美国西亚裔文学作品选（美国亚裔文学研究丛书）

 

 
“美国亚裔文学研究丛书”是国内第一套最为完整的“美国亚裔文学”方面的系列丛书，由文学史、文学作品选、文学评论集、学术论著等组成。  

《美国西亚裔文学作品选》精选了35位美国西亚裔作家的作品，主要收录了黎巴嫩裔、叙利亚裔、伊朗裔、巴勒斯坦裔、阿富汗裔、伊拉克裔、土耳其裔等代表作家的经典作品和新兴作家的代表作品。作品选分为作者简介和作品选读两部分，选读部分一般选取的是每位作家的一至三部代表作品的节选，包括了多种体裁，如自传、小说、诗歌和散文等；作者简介提供作家的个人基本信息、创作经历、代表作和作品简要点评。我们希望帮助读者尽快了解作家及所选作品的中心思想与主要内容。  

郭英剑，中国人民大学“杰出学者”特聘教授，外国语学院教授（二级）、博士生导师。现任中国人民大学首都发展与战略研究院副院长。从2001到2020年，历任郑州大学外语学院副院长、常务副院长、中央民族大学外国语学院院长、中国人民大学外国语学院院长。主要从事英美文学、文学翻译、英语教育与高等教育研究。
国务院第八届外语学科评议组成员、教育部高校英语专业教学指导分委员会委员、享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家、国家首批“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家人选、全国模范教师。国家社科重大规划项目首席专家。

  
1. 阿米恩 · 雷哈尼 (Ameen Rihani, 1876—1940) ·······················································1  

The Book of Khalid ·····························································································2  

2. 卡里 · 纪伯伦 (Kahlil Gibran, 1883—1931)····························································6  

The Prophet (On Love)·······················································································7  

The Prophet (On Beauty)····················································································9  

3. 埃特尔 · 阿德南 (Etel Adnan, 1925—2021) ·························································· 11  

The Spring Flowers Own and the Manifestations of the Voyage  

(The Morning After My Death) ····································································12  

The Spring Flowers Own and the Manifestations of the Voyage  

(This Unfinished Business of My Childhood)··············································16  

4. 塞缪尔 · 约翰 · 哈佐 (Samuel John Hazo, 1928— ) ··············································20  

The Next Time We Saw Paris ············································································21  

Vigil ···················································································································22  

The Eyes of Lovers····························································································23  

5. 伊芙琳 · 莎基尔 (Evelyn Shakir, 1938–2010) ························································24  

Teaching Arabs, Writing Self: Memoirs of an Arab-American Woman ············25  

6. 马哈茂德 · 赛义德 (Mahmoud Saeed, 1939— ) ····················································30  

Ben Barka Lane·································································································31  

7. 纳希德 · 拉克林 (Nahid Rachlin, 1946— ) ····························································35  

Persian Girls: A Memoir···················································································36  

Foreigner···········································································································41  

8. 阿扎尔 · 纳菲西 (Azar Nafisi, 1948— ) ·································································47  

Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Book···················································48  

9. 法蒂梅 · 凯沙瓦兹 (Fatemeh Keshavarz, 1952— ) ················································52  

Jasmine and Stars:Reading more than Lolita in Tehran···································53  

10. 娜奥米 · 希哈布 · 奈 (Naomi Shihab Nye, 1952— ) ··············································56  

Fuel ···················································································································58  

So Much Happiness···························································································59  

Many Asked Me Not to Forget Them ································································60  

11. 艾芙 · 丽泰 · 克罗提尔 (Alev Lytle Croutier, 1954— ) ·········································61  

Seven Houses ····································································································62  

12. 马赫布 · 塞拉吉 (Mahbod Seraji, 1956— ) ····························································66  

Rooftops of Tehran ····························································································67  

13. 莫娜 · 辛普森 (Mona Simpson, 1957— ) ·······························································72  

Anywhere But Here ···························································································73  

14. 拉比 · 阿拉梅丁 (Rabih Alameddine, 1959— )······················································77  

An Unnecessary Woman····················································································78  

15. 黛安娜 · 阿布杰比 (Diana Abu-Jaber, 1960— ) ·····················································82  

Birds of Paradise·······························································································84  

Crescent·············································································································87  

16. 邓娅 · 米哈伊尔 (Dunya Mikhail, 1965— ) ···························································91  

The War Works Hard·························································································92  

The Iraqi Nights································································································94  

17. 卡勒德 · 胡赛尼 (Khaled Hosseini, 1965— ) ·························································99  

The Kite Runner······························································································100  

A Thousand Splendid Suns··············································································104  

And the Mountains Echoed ·············································································107  

