如同一切“文化热”一样,所谓“昆德拉热”也是以误解为前提的。人们把道具看成了主角,误以为眼前正在上演的是一出政治剧,于是这位移居巴黎的捷克作家便被当作一个持不同政见的文学英雄受到了欢迎或者警惕。现在,随着昆德拉的文论集《小说的艺术》中译本的出版,我祝愿他能重获一位智者应得的宁静。 As with all “cultural fever,” the so-called “Kundera fever” is based on misunderstanding. People regard props as the protagonists, and mistakenly think that what is happening now is a political drama. Therefore, the Czech writer who relocated to Paris was welcomed or wary of being a dissident literary hero. Now, with the publication of Kundera’s essay collection “The Art of Fiction,” I wish he could regain the peace a wise man deserves.