亞當(dāng)和夏娃日記

在馬克·吐溫的諸多名著中，《亞當(dāng)和夏娃日記》可以說是較為不起眼的一本，但可別因此而錯過了它。這是馬克·吐溫的晚年之作，采用日記體的形式，以細(xì)膩、溫情又不失幽默的筆觸描寫了人類第一對夫妻——亞當(dāng)和夏娃的愛情故事，語言樸實簡練，內(nèi)蘊卻豐富深沉。

故事中的亞當(dāng)是個大大咧咧的憨小伙，有點孩子氣，有點一根筋，有點不解風(fēng)情；而夏娃則是個初涉世事的年輕姑娘，多愁善感，執(zhí)著地追求著美和愛。兩人從初識到逐漸了解再到深深相愛，其間充滿了幽默和溫馨。作者把亞當(dāng)和夏娃的心理刻畫得細(xì)致入微，兩人相處的過程折射出兩性交往的諸多方面，有好奇、疑慮、誤會，也有贊賞、依戀、愛慕，實則是對兩性關(guān)系的一個頗為獨特的探討。此外，書中也通過亞當(dāng)和夏娃天真無瑕的視角表現(xiàn)了對自然和生命單純的探索。

本書被視為馬克·吐溫致亡妻奧莉維婭的一封情書，融入了作者對亡妻的深深哀思，感情真摯動人。文末那句“哪里有她，哪里便是伊甸園”，余韻裊裊，令人深為動容。

Perhaps I ought to remember that she is very young， a mere girl， and make allowances. She is all interest， eagerness， 1）vivacity， the world is to her a charm， a wonder， a mystery， a joy； she can’t speak for delight when she finds a new flower， she must pet it and 2）caress it and smell it and talk to it， and pour out 3）endearing names upon it. And she is color-mad： brown rocks， yellow sand， gray moss， green foliage， blue sky； the pearl of the dawn， the purple shadows on the mountains， the golden islands floating in 4）crimson seas at sunset， the 5）pallid moon sailing through the 6）shredded 7）cloud-rack， the starjewels glittering in the 8）wastes of space—none of them is of any practical value， so far as I can see， but because they have color and majesty， that is enough for her， and she loses her mind over them. If she could quiet down and keep still a couple of minutes at a time， it would be a 9）reposeful spectacle. In that case I think I could enjoy looking at her； indeed I am sure I could， for I am coming to realize that she is a quite remarkably 10）comely creature—11）lithe， slender， trim， rounded， shapely， 12）nimble， graceful； and once when she was standing marble-white and sun-drenched on a boulder， with her young head 13）tilted back and her hand shading her eyes， watching the flight of a bird in the sky， I recognized that she was beautiful.

也許我應(yīng)該想到她還非常年輕，只是個小姑娘，我應(yīng)該體諒她。她對身邊的事物滿懷興趣，洋溢著熱情和活力。這世界對她來說，是一個魅力之鄉(xiāng)，是一處奇跡、一道謎題、一片歡樂所在。每當(dāng)她發(fā)現(xiàn)一朵從未見過的花兒，喜悅便難以言喻，一定會愛不釋手，會輕撫它，去聞聞它，跟它說話，再給它起上一連串惹人愛憐的名字。她對所有色彩都感到著迷：褐色的巖石、黃色的沙礫、灰色的苔蘚、綠色的葉子、蔚藍的天空；……