一本薄薄的小书,几乎是常跟着我:出差,或是下乡,等车,或是等船。我已读了好多遍了,但却是常读常新。它就是英汉对照的海明威的《老人与海》,海观同志译的,最初发表在《世界文学》改版以前的《译文》上。大约是从少年时期起,我就喜欢上海明威了。我说不清是什么原因,也许是因为他那清澈如水的文体。他的文章简洁明白,很好读,不象有些外国作家那样有着万花筒一般的花招。他只是平静地简洁地说他的故事,那些仿佛是没有大起大落的波澜的故事。然而,说来也怪。这看来仿佛不起涟漪的平静的水下,好象深不可测地藏着点什么,能够深刻地触动我的心。清澈之中有一种深厚感,简洁中有一种强烈的力度。我真产生了高尔基读巴尔扎 A thin book, almost always followed me: business trip, or go to the countryside, waiting for the bus, or waiting for the boat. I have read many times, but it is often read new. It is the English-Chinese Hemingway “Old Man and the Sea,” translated by Comrades Hai Guan, originally published in the “World Literature” before the “translation” on. About youngsters, I like Shanghai Mingwei. I can not tell what is the reason, perhaps because of his crystal-clear style. His articles are concise, well read, and not as kaleidoscopic as some foreign writers do. He just said his story calmly and concisely, as if it was a story of no ups and downs. However, it is strange to say. It seems like a rippling calm underwater, as if unpredictable hiding something, can deeply touch my heart. There is a deep sense of clarity, concise there is a strong intensity. I really got Gorky read Barzah