: Next World Novella Matthias Politycki |tr. Anthea Bell
Next World Novella 在八月的時候看完，現在已經年末，應該可以很安全的說這本大概是我今年最喜歡的書？在第一段就很愛。好美的寫法，好像一幅（有點詭異的）畫：”If ...
: Next World Novella Matthias Politycki |tr. Anthea Bell
Next World Novella 在八月的時候看完，現在已經年末，應該可以很安全的說這本大概是我今年最喜歡的書？在第一段就很愛。好美的寫法，好像一幅（有點詭異的）畫：”If only it hadn’t been for that smell! ［⋯⋯］ Schepp noticed it at once, that subtle sense of something Other in the mist of ordinary life, slightly skewed in the morning. From the far end of his room autumn sunlight came flooding in, bathing everything in a golden or russet glow — the chaise-longue in the corner was a patch of melting colour. They’d have to open a window to let all the light out later (7).”
漢學家 Schepp 在一個秋日的早晨心滿意足的來到書房，看到一如往常在書桌前編輯文稿的妻子 Doro，心中充滿愛意，正要湊近才發現 Doro 已死亡多時。
Schepp 和Doro在任職的大學相識。Schepp 還沒有正式教職時，年紀小他七歲、研究易經的 Doro 已經是學校的傳奇人物。兩人深入交往、結婚的契機卻是從「死亡」開始。Doro認為人死後會抵達一座湖，然後在湖中心再度死去，迎接真正的黑暗。這是 Doro 藏在心中最深的恐懼。Schepp雖然不相信有來世，但與Doro互相約定先死的那方要在那座湖畔等待對方的到來，一起游向來生/天堂，或一起在湖中迎接第二次的死亡。
Schepp 以前並不相信死後還有來生，此時卻開始想著 Doro 在死後世界的湖畔等著他。Schepp 不想接受妻子突然離世的現實，便開始翻閲 Doro 生前寫下的備註手稿。他驚訝的看到 Doro 編輯的是一篇他早已遺棄的創作。 Schepp 原以為兩個人擁有著幸福的婚姻生活，在閱讀備註手稿時才發現這些年來他一直以為的美好婚姻並不如他所想。
Doro 在手稿上指控小說寫的其實是 Schepp 自己對酒吧服務生 Dana 的痴迷。Schepp 的確對 Dana 抱持某種難解的迷戀，然而Schepp 的故事靈感來自於某位友人，在他寫這篇小說時甚至還沒遇見他的妻子。服務生 Dana 在當地酒吧工作，頸部有個中文刺青，正好是易經中的「坎」卦。Schepp 一眼就看到這個刺青，還想用漢學家身分搭訕。 Schepp 雖然有外遇企圖，但早在開始之前就被狠狠地拒絕了，更沒料到 Doro 居然知道 Dana 的名字。
隨著背景教堂鈴聲傳來的報時，過去的事情在 Schepp 創作的小說、他的內心自白和 Doro 的遺稿中開始變得清晰。在短短的時間內，Schepp 從一開始對 Doro的憐愛轉變爲憐憫（Doro尚未來得及知道真相就這麼死去），然後轉為慍怒（Doro居然留下這樣白紙黑字的指控後離開，讓他沒有辯駁的餘地），封印起來的不滿忿怒開始潰堤，直到最後感到絕望的孤獨。
小說中反覆出現的鈴聲、蒼蠅還有異樣的惡臭帶來強烈的死亡意象，Schepp 揮之不去、只能任由它們闖入他的日常空間。愈往下讀手稿，Doro 的秘密就慢慢展露開來，Schepp 才終於知道長久以來妻子隱藏的想法，但為時已晚：”Being dead, he thought, means first and foremost that you can’t apologize, can’t forgive and be reconciled, there’s nothing left to be forgiven, only to be forgotten. Or rather there’s nothing to be forgotten, only forgiven (128).“
Doro 打算遠走高飛，甚至明明白白的告訴他死後也不需要在湖邊彼此等待，卻也沒想到自己的道別信會成為遺書。發現長久以來最親近的人不如自己所想，然而沒有辦法挽回，沒有辦法辯解，也沒有辦法重新了解：居然還有比死亡更徹底的失去一個人。
故事中有不少對稱之處，像是 Schepp 喜歡 Doro 的脖子上的一處，也受到 Dana 頸上的刺青吸引、Doro 與 Dana 兩人相似的名字、Schepp 在酒吧的經歷與他創作的小說不謀而合、開頭的場景與最後結尾幾乎一模一樣，重點的地方卻截然不同。有如湖邊景色與湖中倒影，帶來一種虛實不分的感覺，是我覺得很有趣的地方。
在整理閱讀紀錄的時候總覺得寫不出個什麼來，又把這本書看了第二遍，還是寫不出什麼。
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