通俗的爱情小说与爱情电影总是不厌其烦地描述重逢和偶遇的故事,那是因为这样的故事只能发生在小说和电影里面,所以作者们当然要好好发挥虚构叙事所赋予的特权。我曾听过一个老人的故事,他说他行船的原因很土,就是为了躲避重逢的机会,他以为只要上了船,日后就不再有令自己尴尬、伤心和崩溃的可能了。可是货轮才刚刚离岸(用康拉德的说法,只有当船完全看不到陆地之后,才算真正的“离岸”),他就开始沉痛思念陆地和地上的人。虽然明知不该后悔,但他还是后悔自己的鲁莽。他想:“我再也见不到那个人了。”然后,日复一日的令人倦怠的烦琐工作排遣了他的忧郁。直到货轮快要 Popular love stories and love movies always tire of describing the story of reunion and encounter, it is because such stories can only occur in novels and movies, so the authors of course, must give full play to the privileges conferred by the fictional narrative. I have heard an old man’s story. He said that his reason for traveling is to avoid reunification. He thought that as long as he got on board, there would be no possibility of embarrassment, sadness and collapse in the future. But the freighter was just off shore (in Conrad’s terms, “truly offshore” only when the ship was completely out of sight of the land) and he began to sorely miss the land and the ground. Although knowingly should not regret, but he still regret their recklessness. He thought: “I will not see that person anymore.” And then, day after day, the tiresome cumbersome work freed his melancholy. Until the freighter is about to