霍亂時期的愛情（節選）

這里展現了所有愛情的形態：忠貞的、隱秘的、粗暴的、羞怯的、柏拉圖式的、放蕩的、轉瞬即逝的、生死相依的……《霍亂時期的愛情》是加西亞·馬爾克斯獲得諾貝爾文學獎之后完成的第一部小說。講述的是一段跨越半個多世紀的愛情史詩，并被譽為“人類有史以來最偉大的愛情小說”。小編也迷戀于書中各種充滿主題感的描寫：一塊肥皂引發的冷戰；烏爾比諾醫生無窮盡的“首創精神”；弗洛倫蒂諾日記體式的描寫各色的女人；每遇大事如解藥般的旅行。旅行總是為了尋找或是逃避：為了拆散費爾明娜與弗洛倫蒂諾，達薩先生帶著女兒走上了長達一年多的省親之旅；初聞菲爾明娜婚訊，弗洛倫蒂諾的一次療傷之旅；費爾明娜與醫生的兩次蜜月之旅；以及在最后兩位重逢老人的終生之旅。本文節選了達薩先生為女兒準備的一次難忘的“遺忘之旅”。

20年前，馬爾克斯與代理人卡門·巴爾塞伊絲女士曾到北京和上海訪問。這次中國之行給他留下頗為糟糕的印象，書店隨處可見各出版社擅自出版的《百年孤獨》、《霍亂時期的愛情》等書。馬爾克斯在結束中國之行后發下狠話——“死后150年都不授權中國出版其作品，包括《百年孤獨》。”如今，老馬哥改變主意了，趁咱們生前有機會，趕緊拜讀吧。

That same week he took his daughter away on the journey that would make her forget. He gave her no explanation at all， but burst into her bedroom， his mustache stained with fury and his chewed cigar， and ordered her to pack. She asked him where they were going， and he answered: “To our death.” Frightened by a response that seemed too close to the truth， she tried to face him with the courage of a few days before， but he took off his belt with its hammered copper buckle， twisted it around his fist， and hit the table with a blow that resounded through the house like a rifle shot. Fermina Daza knew very well the extent and occasion of her own strength， and so she packed a bedroll with two straw mats and a 1)hammock， and two large trunks with all her clothes， certain that this was a trip from which she would never return. Before she dressed， she locked herself in the bathroom and wrote a brief farewell letter to Florentino Ariza on a sheet torn from the pack of toilet paper. Then she cut off her entire 2)braid at the 3)nape of her neck with 4)cuticle scissors， rolled it inside a velvet box embroidered with gold thread， and sent it along with the letter.

就在那個星期，他帶著女兒去旅行了，為了讓她忘掉一切。他沒有向女兒作出任何解釋，而是沖進她的房間，嘴唇上方的胡子沾著雪茄沫和怒氣，他命令女兒收拾行李。