
𝙈𝙧𝙨. 𝙁𝙤𝙭 by Sarah Hall
【狐妻物語】
他不知道妻子怎麼了,她是個注重隱私的女人。自從她某天早晨異樣的不適後,她變得越來越不對勁。
這天,為了減緩妻子的不適,他們外出散步。然而,恍惚間,走在他前頭的妻子回首望向他。
「黃玉般的眼眸閃閃發亮。被陽光灼過的臉。」妻子化身成一隻母狐狸。
Sarah Hall 以充滿自然氣息的文字,譜寫一則關於變形與野性的寓言。在豐饒而原始的生命力之中,一個信奉理性的人,終究無法割捨他所深愛的那個獸性靈魂。
Walking ahead of him on the heath, his wife turns to look at him over her shoulder, ‘Topaz eyes glinting. Scorched face. Vixen.’
In language harvested from nature, Sarah Hall tells a story of metamorphosis, of wildness and fecundity, and of a man reaching for reason, who cannot let go of the creature he loves.