Analysis:
The novel "Zombie" is divided into two parts in terms of technique. The first part describes a man and woman walking in a cemetery in the middle of the night. The man suddenly seemed to be possessed by a ghost. His expression changed and he began to criticize his fiancée for not coming here. He began to talk down and belittle her. Finally, the man peeled off his skin and deformed, turning into a ball of flesh and chasing his girlfriend who was already scared out of her mind.
The next paragraph is about a girlfriend who woke up from her dream and asked her boyfriend in shock whether she had a mole in her ear. Her boyfriend's answer was the first words she said in her dream when her boyfriend was "possessed by a ghost". She closed her eyes in despair.
The novel is named "Zombie" because it means that her boyfriend turned into a zombie in her dream. It also implies that the heroine gradually turns into a zombie inside after hearing her boyfriend's true words.
The novel is very short. What did Haruki Murakami want to explain by writing such a novel? It's a woman's fear. The premarital phobia caused by a woman's inferiority complex and lack of self-confidence has actually turned from imagination into reality.
In the novel, the boyfriend scolds his girlfriend, but she probably does it too. The wonderful thing about this novel is that this fear first acts on the heroine in her dream. After she wakes up, the fear in the dream actually occurs in her conversation with her boyfriend. This is so frightening and despairing. .
In our real marriage, no matter how close two people are, there are some things they cannot say.
Everyone has shortcomings and pains. Don’t think that two people who truly love each other can say it freely. Dear wife, we love each other so much. What shortcomings and problems do you think I have? Come out and I will correct it now.
When you really open your mouth and say "dang dang dang" to him without reservation, wait for him to change it now. It's good that he didn't cut you at that time.
The same goes for women, don’t call your husband a pig, don’t say he doesn’t care about the family, the children, or do housework, don’t call him incapable of making money, and that he has no future, don’t look down on his conduct. Don't scold him for smoking, drinking, and sneaking into his shoes even though his sexual performance is not good enough.
The more you say that he is not good enough, the worse he really is with you. The more you scold him for making a bad shoe, he will really go out and make a bad shoe.
And from the beginning, you can't hold it back. Every now and then, you want to yell at him because of the smallest thing. Your husband, this man, will be ruined on the eighth floor.
Can the two of you live together? Don't say anything unpleasant or hurt others with harsh words. Women and men should remember that they cannot hold back the words they say. The first time will be the second time, so don’t start it like this.
The closer two people are, the less unpleasant words can be said. In the reality at the end of the novel, because of the girlfriend's curious question, she still let her boyfriend speak out. The psychological shadow this brought to the heroine cannot be erased. These are the darkest areas in human nature, and it is best not to Go for it, don't touch it.
From:
"Zombie" by Haruki Murakami
Original text:
At midnight, for various reasons, a man and a woman walked in the tomb On the path next to the field, there was a "squeaking" sound of heavy objects being moved. The two looked at each other. The man smiled and said that it was probably blown by the wind.
But there was no wind at the time. The woman looked around and held her breath, feeling that the atmosphere was very strange. The man suddenly said to her with a straight face: Why is your walking posture so ugly?
Me, the woman said in surprise, are you saying that the way I walk is so ugly?
It’s very ugly, as if it’s a splayed figure.
The woman bit her lower lip, but she did not refute. She loved this man deeply and they were getting married next month. Forget it, she didn't want to quarrel. ?Also, there are three moles inside your ear piercings. The man said again.
Oh, really, which side? said the woman.
On the right, there are three black moles on the inside of your right ear. They are such tacky moles.
Don’t you like moles?
I hate tacky moles, no one in the world would like that.
She bit her lips tighter.
Also, your armpits often emit body odor. If I had met you in Xia Tian, ??I would not date you. The man continued to scold. ?
She shook off the hand held by him, hey, you have gone too far!
The collar of your shirt is dirty. Why don’t you care about cleanliness so much? Why can’t you do anything well?
