙事和历史判断的整体性。

Since the 1990s, He Dun has created a series of novels that show the impact of contemporary Chinese economic and social transformation on individual hearts. These works with a strong sense of presence are He Dun's observation of the times and human nature. In his new novel Happiness Street, He Dun changes from the scene to the history and combs the life track and spiritual difficulties of the Chinese people born in 1950s from the source by narrating the life course of two generations and half a century on Happiness Street in Huangjia Town. It explores the upheaval and constancy in social history and personal life with a historical perspective, and reconstructs the integrity of his realistic literary narrative and historical judgment.