诺丁山的拿破仑
The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 初版 1904 年
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- 比奥威尔更早将未来故事设定在1984年
- 第一章关于预言艺术的序言论述极其精彩
- 篇幅短小精悍且对人性的探讨切中现代现实
一部关于未来的诙谐荒诞小说。在一个死气沉沉、墨守成规的未来世界，一个被随机选中加冕为英格兰国王的恶作剧者恢复了古老的传统，却在无意中激起了浪漫的爱国主义情怀，并在伦敦各行政区之间引发了内战。
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想看一个格外戏剧化的例子，可以读读 G.K. 切斯特顿的《诺丁山之王》（The Napoleon of Notting Hill）。在书里，在漫长而平淡的历史晚期，英格兰开始通过抽签来进行统治；一个被随机抽中的人加冕为王并被赋予独裁权力。最终，签落到了一个百无聊赖的虚无主义者头上……
For a particularly dramatic example of this, read G.K. Chesterton's _The Napoleon of Notting Hill_. In the book, England, late in a long and uneventful history, is governed by lot; a randomly-chosen individual is crowned King and given dictatorial powers. Eventually, the lot falls on a bored nihilist…
这几乎就是 G.K. 切斯特顿的《诺丁山之王》（The Napoleon of Notting Hill）的设定 [1]。故事发生在 1984 年（比奥威尔使用这个年份还要早），设想了伦敦分裂成一个个以各个自治区为基础的城邦。书很短，但……
This is almost the exact premise of The Napoleon of Notting Hill by G. K. Chesterton [1] It's set in 1984 (predating Orwell's use of the same date) and considers the breakup of London into city-states each based on a particular borough. It's a very short book, but…
我整体上是 G.K. 切斯特顿的铁粉，但他在《诺丁山之王》第一章写的《预言艺术绪论》（Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy）绝对是我一直以来的最爱之一。开篇第一段：> 人类——我的绝大多数读者都属于这个种群——自古以来就一直在玩小孩子的把戏，而且很可能会一直玩到……
I'm a big G.K. Chesterton fan in general, but his Introductory Remarks on the Art of Prophecy (chapter 1 of The Napoleon of Notting Hill) is one of my all-time faves. The opening paragraph: > The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children's games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the…
1904 年，G.K. 切斯特顿写了一本很有趣的小说叫《诺丁山之王》（The Napoleon of Notting Hill），讲的是 1984 年的伦敦通过抽签选国王的故事。2016 年大选之后我觉得太魔幻了，就像个异常值，于是就翻开看了看。书里对人性有一些很有意思的探讨，当然你也可以毫不费力地在现代找到映照……
In 1904, G.K. Chesterton wrote a fun novel about 1984 London where the king was chosen by lottery called The Napoleon of Notting Hill. I picked it up after the 2016 election since that seemed like such an anomaly. There are some interesting explorations of human nature, and of course you can draw parallels to modern times without too…
我最喜欢的一段出自 G.K. 切斯特顿的《诺丁山之王》（The Napoleon of Notting Hill）：---- “诗人，何其巧手雕出这多情的贝壳，\ 供两人栖息居留。” “Thunderbolt”继续说道：“这些优美却略显阴柔的诗句，其独特之处正如我们所……
My favorite is from _The Napoleon of Notting Hill_ by G. K. Chesterton: ---- "Poet, whose cunning carved this amorous shell, \ Where twain may dwell." "The peculiarity of these fine though feminine lines," continued "Thunderbolt," "is, as we have…
如果你还没读过的话，或许会喜欢 G.K. 切斯特顿的《诺丁山之王》（The Napoleon of Notting Hill）——把社区本土主义演绎到了极致！
You might like G. K. Chesterton's _The Napoleon of Notting Hill_ if you haven't already read it (neighborhood regionalism at its finest!)