e*****n
发帖数: 3129 | 1 摘自J.M. Coetzee: Boyhood
The greatest secret of his school life, the secret he tells no one at
home, is that he has become a Roman Catholic, that for all practical
purposes he 'is' a Roman Catholic.
The topic is difficult to raise at home because their family 'is'
nothing. They are of course South Africans, but even South Africanness
is faintly embarrassing, and therefore not talked about, since not
everyone who lives in South Africa is a South African, or not a proper
South African.
In religion they are certainly nothing. Not even in his father's family,
which is much safer and more ordinary than his mother's, does anyone go
to church. He himself has been in a church only twice in his life; once
to be baptized and once to celebrate victory in World War Two.
The decision to 'be' a Roman Catholic is made on the spur of the moment. On
the first morning at his new school, while the rest of the class is
marched off to assembly in the school hall, he and the three other new
boys are kept behind. 'What is your religion?' asks the teacher of each of
them. He glances right and left. What is the right answer? What religions
are there to choose from? Is it like Russians and Americans? His turn
comes. 'What is your religion?' asks the teacher. He is sweating, he does
not know what to say. 'Are you a Christian or a Roman Catholic or a
Jew?' she demands impatiently. 'Roman Catholic,' he says.
When the questioning is over, he and another boy who says he is a Jew are
motioned to stay behind; the two who say they are Christians go off to
assembly.
They wait to see what will happen to them. But nothing happens. The
corridors are empty, the building is silent, there are no teachers left.
They wander into the playground, where they join the rag-tag of other boys
left behind. it is marbles season; in the unfamiliar hush of the empty
grounds, with dove-calls in the air and the faint, far-off sound of
singing, they play marbles. Time passes. Then the bell rings for the end
of assembly. The rest of the boys return from the hall, marching in
files, class by class. Some appear to be in a bad mood. 'Jood!' an
Afrikaans boy hisses at him as he passes: Jew! When they rejoin their
class, no one smiles.
The episode disturbs him. He hopes that the next day he and the other new
boys will be kept behind again and asked to make new choices. Then he,
who has clearly made a mistake, can correct himself and be a Christian.
But there is no second chance. | D*****r
发帖数: 6791 | 2 嗯，这段太黑色幽默了。一本正经的讲述荒谬，估计是从Samuel Beckett那里学来的。
【在 e*****n 的大作中提到】
: 摘自J.M. Coetzee: Boyhood
: The greatest secret of his school life, the secret he tells no one at
: home, is that he has become a Roman Catholic, that for all practical
: purposes he 'is' a Roman Catholic.
: The topic is difficult to raise at home because their family 'is'
: nothing. They are of course South Africans, but even South Africanness
: is faintly embarrassing, and therefore not talked about, since not
: everyone who lives in South Africa is a South African, or not a proper
: South African.
: In religion they are certainly nothing. Not even in his father's family,
| e*****n
发帖数: 3129 | 3 可能没那么严重
这是他第三人称的回忆录
写的很真是真的
受谁影响那就不知道了
前面有几章集中笔墨写他妈的
俺开始以为他童年有阴影
后来才看出来那是真真的感情啊
【在 D*****r 的大作中提到】
: 嗯，这段太黑色幽默了。一本正经的讲述荒谬，估计是从Samuel Beckett那里学来的。
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