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前两天看到一个以色列的故事,故事讲一个小男孩,背上长了一个驼峰,就是我们所说的驼背。他因此非常害怕,拼命往前奔跑,似乎只要自己的身体跑得足够快,这个驼峰就会离开他。他一直奔跑,直到死。对我来说,这个故事比“夸父追日”还要悲。我们可以嘲笑夸父,因为他是一个非常规的人。可是,没有人能够去嘲笑这个以色列小男孩,因为每个人身上都有这样一个驼峰:它有时是爱情,有时是名利,有时是摆脱不了的父母。这个驼峰对我来说是什么?用张爱玲的话说,这个驼峰叫作“天才梦”。而我的说法是:所有的天才儿童都是对成人世界的一场献媚。
Two days ago, I saw an Israeli story about a young boy with a hump on the back, which we call kyphosis. He was so scared, running forward desperately, as if the hump would leave him as long as his body ran fast enough. He ran until death. To me, this story is even sadder than “Kuafu chasing the sun.” We can laugh at Kuafu because he is an unconventional person. However, no one can laugh at this Israeli boy because everybody has such a hump: it is sometimes love, sometimes fame, sometimes unmanageable parents. What is this hump for me? In the words of Eileen Chang, this hump is called “genius dream.” And my argument is: all genius children are a flattering adult world.