前不久,华裔美国作家谭恩美的小说新作《救救溺水鱼》(Saving Fish from Drowning)上市仅两周就登上了《纽约时报》的畅销书榜,且上榜第一周即冲入十甲,位列小说类第9名。这是谭恩美自《接骨师的女儿》(The Bonesetter’s Daughter,2001年2月)之后,近五年来出版的首部小说。在此期间,她深受莱姆关节炎的折磨。在2003出版的随笔集《命运的反面》 (The Opposite of Fate)中,她曾详述过此病带给她的痛苦:关节剧痛,组织能力的下降,以及幻视。 Not long ago, Chinese American writer Amy Tan’s novel “Saving Fish from Drowning” boarded the New York Times bestseller list just two weeks after its launch, A, ranked No. 9 fiction. This is the first novel Amy Tan published in the last five years after The Bonesetter’s Daughter (February 2001). During this time, she was afflicted with Lyme arthritis. In her essay The Opposite of Fate, published in 2003, she described in detail the pain the disease brought to her: severe joint pain, diminished ability to organize, and visual hallucination.