The Strange Library

这并非一个关于图书馆的故事，而是一个关于「被图书馆处理」的故事。少年因好奇走进图书馆，便被那位老人锁进地下迷宫，理由简单得令人发冷：装满知识的脑浆味道最美，所以要养满一个月再喝——而「每一家图书馆都在这么干」。村上把借阅行为本身写成了一场缓慢的吞噬：知识进入大脑，大脑便成了别人的食材。读者最难忘的正是这段对话里那种荒诞又贴切的残酷感。它适合愿意在短篇里咂摸隐喻的人：羊男、会说话的女孩、不断分岔的迷宫，共同构成一个精致而阴森的梦。它不适合寻求情节推进的读者，但正是这种「无处可逃却必须走到底」的窒息，让它成为村上笔下最耐咀嚼的寓言之一。

Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. He is the author of many novels as well as short stories and non-fiction. His works include Norwegian Wood, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Kafka on the Shore, After Dark, 1Q84 and What I Talk About When I Talk About Running. His most recent novel is Colorless Tsukuru and His Years of Pilgrimage. His work has been translated into more than fifty languages, and the most recent of his many international honours is the Jerusalem Prize, whose previous recipients include J.M. Coetzee, Milan Kundera and V.S. Naipaul.