失落的希望——解读彭闪闪的长篇小说《转身》

The Lost Hope——Comments on Turn-back Written by Peng Shanshan

作家彭闪闪在其长篇小说《转身》中,以一个新移居澳大利亚华人家庭的房产交易引发的官司为主线,描绘了一群海外华人的生存状态和情感历程。小说中的人物,或由于对异国的生活和文化缺乏深入的了解,或由于以物质和欲望为主导的人生观,导致他们人生的希望以不同的方式失落。小说提醒人们在跨文化生活中,要努力了解和学习异国的日常经验和文化习俗;不仅要努力奋斗,还要注重生活中的情感和精神质量。

In her novel Turn-back,the writer Peng Shanshan depicts the living conditions and emotional processes of a group of overseas Chinese,based on a lawsuit over a property transaction involving a newly immigrated Chinese family in Australia.Either because of a lack of in-depth understanding of foreign life and culture,or because of the outlook on life oriented by the material and desire,the characters in the novel lost their hopes in life by different ways.The novel reminds people that they should try to understand and learn the daily experience and cultural customs of a foreign country in their cross-cultural life.Not only should they work hard,but also pay attention to the emotional and spiritual quality of life.