We are deeply saddened to hear about the death of Alice Munro.
Munro's incomparable empathy for her characters, the depth of her understanding of human nature, and the grace and surprise of her narrative will forever secure her as one of the world’s greatest and most cherished writers.
‘Among writers themselves, her name is spoken in hushed tones’.
Margaret Atwood, From the introduction of Carried Away: A Personal Selection of Stories selected by Alice Munro
HPL Remembers beloved Canadian author, Alice Munro, who has passed at the age of 92.
Born in Wingham, Ontario, Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2013 and wrote 14 acclaimed short story collections over the span of her career. Search her literary works in our HPL catalogues.
"Alice Munro is a national treasure—a writer of enormous depth, empathy, and humanity whose work is read, admired, and cherished by readers throughout Canada and around the world."
- Penguin Random House Canada
Oct. 10, 2013
June 20, 2013
BOOKS
Alice Munro Says She Is Retiring
Alice Munro, the short story writer, is retiring from the writing life.
By Julie Bosman
PRINT EDITIONJune 21, 2013, Page C2
Dec. 10, 2014
BOOK REVIEW
‘Family Furnishings,’ Selected Stories by Alice Munro
Alice Munro’s later stories seem driven by a pure curiosity about other people’s journeys through life.
By Terrence Rafferty
PRINT EDITIONThe Passing World|December 14, 2014, Page BR18
May 15
OPINION
- Jan. 31
Canadian short-story writer and Nobel prize winner Alice Munro has died aged 92.
Margaret Atwood once called her “among the major writers of English fiction of our time,’’ while Jonathan Franzen once wrote: “[Munro] is one of the handful of writers, some living, most dead, whom I have in mind when I say that fiction is my religion.”
Born in 1931 to a family of fox and poultry farmers living outside Wingham, Ontario, Munro went to university on a scholarship and studied for two years before moving to Vancouver with her first husband, James Munro, in 1951.
During this time – when she had to ask her husband for money to buy groceries – Munro began to write whenever her daughters were asleep, keeping the pieces short because it was too hard to concentrate for extended periods.
Her stories were soon being published in Canadian magazines and in 1968 the New York Times used them as evidence that the short story was “alive and well in Canada”.
Dance of the Happy Shades was praised for its “sympathetic vibration with the farmers and townspeople who live there”, and for Munro’s “refreshing strategy” of providing more questions than answers.
For Atwood, “few writers have explored such processes more thoroughly, and more ruthlessly” than Munro: “Hands, chairs, glances – all are part of an intricate inner map strewn with barbed wire and booby traps, and secret paths through the shrubbery.”
AS Byatt, a longstanding admirer, described how Munro stretched and challenged the genre. ‘’Not only does she consistently wrongfoot the reader, overturning our expectations of characters and their actions, but she melds several narrative strands together, bringing into one tale several plots.’’
Munro’s reputation continued to grow as her stories grew in scope and complexity and she won the Man Booker International prize in 2009 and the Nobel prize in literature in 2013.
‘’I have been writing personal stories all my life. I hope they are a good read. I hope they move people. When I like a story it’s because it does something … a blow to the chest.”
