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Confessions of a Crap Artist
Philip K. Dick、Peter Berkrot · 初版 1975 年
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Confessions of a Crap Artist是Philip K. Dick最怪诞、造诣最高的小说之一。Jack Isidore是个荒唐透顶的空想家（crap artist）——他收集各种稀奇古怪的想法（除其他怪论外，他相信地球是空心的，阳光拥有重量）和毫无价值的物件，他彻底无法适应现实生活，以至于其姐姐和姐夫觉得不得不将他从中解救出来。但在Jack那近乎残忍的天真目光注视下，Charlie和Juddy Hume夫妇被证明同样与现实隔绝，受困于某些比Jack略微更容易被世俗接受、却丑陋得多的执念之中。出
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……现实，而上面那些书是他思维方式的一个不错的入门指南。这个清单绝谈不上完整，只是一下子从我脑子里蹦出来的“优秀的 PKD 作品”。他的非科幻作品，比如《Mary and the Giant》和《Confessions of a Crap Artist》（流氓艺术家的忏悔），我年轻时根本读不懂。现在我再读，它们展现的现实显得无比真切、肮脏、俗气，又绝对真实。
…reality, and the above books are a decent primer in his way of thinking. The list is by no means complete, just what trips out of my head as “Good PKD”. His non-sf works, like Mary and the Giant and Confessions of a Crap Artist, I did not understand in the slightest as a younger man. Now I read them, and their realities are palpable, sordid, tawdry, and utterly real.
不知道你有没有读过他的非科幻作品，但非常值得一试——《Confessions of a Crap Artist》和《Mary and the Giant》是我觉得最出彩的两本。两部都秉承了他科幻作品的风格，即选取一个合理的前提（这次是世纪中叶的美国），将其剥离至它的……
Don’t know if you ever read any of his non-SF stuff, but it’s worth a pop - Confessions of a Crap Artist and Mary and the Giant stand out as the most interesting to me. Both follow the same vein as his SF work, insofar as he takes a reasonable premise (mid-century America in this case), strips it to its…
在57岁这个年纪，我更容易通过书来梳理人生轨迹，我觉得我的人生有三个主要转折点。大约15岁时，我读了菲利普·K·迪克的《Confessions of a Crap Artist》，它真的让我大开眼界，意识到我们每个人都生活在自己主观认定的现实版本中。17岁时，我读了拉姆·达斯的《Be Here Now》，让我接触到了东方精神传统（我是个无神论者，……
At age 57, it's easier for me to point to books, and I think there's three main inflection points for me. When I was about 15 I read Philip K. Dick's "Confessions of a Crap Artist", which really opened my eyes to how we each live in our own subjective version of reality. At age 17, I read Ram Dass's "Be Here Now", which exposed me to eastern spiritual traditions (I'm an atheist,…
……被他们心理治疗。妈的，那可是老子自己的钱。《VALIS》和《Exegesis》能很好地展现他的最终状态，但他的一些非科幻作品也能让人非常透彻地了解他这个人——我想到了《Mary and the Giant》和《Confessions of a Crap Artist》。实际上《The Broken Bubble》和《In Milton Lumkey Territory》也是。它们都是让人极度不适但又无比真实的作品——里面刻满了真正的痛苦、焦虑和疏离感……
…therapised by them. Shit, it’s my money. VALIS and the Exegesis are a good look at his end state, but some of his non-sf work also gives a pretty clear insight into the man - “Mary and the Giant” and “Confessions of a Crap Artist” spring to mind. Actually so do “The Broken Bubble” and “In Milton Lumkey Territory”. They’re all deeply uncomfortable and utterly palpable works - there’s real pain and anguish and alienation graved…
我试着读过《Confessions of a Crap Artist》，但感受跟读《The Transmigration of Timothy Archer》时一模一样……无聊透顶。根本读不下去。我就是觉得它不好看。我没看出你所看到的东西。以后也许……
I tried reading Confessions of a Crap Artist, but had the exact same reaction as I did to The Transmigration of Timothy Archer... boredom. Couldn't finish it. I just didn't think it was good. I couldn't see what you saw in it. Someday maybe…
……菲利普·K·迪克的风格，向你展示他作为一个作家是多么有创新精神且有趣。如果你不喜欢那本，我觉得他大部分其他小说你可能也不会喜欢。比如如果你从《Confessions of a Crap artist》甚至饱受赞誉的《高堡奇人》（The Man in the High Castle）开始读起，你初读他作品的体验可能不会太好。《Ubik》（这个帖子里也有人提到）也是一个很好的入门选择。
…flavor of Philip K Dick and show you how innovative and interesting he was as a writer. If you don't enjoy that one I think you will probably not enjoy most of his other novels. If you started with "Confessions of a Crap artist" or even the acclaimed "The man in the high castle" for example you might not have the best first experience with his work. "Ubik" (also mentioned in this thread) is another good choice to start with.