The woman remained silent, she was too angry to speak.
By the way, why do you wear these earrings? Like a prostitute, Dai Du, a prostitute, has more temperament than you. And your mother is just like a pig. The greedy look on your mother and daughter's food is exactly like that of a pig, gobbling it up. And your father is also very bad. Didn't he even graduate from elementary school?
If you hate me so much, why do you want to marry me?
The man didn’t notice her question at all, and by the way, there’s also your pussy. It’s really terrible and baggy. If I were a woman and looked that baggy, I would really I'm so embarrassed that I don't even have the nerve to live!
The woman just stood there blankly. Immediately afterwards, something more terrifying happened...
She sat up and looked around. They were lying on the bed at the lakeside hotel. She felt her mouth was dry. The man held her body and asked, "What's wrong? You have a nightmare. Are you willing to tell me?"
I don’t want to say it.
It is better to speak out, which can alleviate the pain in the heart.
Forget it, I don’t want to talk about it now. She hugged the man.
What happened?
Maybe I really have a mole on my ear?
Mole, the man said, are you talking about the three tacky moles inside your right ear?
She closed her eyes and kept them closed.
Extended information:
About Haruki Murakami:
Haruki Murakami, a Japanese postmodernist writer, was born on January 12, 1949 in Fushimi District, Kyoto . Graduated from the Department of Acting and Drama, First Faculty of Literature, Waseda University.
Haruki Murakami started writing at the age of 29. His first work "Listen to the Wind Sing" won the Japan Group Newcomer Award. In 1987, his fifth novel "Norwegian Wood" was published in Japan until 2010. It sold 10 million copies, and the domestic simplified version sold a total of 7.86 million in 2004, causing the "Murakami phenomenon."
His works are widely known around the world. The style of his works is deeply influenced by European and American writers. The tone is light and lacks the gloomy and heavy writing atmosphere of Japan after the war. It is called the first pure "World War II" "Writer of the Later Period" and was hailed as the standard bearer of Japanese literature in the 1980s.
On February 24, 2017, Haruki Murakami published the two-volume novel "Assassination of the Knight Commander". The first volume of the novel is named "The Reveal of Thoughts" and the second volume is named "The Metaphor Change" . ?The first printing of the Chinese translation of the work reached 700,000 copies, and additional printings were carried out due to the good response from pre-sales.?
Haruki Murakami was born in Fushimi District, Kyoto, Japan on January 12, 1949. He is the eldest son of Chinese language teacher Chiaki Murakami and Miyuki Murakami. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to Sukawa, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.
He once mentioned in his book "The Comeback of Murakami Asahido": "I was born in Kansai and grew up in Kansai. My father Chiaki Murakami is the son of a monk in Kyoto, and my mother Miyuki Murakami is a rich man in the shipyard. The daughter of a businessman can be said to be 100% Kansai. “Influenced by her family, Murakami likes reading very much.
In April 1955, he entered Nishinomiya Municipal Kosoen Elementary School. As a Mandarin language teacher, his father consciously cultivated Murakami's interest in Japanese classical literature, but he never became a Taoist. Instead, he had a soft spot for Western literature.
In April 1961, Murakami entered Ashiya Municipal Seido Junior High School. However, this young boy was not a good student who loved to study. After entering middle school, Murakami was often beaten by his teacher for not studying hard.
Later he admitted that he was quite rebellious at the time, "I would never learn anything that I didn't want to learn or that I wasn't interested in." After entering high school, Murakami's rebellious mentality became more serious. He hung out with girls all day long, smoked, and skipped classes. In Chinese terms, he was a "problem boy."
But Murakami has a high level of literary literacy. He often publishes articles in the school magazine and translates his favorite American thrillers.
It was during this period that Murakami became crazy about jazz and would often save his lunch money to buy records when he was hungry - his obsession with jazz continues to this day.
In April 1964, he entered Kobe Senior High School in Hyogo Prefecture.