陳思宏
當兵那一年十個月，我認真讀Alice Munro。當時最愛的是Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage，後來台灣譯本我立刻買下，譯者是我的大偶像張讓，當時台譯本叫做《感情遊戲》，偶像翻譯偶像，我整個瘋掉。後來木馬出新版本譯者則是王敏雯，書名改成《相愛還是相守》。兩版譯本都是我珍藏。對照兩譯本，天哪，這可以寫成論文。喜歡。
站衛兵是當兵的重要記憶，當時我服役的單位，站衛兵有營區大門口的陸戰隊負責，我們自己的內部單位則是在室內桌上執勤衛兵，一整天輪班。輪到我，我就是坐在在桌前讀書。讀書不違反任何紀律，但，當年在軍中讀書，已經是個奇怪的行為。而且，我讀Alice Munro，當年沒中文版，直接讀英文，更奇怪。這怪異的行為，幫我擋了不少奇怪的事。一位同袍跟我說，看到我在那張桌上讀英文書，就有一個奇怪的生人勿近氣場，大家看了會怕，不太敢接近。
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage是這本短篇小說集的一篇小說，是Munro作品當中，比較「戲劇化」的一篇，最後來個小翻轉，我當年讀到結局在桌上發出了小小尖叫。閱讀帶我離開當兵苦日子，覺得自由。當年就許願，這篇小說太適合拍成90分鐘電影了吧。
後來，果然拍成電影了，電影名稱叫做Hateship Loveship，我覺得電影拍得還不錯，casting不錯，Kristen Wiig的樣態很適合這個女主角。可惜電影似乎沒受到太多注目。我身為Munro迷，看完覺得還滿意。我是覺得影像調性溫度可以往下調，冷一點的話，藝術感強一點，更貼近Munro，但這是我挑惕。
所以聽到Munro的名字，就會想到當兵。這記憶跟很多作者牽連，例如Jonathan Franzen，他的The Corrections，我也是在軍中讀完，當年發願，以後一定要有辦法，想辦法，不管，我就是要試試看，寫出這種小說。還有R.E.M.的Reveal專輯，蘇慧倫的《戀戀真言》，都是購於屏東火車站前的唱片行，帶去營區聽，讀Munro，聽這兩張專輯。當年也是許願，退伍後有機會要去見R.E.M.，要去跟蘇慧倫說謝謝妳。有，這些願望，我都完成了。後來我在柏林Waldbühne聽了R.E.M.演唱會，他在舞台上秀他當天在柏林新買的trippen新鞋，全場萬名觀眾只有我歡呼，因為我也穿trippen鞋！真的，好多柏林人根本沒聽過這牌。在柏林影展當口譯，翻譯蘇慧倫，就請她在《戀戀真言》的CD上簽名，有，我有跟她說，謝謝妳，沒有妳，我怎麼自由呢？
當年倒是沒許下要親自見見Munro的願望。讀她的書，會有一種「別驚擾作者」的想像。
許願這怪事，似乎是有用的。但，要積極。所謂積極，讀更多書，繼續創作。對，我一路走到現在，真的發現，要成為自己想要變成的那個人，我必須要讀書看電影去劇場聽音樂去博物館。這些事，會帶我去我嚮往的宇宙。這說起來很怪，但這一切，都在我閱讀Munro那些時刻，心裡想到的，彷彿她拿書敲我的頭。當時24歲，未來一片霧。Munro跟我說了，人生就是苦啊，小鎮小地方小人物，邊陲地帶的人們，苦到一個地步，孤獨到一個地步，太值得寫小說了。
謝謝Alice Munro。謝謝妳，讓我自由。
。。。。
3月27日(周日)，我們作了三場錄影：雜談鄭明萱譯作《認識媒體》《青花瓷的故事》；戴明博士、劉振、高禩謹；紀念 ANDY GROVE 先生。劉振、高禩謹兩位是IE系的兼任老師和院長。
羅時瑋兄近20年前的作品： 《「築人間」讀後‧再看「境與象」》
http://arch.thu.edu.tw/thu_arch/teacherdata/shiweilo/other/06.htm
"......「境與象」很早就開始對媒體的討論(第3期-1971/8的《大眾媒體與建築》)....."，我正是在那期看過張玫玫翻譯的《》。
3月底在YouTube看到Mcluhan 在澳洲電視台作同名的訪談，心想，現在的學生多有福氣.....
