读挪威森林(片断)
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挪威的森林 ---- 村上春树
37岁的我端坐在波音747客机上,庞大的机体穿过厚重的夹雨云层,俯身向汉堡机场降落。11月砭人肌肤的冷雨,将大地涂得一片阴沉,使得身披雨衣的地勤工、呆然垂向地面的候机楼上的旗,以及BMW广告板等的一切的一切,看上去竟同佛兰德派抑郁画幅的背景一段。罢了罢了,又是德国,我想。
飞机刚一着陆,天花板扩音器中低声传出轻柔的背景音乐,那是一个管弦乐队演奏的甲壳虫乐队的《挪威的森林》。那旋律一如往日地使我难以自已。这一次,比往日还要强烈地摇撼着我的身心。
为了不使头脑胀裂,我弯下腰,双手捂脸。很快,一位德国空中小姐走来,用英语问我是不是不大舒服。我答说:“不要紧,只是有点晕。”
“真的不要紧?”
“不要紧的,谢谢。”我说。
她于是莞尔一笑,转身走开。音乐变成彼利8226;乔的曲子。我仰起脸,望着北海上空阴沉沉的云层,浮想联翩。我想起自己在过去人生旅途中失却的许多东西——蹉跎的岁月,死去或离去的人们,无可追回的懊悔。
机身停稳后,旅客解开安全带,从行李架中取出皮包和上衣等物。而我,仿佛依然置身于那片草地之中,呼吸着草的芬芳,感受着风的轻柔,谛听着鸟的鸣啭。那是1969年的秋天,我快满20岁的时候。
Norwegian Wood
Written by Haruki Murakami
I was thrity-seven then, strapped in my seat as the huge 747 plunged through dense cloud cover on approach to the Hamburg airport. Cold November rains drenched the earth and lent everything the gloomy air of a Flemish landscape: the ground crew in rain gear, a flag atop a squat airport building, a BMW billboard. So--Germany again.
Once the plane was on the ground soft music began to flow from the ceiling speakers: a sweet orchestral cover version of the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood". The melody never failed to send a shudder through me, but this time it hit me harder than ever.
I bent forward in my seat, face in hands to keep my skull from splitting open. Before long one of the German stewardesses approached and asked in English if I were sick. "No," I said, "just dizzy."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes, I'm sure. Thanks."
She smiled and left, and the music changed to a Billy Joel tune. I straightened up and looked out the plane window at the dark clouds hanging over the North Sea, thinking of what I had lost in the course of my life: times gone forever, friends who had died or disappeared, feelings I would never know again.
The plane reached the gate. People began unlatching their seatbelts and pulling baggage from the storage bins, and all the while I was in the meadow. I could smell the grass, feel the wind on my face, hear the cries of the birds. Autumn 1969, and soon I would be twenty.
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以前在<<疯狂英语>>里听过,印象很深,一直不知道是什么作品,google了一下,原来还是很有名气的.
内容简介:
汉堡机场一曲忧郁的《挪威的森林》,复苏了主人公渡边伤感的二十岁记忆:娴静腼腆、多愁善感的直子,是他动情倾心的女孩,那缠绵的病况、如水的柔情,甚至在她花蚀香销之后,仍令他无时忘怀;神采飞扬、野性未脱的绿子,是他邂逅相遇的情人,那迷人的活力、大胆的表白,即使是他山盟已订时,也觉得她难以抗拒。悲欢恋情、如激弦,如幽曲,掩卷犹余音颤袅;奇句妙语,如泉涌,如露凝,读来真口角噙香。纯而又纯的青春情感,百分百的恋爱小说。