In 1967, when he was 18 years old, he followed his parents’ advice and prepared to take the national university entrance examination. I often go to Ashiya Library.
In April 1968, he went to Tokyo to study drama at the First Faculty of Literature of Waseda University. He stayed in the private dormitory "Wakeiryo" at the Mejihara Hosokawa feudal residence for half a year, and then quit.
Later moved to Nerima Ward to stay. The nearest station was Metropolitan Housekeeping, and he hardly went to school, working odd jobs in Shinjuku, and spending the rest of his time in jazz bars in Kabukicho.
In April 1969, "This is the only problem, there is no exchange of 1968 film impressions" was published in "Washidaori". Later, he moved into a dormitory in Mitaka City.
While studying at Waseda University, Haruki Murakami met Yoko Takahashi, who later became his wife. After a period of dating, they decided to stay together for life. In 1971, 22-year-old Murakami decided to drop out of school and register to marry Yoko.
The young couple works in a record store during the day and in a cafe at night.
In 1974, at the age of 25, he opened a jazz bar in Kokubunji Temple, selling coffee during the day and working as a bar at night. The capital to open the store was 5 million yen, 2.5 million yen was saved for the couple working part-time jobs, and the rest was borrowed from the bank.
The name of the store is taken from the name of a cat that was raised while living in Mitaka. The store was later moved to Sendagaya. This was the quietest and happiest time in Haruki Murakami's life. He was running, reading, and observing, and his business was getting smoother and smoother.
In March 1975, he graduated from the Drama Department of Waseda University's First Faculty of Literature. The title of the graduation thesis is "The Thought of Travel in American Films".
In 1979, I came up with the idea of ??writing a novel at the Jingu Stadium near Senda in Shibuya Ward. Then I kept writing at the dining table every night before writing and voting for the "Newcomer Award" jury. The reason for submission is "there is a word limit". In June, "Listen to the Sing of the Wind" won the 23rd "Newcomer Award for Group Portraits". In July, "Listen to the Sing of the Wind" was published by Kodansha.
In 1980, he was running a bar in Sendagaya, Shibuya District, while engaging in creation.
In 1981, he decided to engage in professional creation. The bar was transferred to others and moved to Funabashi City, Chiba Prefecture. In March, "The Tragedy of the New York Coal Mine" was published (published in "Brutus"). In April, "Kangaroo Days" was published, and from then on to 1983, a series of short stories were published in the magazine. In the same year, he began to participate in the editing work of "Waseda Literature" as an editorial board member, which lasted for one and a half years.
In October 1985, he won the 21st "Junichiro Tanizaki Award".
In 1986, he moved to Oiso Town, Kanagawa Prefecture. In October, he stayed in Rome, Italy for 10 days, and then went to Greece.
In January 1987, he settled in Sicily, Italy. Published a translation of Bohr's short story "Swimming in the Literary Circle" (published in "Literary Circle"), and ""The Scrap" Remembering the 1980s" was published by Literary Spring and Autumn Society. In February, he stayed in Rome. In March, I went to Bologna. In April, I traveled to Corsica in France and Crete in Greece.
Return to China in June. In July, a collection of Bohr's translated short stories "The End of the World" was published by Literary Spring and Autumn Society. In September, he returned to Rome. In October, I participated in the Athens Marathon.
In February 1988, he published "Rome, Rome, we must prepare for the winter" (published in "New Wave"). In March, he went to London to translate Tolman's "Remembering My Uncle", which was published by Literary Spring and Autumn Society. In April, I returned to China. Obtain a car driving license after returning to your country. In August, I returned to Rome and went on a reporting trip to Greece and Turkey with photographer Matsumura Yusan.
First go to Mount Saint Kossos on the Assos Peninsula in northeastern Greece, where a Greek Orthodox monastery is built. Then drive from Istanbul into Turkey and spend 21 days traveling around Turkey along the border, passing through the Black Sea, the Soviet Union, Iran, the Iraqi border, and the Mediterranean Sea. , Aegean Sea, and finally back to Rome.
