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《渔舟图》是英国作家艾伦·西利托的一个短篇小说,发表于1959年。小说以诺丁汉郡为背景,以现实主义手法描述了二战期间英国工人阶级的生存状况。主人公哈利是一个邮递员,他生活麻木,对婚姻玩世不恭,对妻子情感漠然,哈利以此方式来表达他对现实的不满和对战争的厌恶。小说具有很强的社会批判意识。值得称道的是,在小说的结尾,妻子凯西的惨死让哈利从颓废迷茫中猛醒,他重新认识到了生存的意义和自我价值。“渔舟图”这一意象贯穿于小说中,作者以此表达了对和平宁静的生活和美好婚姻的向往。
“Fishing boat map” is a short story by the British author Alan Silitto, published in 1959. Based on Nottinghamshire, the novel describes the living conditions of the British working class during the Second World War with realism. The protagonist Harry is a postman, his numb life, cynical marriage, emotional indifference to his wife, Harry in this way to express his dissatisfaction with the reality and the hostility to the war. The novel has a strong sense of social criticism. It is commendable that at the end of the novel, the death of his wife Casey Harry awakened from decadent confusion, he re-recognized the significance of the survival and self-worth. The image of “fishing boat map” runs through novels, and the author expresses his longing for peace and quiet life and beautiful marriage.