Toni Morrison Sula-秀拉

作者：Toni Morrison

书名：Sula《秀拉》

中文简介：篇幅短小的《秀拉》是一个关于爱与背叛的家族故事。秀拉的童年与三段以冷漠为主题的死亡故事开始。目睹了母亲被烧死而无动于衷的秀拉与此前秀拉的奶奶放火烧了自己的儿子的行为几乎相似。而秀拉与好友奈尔也将一个小孩无意间抛入河中溺亡。长大后的秀拉又与好友奈尔的丈夫偷情而与奈尔反目，秀拉与自己的奶奶一样都同时背负着爱与背叛，一面说着感人至深的感情，而另一面却无比冷漠决绝。

在我们或许会憎恶秀拉的同时也会对秀拉有着谅解与同情，因为秀拉代表了人类情感的两面：爱与荒诞不经、以及决绝时冷漠的背叛与自我说服时所表达的炙热心意。秀拉的性格独立而复杂，她在渴望得到爱的同时又抛弃了自己本应能够给予爱。故事最后在一切的混乱过去之后，秀拉仍旧希望世间万物都能体会到真正的爱意。

英文简介：Two girls who grow up to become women. Two friends who become something worse than enemies. In this brilliantly imagined novel, Toni Morrison tells the story of Nel Wright and Sula Peace, who meet as children in the small town of Medallion, Ohio. Their devotion is fierce enough to withstand bullies and the burden of a dreadful secret. It endures even after Nel has grown up to be a pillar of the black community and Sula has become a pariah. But their friendship ends in an unforgivable betrayal—or does it end? Terrifying, comic, ribald and tragic, Sula is a work that overflows with life.