18. 阿迪娜 · 霍夫曼 (Adina Hoffman, 1967— ) ························································ 113  

Sacred Trash: The Lost and Found World of the Cairo Geniza······················ 114  

19. 莫哈 · 卡夫 (Mohja Kahf, 1967— ) ······································································ 117  

The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf ······································································ 118  

20. 赛义德 · 赛拉菲扎德 (Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, 1968— ) ···········································123  

Brief Encounters With the Enemy ···································································124  

21. 扎伊纳布 · 萨尔比 (Zainab Salbi, 1969— ) ·························································131  

Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny:  

Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam·······················································132  

22. 伊曼 · 奎塔赫 (Eman Quotah, ?— )······································································138  

Bride of the Sea·······························································································139  

23. 阿莉亚 · 玛利克 (Alia Malek, 1974— ) ·······························································144  

The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria···································145  

24. 博罗切斯特 · 卡普尔 (Porochista Khakpour, 1978— ) ········································149  

Sons and Other Flammable Objects·······························································150  

25. 兰达 · 贾拉尔 (Randa Jarrar, 1978— ) ·································································155  

A Map of Home ·······························································································156  

26. 迪娜 · 纳耶里 (Dina Nayeri, 1979— ) ··································································160  

A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea··········································································161  

Refuge ·············································································································165  

27. 迪帕克 · 乌尼克里希南 (Deepak Unnikrishnan, 1980— ) ··································170  

Temporary People ···························································································171  

28. 斯蒂芬 · 卡拉姆 (Stephen Karam, 1980— ) ·························································177  

The Humans····································································································178  

29. 阿提娅 · 阿巴维 (Atia Abawi, 1982— ) ·······························································182  

The Secret Sky: A Novel of Forbidden Love in Afghanistan ···························183  

A Land of Permanent Goodbyes ·····································································187  

30. 迪玛 · 阿尔扎亚特 (Dima Alzayat, ?— )······························································192  

Alligator··········································································································193  

31. 伊斯梅尔 · 哈立迪 (Ismail Khalidi, 1982— ) ······················································199  

Tennis in Nablus······························································································200  

32. 阿萨琳 · 范德维里耶 · 欧卢米 (Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi, 1983— ) ··········204  

Call Me Zebra·································································································205  

Fra Keeler·······································································································209  

33. 萨米尔 · 尤尼斯 (Samir Younis, 1985— ) ····························································213  

Browntown ······································································································214  

34. 贝蒂 · 沙米耶 (Betty Shamieh, 1986— ) ······························································219  

Territories········································································································220  

35. 阿曼尼 · 阿尔 - 哈塔贝 (Amani al-Khatahtbeh, 1992— )····································225  

Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age ·······································································226  

  
所谓“美国西亚裔文学”，是指具有西亚各国血统的美国人（即西亚裔）用英语创作的文学作品。这里的西亚裔不仅指在美国出生的有西亚裔血统的移民，也包括在美国本土以外出生后来到美国的移民作家（包括成年之后的移民者），如雷哈尼、纪伯伦、阿扎尔 · 纳菲西等。“美国西亚裔文学”的题材不仅局限于反映西亚裔在美国的经历，也可以是关于西亚地区乃至世界的故事。  
“美国西亚裔文学”无疑是“美国亚裔文学”版图中不可或缺的一部分，它在一百多年的发展历程中不断壮大。“美国西亚裔文学”最初主要反映西亚移民族群的形成和发展历史，随着西亚地区国际局势的发展变化和西亚裔移民大量涌入美国，美国西亚裔文学开始蓬勃发展。现在，“美国西亚裔文学”已经成为观察美国社会历史与现实的平台之一，有助于人们了解这个国家在短短历史中所发生的许多重大变化，以及西亚裔移民在美国的生活经历和文化思想，同时作为观照，也可促使我们进行自我文化反思。  
美国西亚裔的移民史可以追溯到 19、20 世纪之交。这一时期的移民主要来自被称为大叙利亚或黎巴嫩山的地区，代表性作家包括 19 世纪后期的阿米恩 · 雷哈尼和卡里 · 纪伯伦。雷哈尼被认为是美国阿拉伯裔文学的奠基人，他 1911 年出版的《哈立德之书》奠定了美国阿拉伯裔叙事文学的传记性传统。  
20 世纪 60 年代以后，随着民权运动、女权运动等多元文化思潮的风起云涌，“美国西亚裔文学”得到了长足的发展，尤其是 20 世纪 80 年代以来，“美国西亚裔文学”的影响力日趋显著，代表作家有埃特尔 · 阿德南、娜奥米 · 希哈布 · 奈等。