2003年的诺贝尔文学奖得主、南非作家库切,相传是一个离群索居的人。他痛恨聚光灯下的生活,对一切酒会、典礼——只要是有红地毯的场合都避而远之。以前布克大奖授予他的时候,他竟拒绝出席颁奖会。但这次他爽快地登上了斯德哥尔摩的领奖台,并发表了获奖演说。我觉得更感人的是他在晚宴上的答谢词,一份在公众场合怀念妈妈的童稚般的演说。这让我想起许多年前,老作家柯灵在接受上海市文学艺术大奖时的谢词,那天,白发苍苍的老人在庄严的颁奖台上也谈起了自己的母亲,此刻的心理回到了自己的童年。这是最美好的感情。本期的专辑力图体现库切思想创作的另一面:对于“黑暗”意识的深刻的认知和启示。我们所选择的库切的论文,希望从多种角度来反映这位作家的思想,由此来凸现我们称他为“南非的良心”的意义所在。—编者按— 2003 Nobel Prize laureate, South African writer Coetzee, according to legend is a lonely person. He hated the spotlight life, for all receptions, ceremonies - as long as there is a red carpet are avoided. When the former Booker Prize was awarded to him, he actually refused to attend the presentation. But this time he boarded the podium in Stockholm, and delivered an award-winning speech. What made me feel even more touching was his thank-you note at dinner, a childlike speech in memory of her mother in public. This reminds me of the remarks many years ago when the old writer Ke Ling accepted the Shanghai Literature and Art Awards. On that day, the gray-haired old man talked about her mother on the solemn podium, and her psychology was back Own childhood This is the best feeling. This issue of the album tries hard to embody the other side of Coetzee’s creation: the profound cognition and enlightenment on the “dark” consciousness. Our choice of Coetzee’s essay hopes to reflect the writer’s thinking in many ways, thereby highlighting what we call him the “conscience of South Africa.” - Editor’s Note -