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我們:移動與勞動的生命記事

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關於夢想與失望,選擇與無法選擇的
異鄉人「我們」的抵達之謎。

「這是幾名菲律賓移工在台灣的故事。獨特、無以複製、不容簡化歸類,我們有幸貼近陪同,唯老老實實記錄下來。」──顧玉玲

這一本「他者」之書,企圖忠實地呈現、記錄幾位菲律賓移工在台灣的故事。作者顧玉玲長期投身工人運動,蓄積了超過十五年對於勞工和移工生活的近身觀察、參與,所寫成的第一本文字記錄。

這本書的出現,為身為「我們」的讀者打開另一扇觀望的窗口,進一步看見那些其實與我們在同一空間進出、卻被忽略、並受到種種不平等對待的移工們,他們想要成為「我們」當中一份子的渴望、卻如何一再受挫的過程;作者也一再凸顯社會劃分「我們」和「他們」人為界線的種種不合理之處,讓「我們」有機會思索和反省,並試著邀請讀者進入「他們」,就有如照鏡子一般,可以在他者當中看見我們,看見自己。

此外,從書寫傳統的角度觀察,對照於本地作者總是急切地想突顯自我與群體不同的書寫主流,本書顯現出特別珍貴的特質,亦即是評論家唐諾指出的「書寫者自我的縮小」。自我變小,便能容受得下更多人更多故事和更周到的思維。

特殊的視角,再加上作者在書寫之前積累的豐厚材料和底蘊,以及節制不流於悲情控訴的說故事技巧,一個個移工的生活彷彿顯影般鮮活地躍於字裡行間,才造就出本書的獨特之處,並同時獲得第九屆台北文學獎「文學年金」得主的殊榮。

344 pages, Paperback

Published October 15, 2008

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The inconvenience truth and heartbreaking struggles about migrant workers in Taiwan. Although mostly tragic, it's not melodramatic at all, just firm, calm and rational as most of the stories unfold.

大霧起時,
將有人徘徊、遲疑、背道而去,
總是徒勞無功,
匍匐復返或離散。

別怕,本來就沒有路,
我們一起走。


      顧玉玲
      2015.7.14

I'll try to translate her poem here:

When a great mist rises,
People linger, hesitate, turn their back to leave.
Always futile,
Staggering back and forth. Or scattered.

Don't be afraid. There isn't meant to be a way.
We'll walk together.

--Gu Yu-ling July 14, 2015
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