乌暗暝

by Ng Kim Chew, 黄锦树

《乌暗暝》为黄锦树两本早期短篇小说集的合集。故事多发生在南洋的胶林小镇：移居南洋的华人处在野兽环伺、种族压迫、殖民侵略、认同焦虑的环境中，面临各种形式的离散、失踪，及死亡。黄锦树积极运用后设（元小说）、嘲讽、拼贴等手法与历史的沉疴对话，将马华文学、大马华人的处境以“附魔”的方式展演。在一篇篇黑色文字的背后，是作者对族群记忆缺失的修补、重构，也是对南洋华人集体命运的反省、思索。

Genres: Fiction

480 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2020

About the author

Ng Kim Chew was born in Johor, West Malaysia, and lives in Taiwan, where he is a professor of Chinese literature at National Chi Nan University. His short story collections include Dreams, Pigs, and Dawn; Dark Nights; From Island to Island: Carved Spins; Earth and Fire: The Land of the Malay People; and Memorandums of the South Seas People's Republic. He has won numerous awards for his fiction, including the United Daily Literary Award and the China Times Literary Award.

aka Jinshu Huang

Reviews

[Lodiii · Rating 4 out of 5]

潮湿闷热的意象、族群交杂与身份认同，读之总感觉眩晕。异邦的历史创伤、马华人的归属、马华文学的未卜身世。只是应以何种姿态阅读如此繁密的异邦的意象？

[Scalar42 · Rating 4 out of 5]

黄锦树早期小说作品，可以看到多种实验性写作手法和意象的交错出现。一年中中断了几次最后读完，比较有印象的有《落雨的小镇》、《说故事者》和《胶林深处》。