《一个干净明亮的地方》是海明威最成功的短篇小说之一。它情节简洁干净却不乏深度,发人深省,历来是评论家和文学爱好者讨论的热点。该篇的虚无主题体现了作者对人类生存境况的深切关怀。本文将从小说中的几个主要人物出发,探讨它对生活在“荒原”之上的现代人的启迪,思考面对终极的虚无我们所应抱持的人生态度。 “A Clean and Bright Place” is one of Hemingway’s most successful short stories. Its plot is concise and clean but no lack of depth, thought-provoking, has always been a hot discussion of critics and literary enthusiasts. The theme of nothingness reflects the author’s deep concern for the living conditions of mankind. Based on several main characters in this novel, this essay probes into its enlightenment to the modern people living above the “wilderness” and contemplates the attitude of life to which we should hold the ultimate nihility.