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1、whenWeWereClonesMARTINPUCHNERNeverLetMeGo,byKazuoIshiguro,RandomHouse.JAEADINGTHENOVELSofKazuoIshiguromeansexperiencing,withgreatintensity,thepowerofrestraint.Hisreticentnarratorsconductthemselveswithexemplarypolitenessevenwhentheydescribetoustheirmostpersonalmemoriesandmusings.Thecontrolledsurf
2、aceofthesenovelscreatestheimpressionofgreatpsychologicalandhis-toricaldepth.Bymeansoftheirstudiedformality,thewidowEtsuko(inAPaleViewofHills),theartistOno(inAnArtistoftheFloatingWorld),thedetectiveBanks(inWhenWeWereOrphans),andthebutlerStevens(inTheRemainsoftheDay)erectabulwarkagainsttheircompli
3、citywithhistoricalcrimesorelsetrytokeepsomedeeplyfeltpersonalgriefatbay.Theseentanglementsinspirepityorcon-demnation,buttheydonotinspireconfidenceinthenarrators.Alltoosoon,wecometodistrusttheirreserveddignityandbegintoreadbetweenthelines.InWhenWeWereOrphans,thenarratorhimselfengagesinsuchareadin
4、gofalettersenttohimbyaformerfriend:"Perhapsitwasmyhopethat...Iwoulddiscoverinthoseratherfor-mal,almostblandlypleasantlines,somehithertohiddendimension.Butinfactthelettercontinuestoyielduplittlemorethanthebarebonesofherlife."Ishiguro'snarratorsaremastersofpreciselysuch"formal,almostblandlypleasan
5、tlines."Butthey,unlikethisletter,doallowforglimpsesintosome"hiddendimension,"awholecomplexofhistoricalguiltandpersonaltraumathatgivestheirrestraintitsrichandresonantundertones.Atfirstglance,Ishiguro'smostrecentnovel.NeverLetMeGo,seemstoproceedinasimilarvein.Itfeaturesanarratorwhore-membersalostt
6、ime,themanyyearsspentataboardingschool,Hailsham.Asshedriftscalmlyfrommemorytomemory,wegetthedistinctsensethatsomethingishiddenfromourview,thatsome34MARTINPUCHNER•35deeplyseatedtraumaorguiltmightemergeinbetweenthesebland-lypleasantHnes.ThegreatsurpriseIshigurohasinstoreforusistliatthistimenothing
7、ishiddenorrepressed.ItturnsoutthatIshigurohasputhischaracteristicstyletoanewuse:creatinganarratorwhosefeatureisasingular,anddeeplyunsetthng,blandness.Thebland-ness,here,isnottheproductofrestraint.Rather,ittakestheformofthech
