库切在小说《耻》中展示了我们当下的生存困境,即我们徘徊在“越界一受辱(代价)一再越界”这样一个窘境之中,不得解脱。小说通过卢里父女的遭遇分别从个人和社会历史两个方面揭示了这个困境。与此同时,作家亦对救赎之道作了非常富有启示意义的探索。露茜对待耻辱的态度给了卢里非常大的触动,使之走上寻求救赎的道路。卢里直面艰难的境况,坚守自己的希望,在宽恕和爱中获得了拯救,点燃了“人性中的神圣之火”。 Coetzee shows in his novel Shame the survival predicament of our time, that is, we are wandering in such a predicament that “beyond boundaries and humiliation (costly) and beyond,” we must not be free. The novel reveals the dilemma from both personal and social history through the experiences of both father and daughter in Lurie. At the same time, writers also made a very enlightening exploration of the way of redemption. Lucy’s humiliation attitude gave Luria a very big touch and made it to the path of seeking salvation. Lurie faced the difficult situation, held his own hope, received salvation in forgiveness and love, and lit the “sacred fire of humanity.”