
命运的黑狗
Black dog of fate
Peter Balakian · 初版 1997 年
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Black Dog of Fate 的故事发生在富裕的新泽西郊区,Balakian 作为家族同辈中的长子,在一个关系紧密的大家庭中长大。在他那堪称美国战后婴儿潮一代缩影的童年核心,笼罩着先辈所经历创伤的阴暗阴影——1915年奥斯曼土耳其政府对一百多万亚美尼亚人的屠杀,这也是二十世纪的第一场种族灭绝。在不断推向震撼人心的个人与道德觉醒的高潮叙事中,Balakian 追溯了探寻本民族历史真相的复杂历程,以及那场大屠杀带来的可怕后果。
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……到了晚年还会痛哭,诉说自己遭受过的暴力,在衰老中重温那段可怕的经历。这些伤痕是可以代代相传的。有两本极好的书我可以推荐:1. 彼得·巴拉基安的《命运黑狗》(Black Dog of Fate)2. 罗纳德·格里戈尔·苏尼的《他们可以住在沙漠,但别处休想》(They Can Live in the Desert, but Nowhere Else)第一本更偏第一人称叙事,讲述了种族灭绝跨越几代人挥之不去的影响……
…end of her life, would weep, recounting the violence she endured, reliving the experience in her decline. These scars can persist across generations. There are two excellent books I can recommend: 1. Black Dog of Fate, by Peter Balakian 2. They Can Live in the Desert, but Nowhere Else, by Ronald Grigor Suny The first is more of a first person narrative describing the lingering effects of the genocide across generations…
彼得·巴拉基安在他的回忆录《命运黑狗》(The Black Dog of Fate)里,对家族中一个叫 Shekerlemejian 的分支做了这样的解析:土耳其语里 "şeker" 是“糖”,"şekerleme" 是“用糖做的东西”,所以一个卖糖果的就落了个……
In his memoir "The Black Dog of Fate" Peter Balakian gives a breakdown like this for a relative branch of the family named Shekerlemejian: "şeker" is Turkish for "sugar" and "şekerleme" is "things made with sugar" so a candy seller got an…