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1、COSMOPOLISCOSMOPOLISCOSMOPOLISANOVELANOVELANOVELDONDELILLOSCRIBNERNewYorkLondonTorontoSydneySingaporeThisbookisaworkoffiction.Names,characters,places,andincidentseitherareproductsoftheauthor'simaginationorareusedfictitiously.Anyresemblancetoactualeventsorlocalesorpersons,livingordead,isentirelyc
2、oincidental.Copyright(c)2003byDonDeLilloISBN0-7432-4424-9PART0NEINTHEYEAR2000ADayinApril1Sleepfailedhimmoreoftennow,notonceortwiceaweekbutfourtimes,five.Whatdidhedowhenthishappened?Hedidnottakelongwalksintothescrollingdawn.Therewasnofriendhelovedenoughtoharrowwithacall.Whatwastheretosay?Itwasama
3、tterofsilences,notwords.Hetriedtoreadhiswayintosleepbutonlygrewmorewakeful.Hereadscienceandpoetry.Helikedsparepoemssitedminutelyinwhitespace,ranksofalphabeticstrokesburntintopaper.Poemsmadehimconsciousofhisbreathing.Apoembaredthemomenttothingshewasnotnormallypreparedtonotice.Thiswasthenuanceofev
4、erypoem,atleastforhim,atnight,theselongweeks,onebreathafteranother,intherotatingroomatthetopofthetriplex.Hetriedtosleepstandinguponenight,inhismeditationcell,butwasn'tnearlyadeptenough,monkenoughtomanagethis.Hebypassedsleepandroundedintocounterpoise,amoonlesscalminwhicheveryforceisbalancedbyanot
5、her.Thiswasthebriefestofeasings,asmallpauseinthestirofrestlessidentities.Therewasnoanswertothequestion.Hetriedsedativesandhypnoticsbuttheymadehimdependent,sendinghiminwardintightspirals.Everyactheperformedwasself-hauntedandsynthetic.Thepalestthoughtcarriedananxiousshadow.Whatdidhedo?Hedidnotcons
6、ultananalystinatallleatherchair.Freudisfinished,Einstein'snext.HewasreadingtheSpecialTheorytonight,inEnglishandGerman,butputthebookaside,finally,andlaycompletelystill,tryingtosummonthewilltospeakthesinglewordthatwouldturnoffthelights.Nothingexistedaroundhim.Therewasonlythenoiseinhishead,themindi
7、ntime.Whenhediedhewouldnotend.Theworldwouldend.Hestoodatthewindowandwatchedthegreatdaydawn.Theviewwasacrossbridges,narrowsandsoundsandoutpasttheboroughsandtoothpastesuburbsintomeasuresoflandmassandskythatcouldonlybecalledthe
