译自《文学1980》(1980年日本文艺家协会选编、讲谈社出版)。这篇小说,是作者对不幸家庭和母亲晚年病态的真实写照,在细腻、爽朗的笔调中,寄托着对倔强老母的深切哀思。一母亲要抓。凡是触到她右手指尖上的物品,不管什么:自己的睡衣,睡衣里面的汗衫,裹在腰下的尿布,当被子盖的毛毯,铺上的床单,床单下的胶布,以及底下的垫子,都要抓。有时,连用胶布固定在失灵的左臂上注射点滴的针头也不放过。 Translated from “Literature 1980” (Selected by the Japanese Artists Association in 1980, published by Kodansha). This novel is the author’s true portrayal of the morbid state of the unfortunate family and his mother’s later years. In his delicate and hearty tone, the novel holds a deep grief to the stubborn mother. A mother wants to arrest. Everything that touched the tip of her right finger, whatever: her own pajamas, the undershirts in the pajamas, the diapers wrapped in the waist, the blankets covered with quilts, the sheets that were laid on, the tape under the sheets, and the cushions underneath. Must be caught. Occasionally, a needle stuck on a broken left arm is not even missed with an adhesive tape.