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As soon as I am outside the city I realize night has fallen. I turn on my headlights. I am driving from A to B, along a three-lane superhighway, the kind where the center lane is used for passing in...
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1 From my cell, I can say little about the construction of this Château d'If where I have been imprisoned for so many years. The tiny barred window is at the end of a shaft that pierces the thickness...
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作者:赖香吟 晴天或雨天,早晨或深夜,從後陽台,從房內的窗,我看見屋後的半屏山。山腳下是縱貫鐵道,從破曉到子夜,火車南來北送,時不時要拉幾聲長喇叭。 附近殘存空地,種著低矮的果樹,幾隻野狗於晚餐或深夜,也總要為搶奪食物地盤,在這裡鬥上幾回合。 好幾年來,我寄居於大城市的邊陲。...
View Article十年前后
作者:赖香吟 这时五月。她站在影印机前,一页一页翻着五月的笔记本。五月姐姐刚才打过电话说,在路上了。 如果不是因为这个约,她此刻应该还是陪伴着父亲,默默翻着报纸,不知道该说什么话。父亲的话愈来愈少了。窗外阴天,梅雨季节。父亲神情不断浮现,每出现一次,她就安抚自己别再去想。她得回神,处理五月的事情。...
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作者:赖香吟 活動中心 走到大道盡頭,正紅色的活動中心,如今看起來,有一種屬於過去時代的輝煌。走進去,陳設理所當然已經改變,昔日簡單打菜的自助餐廳換成了宛如百貨公司的美食街,餐廳另一頭的小福利社變成了二十四小時便利商店,碰觸它的自動玻璃門,便替活動中心開了另一個出入口,取捷通往新建於椰林大道盡頭的總圖書館。...
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作者:赖香吟 九月與她,慢著腳步,不多久就和其他同行的人拉開一段距離。社區巷弄安靜,走過每戶人家門前,聽見裡頭傳來一些細碎的聲響。十六夜月,被雲層遮掩一角,這是一個看得見星星的夜晚,兩人腳步聲嬉戲似湊著節奏,叩,叩叩。 走進商店街仍有熟悉的煎茶香味,但店家已經打烊了,剩下來幾間藥房,服飾店,也已進進出出收拾著東西。遠遠傳來平交道響,從東京來的車班就要進站。...
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一、奥伦治城 一六二四年,荷兰参事在台筑密城,命名奥伦治。徽章银地,中心七箭成束,四周蜜柑枝叶果实环绕。二七年,巴达维亚总督转来通知,改称热兰遮。 回到南城那一天,时序已经入冬,然而太阳依旧耀眼。我约了高,但南城车站前的圆环此刻挤满走走停停的车辆,警察吹高了哨音,禁止车辆靠近车站。 “嗨,嗨!”高在对街摇下车窗招手。...
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