这里刊载的三个短篇,分别选自秘鲁当代著名作家胡利奥·拉蒙·里贝罗Julio Ramón Ribeyro,1929—)的三个短篇小说集。《蜘蛛网》选自《没有羽毛的兀鹫》(1955),叙述了一个贫苦的女孩子逃出狼窝、又落入虎口的蕜惨身世;《宴会》选自《周围的故事》(1958),勾勒了一个利欲熏心的巨商的丑恶嘴脸,他为了巴结权贵,牟取私利,不惜倾其所有举办了一次盛大的宴会,结果却落得一场空,贻笑世人;《印第安人的性命不值钱》选自《瓶子和人》(1964),控诉了草菅人命的资本主义社会。1973及1977年,里贝罗把他自1952年以来问世的近十个短篇小说集汇编成三卷本,再行出版,题名《哑巴的话》(La palabrg del mudo)。据作者自称,他是为了那些被剥夺了说话权利而象哑巴一样的下层人民发言的。从里贝罗的作品来看,作家确实唤出了他们的心声。——编者 The three short stories listed here are taken from three collections of short stories respectively by Julio Ramón Ribeyro (1929-), the famous contemporary writer in Peru. The Spider Web was chosen from The Vulture without Feathers (1955), which depicts a poor girl who escaped from the wolf’s nest and fell into the trap of the tiger’s mouth. The Banquet was taken from The Stories Around (1958) , Outlines the ugly face of a malicious smuggler, he in order to get together, for personal gain, sparing no expense to hold a grand banquet, the result has come to an empty, I laughed the world; “worthless Indians life” selected from “ Bottles and people ”(1964), accusing capitalist society of insulting human lives. In 1973 and 1977, Ribeiro compiled a collection of nearly ten short stories that he had published since 1952 into three volumes and published it again, entitled “La palabrg del mudo.” According to the author, he is speaking for the lower-class people, deprived of the right to speak, like dumb. From the works of Ribeiro’s point of view, writers did call out their voices. --editor