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1、WiseBloodFlanneryO'ConnorFirstpublishedin1949ForReginaAuthor'sNotetotheSecondEditionWiseBloodhasreachedtheageoftenandisstillalive.Mycriticalpowersarejustsufficienttodeterminethis,andIamgratifiedtobeabletosayit.Thebookwaswrittenwithzestand,ifpossible,itshouldber
2、eadthatway.ItisacomicnovelaboutaChristianmalgrélui,andassuch,veryserious,forallcomicnovelsthatareanygoodmustbeaboutmattersoflifeanddeath.WiseBloodwaswrittenbyanauthorcongeniallyinnocentoftheory,butonewithcertainpreoccupations.ThatbeliefinChrististosomeamatterof
3、lifeanddeathhasbeenastumblingblockforreaderswhowouldprefertothinkitamatterofnogreatconsequence.ForthemHazelMotes'integrityliesinhistryingwithsuchvigortogetridoftheraggedfigurewhomovesfromtreetotreeinthebackofhismind.FortheauthorHazel'sintegrityliesinhisnotbeing
4、ableto.Doesone'sintegrityeverlieinwhatheisnotabletodo?Ithinkthatusuallyitdoes,forfreewilldoesnotmeanonewill,butmanywillsconflictinginoneman.Freedomcannotbeconceivedsimply.Itisamysteryandonewhichanovel,evenacomicnovel,canonlybeaskedtodeepen.--1962CHAPTER1HazelMo
5、tessatataforwardangleonthegreenplushtrainseat,lookingoneminuteatthewindowasifhemightwanttojumpoutofit,andthenextdowntheaisleattheotherendofthecar.Thetrainwasracingthroughtreetopsthatfellawayatintervalsandshowedthesunstanding,veryred,ontheedgeofthefarthestwoods.
6、Nearer,theplowedfieldscurvedandfadedandthefewhogsnosinginthefurrowslookedlikelargespottedstones.Mrs.WallyBeeHitchcock,whowasfacingMotesinthesection,saidthatshethoughttheearlyeveninglikethiswastheprettiesttimeofdayandsheaskedhimifhedidn'tthinksotoo.Shewasafatwom
7、anwithpinkcollarsandcuffsandpear-shapedlegsthatslantedoffthetrainseatanddidn'treachthefloor.Helookedatherasecondand,withoutanswering,leanedforwardandstareddownthelengthofthecaragain.Sheturnedtoseewhatwasbacktherebutallshesawwasachildpeeringaroundoneofthesection
8、sand,fartherupattheendofthecar,theporteropeningtheclosetwherethesheetswerekept."Iguessyou'regoinghome,"shesaid,turningbacktohimagain.Hedidn'tlook,toher,muchovertwenty,butheh
