吉姆
Kim
Rudyard Kipling · 初版 1901 年
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为什么值得读
- 生动展现十九世纪高度写实的谍报手法
- 开辟出充满冒险与无畏精神的广阔世界
- 故事情节历久弥新，重读能帮人走出低谷
Kim 是 Rudyard Kipling 笔下一个出生于殖民地印度的孤儿的故事，他深陷于对故土印度的热爱与对其英爱血统及英国秘密情报局帝国忠诚的冲突之中。Kim 长期以来被公认为 Kipling 最杰出的作品，也是他于 1907 年荣获 Nobel Prize in Literature 的关键因素。
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……所有关于“要是他敢耍花招山姆就弄死他”的烂梗）。托尔金在别处也用过这种手法；萨鲁曼和巧言就是一个扭曲变态的例子。（顺便提一句，吉卜林的《吉姆》里也有一个极好的正面范例，强烈推荐去读读。）顺便说一句，这些都不是说它写得烂的理由，因为它一点都不烂，这是一本神作；而且一本60年前的书放到今天依然这么能打，足以证明它到底有多牛……
…all the 'Sam will kill him if he tries anything' jokes). Tolkien uses this elsewhere; Saruman/Wormtongue is a perverted example. (There is, BTW, another excellent example of this done right in Kipling's Kim, which you should totally read.) None of this, BTW, is any reason why it's bad, because not, it's a great book; and the fact that a 60-year old book holds up so well today is a tribute to just how good…
鲁德亚德·吉卜林的《吉姆》。尽管吉卜林在其他作品里充斥着沙文主义，但学生时代读《吉姆》真的深深打动了我。它为我打开了一个充满冒险和无所畏惧的世界，在此之前我根本不知道这世上还有这种可能。我真的再也没有……
Kim by Rudyard Kipling. Despite Kipling's jingoism in other works, Kim spoke to me in school. It opened me to a world of adventure and fearlessness that I didn't know was possible. I really haven't been…
我极力推荐亚历山大·伯恩斯的纪实作品《博哈拉游记》（Travels into Bokhara）以及鲁德亚德·吉卜林的小说《吉姆》，事实上“大博弈”（The Great Game）这个词就是后者创造出来的。
I can highly recommend Alexander Burnes' non-fiction Travels into Bokhara and Rudyard Kipling's fictional Kim, which in fact coined the term "The Great Game".
每次感觉自己陷入人生低谷、生活停滞不前时，我就会重读鲁德亚德·吉卜林的《吉姆》。读的时候特别让人平静催眠，但读完后又总能一脚把我踹出低谷重新振作。完全不知道是为什么。
I reread "Kim" by Rudyard Kipling whenever I feel I'm in a rut. It's pleasantly soporific during reading, but kicks me back out of the rut at the end. No idea why.
……我们自以为知道的关于他行动的情报，不过是在牵强附会、强行把线索串起来罢了。大多数关于间谍活动的历史记载都是如此。鲁德亚德·吉卜林的《吉姆》是一部描写真实生动的19世纪间谍技术的优秀小说。书里的某些角色是以当年行内的真实历史人物为原型的。原作很精准地指出了那种认为间谍活动是现代发明的错误观念。阅读这些考据扎实的记载非常有趣……
…we think we know about his operations is dot connecting. This is true of most historical accounts of spying. A good fictional account of true to life spy craft in the 19th century is Rudyard Kipling's Kim. Some of the characters are based on historical persons in the business. The OG does well to point out the misconception this is somehow a modern invention. It's interesting to read well-researched accounts…
……水平参差不齐，有时也与现代道德观念脱节。或许可以先读《丛林奇谭》（The Jungle Book）和《原来如此的故事》（Just So Stories），如果你喜欢这些，那一定要去读《无神职利益》（Without Benefit of Clergy）、《他们》（They，短篇小说集），以及《吉姆》（一本长篇神作）。把这些读完之后，海明威就很好啃了，他才是真正的现代主义大师。《嘉年华》/《太阳照常升起》（同一本书，在不同地区叫法不同……
…miss, and sometimes out of step with modern mores. Maybe stick with the Jungle Book, and Just So Stories, and if you like those make sure you read Without Benefit of Clergy, They (short stories), and Kim (a masterpiece of a novel). Once you've got through those, Hemingway is approachable, and the true modernist master. Fiesta / The Sun Also Rises (same book, known by different names in different parts…