但兒子終于背棄了父親,執(zhí)意畫畫。老畫家和他的畫家?guī)煾钢g用了燈籠,石黑一雄為畫家們打上了浮華的蕩漾的光。書中有兩段華麗的光影描寫,和畫家外孫之間相對簡單的電燈,畫家父親之間的蠟燭不同,這時(shí)光線之變,波譎云詭,那樣的光投射在思緒糾結(jié)的藝術(shù)家的身上,從視覺上來說,他們也真的是The Artists of the Floating World。
Kazuo is a genius in using dialogue to develop a story that's not even a story. It's quiet and peaceful, it's ambiguous but you can always get the right feeling.