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1、BLOODMERIDIANORTHEEVENINGREDNESSINTHEWESTCORMACMcCARTHYCormacMcCarthyistheauthorofTheOrchardKeeper,OuterDark,ChildofGod,Suttree,BloodMeridian,andAllthePrettyHorses,whichwontheNationalBookAwardandtheNationalBookCriticsCircleAward.Theauthorwishestothankth
2、eLyndhurstFoundation,theJohnSimonGuggenheimMemorialFoundation,andtheJohnD.andCatherineT.MacArthurFoundation.HealsowishestoexpresshisappreciationtoAlbertErskine,hiseditoroftwentyyears.Yourideasareterrifyingandyourheartsarefaint.Youractsofpityandcrueltyar
3、eabsurd,committedwithnocalm,asiftheywereirre춖istible.Finally,youfearbloodmoreandmore.Bloodandtime.paul?valeryItisnottobethoughtthatthelifeofdark춏essissunkinmiseryandlostasifinsorrow춊ng.Thereisnosorrowing.Forsorrowisathingthatisswallowedupindeath,anddeat
4、handdyingaretheverylifeofthedarkness.JACOB젨?BOEHMEClark,wholedlastyear'sexpeditiontotheAfarregionofnorthernEthiopia,andUCBerkeleycolleagueTimD.White,alsosaidthatare-examinationofa3OO,ooo-year-oldfossilskullfoundinthesameregionearliershowsevidenceofhavin
5、gbeenscalped.THE?YUMA?DAILY?SUNJune13,1982IChildhoodinTennessee-Runsaway-NewOrleans-Fights-Isshot-ToGalveston-Nacogdoches-TheReverendGreen-JudgeHolden-Anaffray-Toadvine-Burningofthehotel-Escape.Seethechild.Heispaleandthin,hewearsathinandraggedlinenshirt
6、.Hestokesthesculleryfire.Outsideliedarkturnedfieldswithragsofsnowanddarkerwoodsbeyondthatharboryetafewlastwolves.Hisfolkareknownforhewersofwoodanddrawersofwaterbutintruthhisfatherhasbeenaschoolmaster.Heliesindrink,hequotesfrompoetswhosenamesarenowlost.T
7、heboycrouchesbythefireandwatcheshim.Nightofyourbirth.Thirty-three.TheLeonidstheywerecalled.Godhowthestarsdidfall.Ilookedforblackness,holesintheheavens.TheDipperstove.Themotherdeadthesefourteenyearsdidincubateinherownbosomthecreaturewhowouldcarryheroff.T
8、hefatherneverspeakshername,thechilddoesnotknowit.Hehasasisterinthisworldthathewillnotseeagain.Hewatches,paleandunwashed.Hecanneitherreadnorwriteandinhimbroodsalreadyatasteformindlessviolence.Allhistorypresentinthatvisage,thechild