EP368 從廣西到台北到美國:白先勇如何用文學留住一個正在消失的世界
白先勇一九三七年出生廣西桂林,父親白崇禧是國民政府核心將領。一九四九年他十二歲隨家人來台灣。大學時代創辦現代文學雜誌,後在愛荷華大學讀創作,又在加州大學聖芭芭拉分校教中國文學數十年。 他的代表作台北人由十四個故事組成,說的是從大陸來台的一群人——曾經的將軍、曾經的名媛、曾經的大家閨秀——帶著那個再也回不去的過去在台北繼續活著。那個失去之後的繼續說的是他文學最深的主題。晚年他製作青春版牡丹亭,以年輕演員讓崑曲在全世界巡演超過四百場,讓古代的美在今天繼續被看見。 Born in Guilin, Guangxi in 1937, Pai Hsien-yung is the son of General Pai Chung-hsi, a core figure of the Nationalist government. He came to Taiwan with his family at twelve in 1949. At university he co-founded Modern Literature magazine; he later studied at the Iowa Writers Workshop and taught Chinese literature at UC Santa Barbara for decades. His masterwork…
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