In April 1989, "The Untimely Death of Raymond" was published (published in "New Wave"). In May, I traveled to Rhodes, Greece. In June, "TV People's Counterattack" (published in "Par Avion") and "Airplane" (published in "Eureka") were published. In July, he drove a private car to travel to southern Germany and Austria. In October, he returned to China and went to New York.
In January 1990, he returned to China. In February, I witnessed Aum Shinrikyo’s promotional activities for running for House of Representatives in Sendagaya, Shibuya Ward, where I live. From May to July of the following year, the eight-volume "Collected Works of Haruki Murakami 1979-1989" was published by Kodansha, and "Jack London's Dentures: A Sudden Personal Lesson" was published (published in "Asahi Shimbun").
In June, "Drums of the Distant World", which narrated the experience of being a "resident traveler" in Greece and Italy and included photos of his wife Yoko, was published by Kodansha, and "Tony Waterfall" was published. Valley" (contained in "Literary Spring and Autumn").
In January 1991, he went to Princeton University in New Jersey, the United States, as a visiting researcher.
In 1992, due to the extension of his stay in the United States, he lectured on modern Japanese literature as a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Princeton University. The content was the interpretation of the works of the "Third Newcomer". The associate teaching subject was Eto Jun's "Success and Lost".
In July 1993, he went to work at Tufts University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
In March 1995, I temporarily returned to China during the spring break of an American university and learned about the subway gas incident at Oiso's home in Kanagawa Prefecture. In June, I moved out of my apartment in Cambridge, drove across the continental United States to California, and then stayed in Kauai, Hawaii for a month and a half before returning home.
In August, the third volume of "The Journey of Strange Birds" "The Bird Catcher" was published by Xinchao Publishing House. In September, readings of self-selected works will be held in Kobe City and Ashiya City.
In December 1996, he independently interviewed 62 victims of the Tokyo subway gas incident, one person every five days. In February, "The Seventh Man" was published (published in "Literary Spring and Autumn"). "The Journey of Strange Birds" won the 47th "Yomiuri Literature Award".
At the beginning of 2006, Haruki Murakami was selected into the "Top Ten Best Books of 2005" in the United States with "Kafka on the Shore". Later, Haruki Murakami won the "Franz Kafka" Award, which is known as the "prelude to the Nobel Prize for Literature".
In 2009, the novel "1Q84" BOOK1 BOOK2 was published and won the "Jerusalem Literature Prize". At the peak of a new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict, all parties supporting Palestine tried their best to dissuade him. However, after careful consideration, he finally went to Israel to receive the award and delivered an acceptance speech with the theme of freedom of the human soul.
In 2011, the interview record "Talk about Music with Seiji Ozawa" was published and won the 11th Hideo Kobayashi Award.
The novel "Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Year of Pilgrimage" was released in April 2013. The book's circulation reached 1 million copies on the 7th day of its release. This book ranks 95th on Dangdang.com’s novel rankings.
On April 18, 2014, Haruki Murakami’s new work "Men Without Women" went on sale. According to the publisher Wenyi Chunqiu, the new work is open for pre-order and has a circulation of 300,000 copies.
On November 17, 2015, Haruki Murakami won the Andersen Prize for Literature. ?
On December 22, 2016, Haruki Murakami’s latest and first autobiographical work "My Profession is a Novelist" was launched by New Classic Culture. ?
On February 24, 2017, Haruki Murakami released his new work "Knight Leader" after seven years. The work exposed the atrocities committed by the Japanese invaders. In interviews with many Japanese mainstream media such as "Asahi Shimbun", "Yomiuri Shimbun" and "Mainichi Shimbun", he said that it is wrong to try to forget or alter history. As a novelist, he hopes to use " "Storytelling" approach.
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Baidu Encyclopedia-Haruki Murakami