世說新語: 夙惠- 」鞠愛過於所生- Chinese Text Project
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桓宣武薨，桓南郡年五歲，服始除，桓車騎與送故文武別，因指與南郡：「此皆汝家故吏佐。」玄應聲慟哭，酸感傍人。車騎每自目己坐曰：「靈寶成人，當以此坐還之。」鞠愛送故、酸感、鞠愛
世說新語: 夙惠- 」鞠愛過於所生- Chinese Text Project ctext.org/shi-shuo-xin-yu/su-hui?...”*鞠愛*過於所生 - Translate this page 桓宣武薨，桓南郡年五歲，服始除，桓車騎與送故文武別，因指與南郡：「此皆汝家故吏佐。」玄應聲慟哭，酸感傍人。車騎每自目己坐曰：「靈寶成人，當以此坐還之。」 鞠愛 酸感的意思是：悲傷感動。 ▷ 《南史‧孝義傳下‧陶季直》： “ 季直抱之号恸，闻者莫不酸感。” ... 鞠愛的意思是：寵愛；愛撫。 ▷ 南朝宋劉義慶《世說新語‧夙惠》 送故 1. 官吏過世、離職、升遷，屬吏斂錢相送，稱為「送故」。《南史．卷七○．循吏傳．范述曾傳》：「郡送故舊錢二十餘萬，一無所受，唯得白桐木火籠朴十餘枚而已。」南朝宋．劉義慶《世說新語．雅量》：「公東出，乘估客船，送故吏數人投錢唐亭住。」州郡官歿於任所，屬下佐吏護喪回里，稱為「送故」。南朝宋．劉義慶《世說新語．夙惠》：「桓宣武薨，桓南郡年五歲，服始陳，桓車騎與送故文武別。」
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「抽樣」是「科學」
高先生是台灣食品界的"良心" (有限定意義的說法)。他認為 「抽樣」是全屬「藝術」是偏見，建議他多讀戴明博士的書。 「抽樣」是「科學」，必須系統思考。 義美食品 「檢驗」是「科學」‧「抽樣」是「藝術」 「藝術」決定「科學」；弱勢最吃虧！ 『食品安全』只能靠檢驗嗎？ 誰心安？ 一、 隨著科學日新月異，檢驗技術不斷進步；「檢驗數據 精準度」已自ppm(百萬分之一)，提升到ppb(十億分之一)，更逐步提升至ppt (兆分之一)；非常精準，因此，「檢驗」是「科學」，無人可以否認！ 二、「要檢驗」必須要「先抽樣」；但是「抽樣」供檢驗，只要數百公克；因此，自數百公噸、甚至上千公噸的大儲存桶槽，如何抽取數百公克的「穀物‧油脂」樣品供檢驗，就成為「藝術」！自數十公斤的一箱「蔬菜‧水果」中，或自一甲農地中，抽樣供「農藥殘留」檢驗，也必然是一門「藝術」！ 直徑至少一、二十公尺以上、桶身也至少一、二十公尺以上的大桶槽，要自上層抽樣？ 自下層抽樣？ 自桶槽中心抽樣？自桶槽外圍抽樣？ 三、「科學檢驗證據」，大家無法懷疑；但是「抽樣藝術判斷」，則見仁見智！ 四、「法律規章」接受「科學檢驗證據」，卻無法規範「抽樣藝術判斷」；遺憾！ 五、「強者‧富者」玩得起「藝術」；「弱勢業者‧消費者‧農民」必然吃虧！ 高志明 敬筆 2016.04.05
梁實秋：譯者力求保存原作之標點符號。批判【青花瓷的故事】例
梁先生對於翻譯/教育的看法，很中肯。 梁實秋：莎士比亞 (全集) 例言 6點 第6點： 譯者力求保存原作之標點符號。 本文只討論"標點符號"，不談我們談的意思之翻譯。 The invasion of Korea by Hideyoshi (1592) meant suffering for all involved. 1 *Japan experienced humiliating defeat and serious casualties among its lordly class of daimyo* (lit. "great names") and their bands of sanurai letainers. Japan would not return in force to Korea until its stunning victory in the Russo-Japanese war of 1905 enabled it to take over the pninisula without opposition. 2 As a result of pouring men and money into aiding the Choson, the late Ming regine, already facing a financ... 更多 »
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這種電梯一百多年歷史。英國多多。我1977年第一次體驗：Incredible paternoster adventure at the University of Essex Albert Sloman library. WIKIPEDIA有詞條。
Paternoster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster Peter Ellis installed the first elevators that could be described as paternoster lifts .... Link to a tour of the University of Essex Albert Sloman library in England with ...
