夜 (著作)
《夜》(意第绪语:Un di Velt Hot Geshvign)是埃利·维瑟尔取材自本身经历的著作,记述他和父亲施罗摩在1944年至1945年间,二次大战接近尾声、犹太人大屠杀的极端时期,被送往纳粹德国奥斯威辛和布痕瓦尔德集中营的种种际遇。
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原名 | Un di Velt Hot Geshvign |
作者 | 埃利·维瑟尔 |
译者 | 陈蓁美 (繁体中文) |
类型 | 自传、回忆录、小说 |
语言 | 意第绪语 |
主题 | 大屠杀 |
发行信息 | |
出版机构 | 左岸文化 (繁体中文) |
出版时间 | 1955年 意第绪语 1958年 法语 2006年 繁体中文 |
出版地点 | 阿根廷 |
媒介 | 出版 (平装) |
规范控制 | |
ISBN | ISBN 0-553-27253-5 (英文) ISBN 9867174593 (繁体中文) |
内容概要
在短短逾百页稀少、片段的叙述中,维瑟尔以他的单纯对比大屠杀的残酷骇人,写下关于上帝已死及对人性渐长的厌恶,呈现了集中营内父子关系的逆转:父亲干瘪、孱弱,而他成了他父亲的照顾者,满腹憎恨而愤世。“但愿我能摆脱这累赘……我紧接地为自己感到羞耻,永远感到羞耻。”在《夜》中,一切事物都是反转的,所有价值都已泯灭。“这里没有父亲、没有兄弟、没有朋友,”一个囚监[1]曾对维瑟尔说:“人人只为自己而生而死。”
1945年4月,当美军终于抵达、解放布痕瓦尔德集中营时,维瑟尔只有十六岁,他的父亲在布痕瓦尔集中营染上痢疾,过世于1月28日。维瑟尔离开集中营后,他已对上帝和人类失去信任,闭口不提他的任何经历,只寄望时间能让他认清世界。沉默了十年后的1954年,他以意第绪语写了一份865页的手稿,1955年于布宜诺斯艾利斯发表,出版为《而世界依然缄默》(Un di Velt Hot Geshvign)一书。同年5月被法国小说家弗朗索瓦·莫里亚克说服,答应为更广大的读者而书。
然而,即使有莫里亚克背书,维瑟尔的作品仍一再被出版社退稿:理由是它太“病态”,不会有人想了解当年的历史。1958年,经过莫里亚克一再奔走,长178页的《夜》终于由子夜出版社在法国付梓,并于1960年9月在美国出版了116页的英语版本。五十年后,它和普利摩·李维的《如果这是一个人》及安妮·法兰克的《安妮的日记》齐名,并列为犹太大屠杀的经典作品。
注释
- ^ 囚监(Kapo),意指由囚犯中选出的纳粹集中营警卫。参考:《夜》(ISBN 9687174593)第85页 编按
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