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荒诞人生: Absurd Life
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Publisher Price: $36.95
Publisher: Bouden House 博登书屋
Published: Jun 7 2026
Pages: 402
Weight: 1.18
Height: 0.89 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: Chinese
《荒诞人生》这部纪实文学作品，是作者刘有权先生在耄耋之年用顽强的毅力写成的，该书一共四十章，27万多字。全书以我为主人公，从降生人世开始记述，诠释了作者及其家族几十年的风雨人生、坎坷经历，由此管中窥豹、滴水映日，反映了中国大陆八十多年来，社会、政治、经济的发展变革状况。我有幸编辑这部作品在《故人旧事2020》网刊上发表，感到无比荣幸。刘老先生已84岁高龄，有如此旺盛的精力写出如此恢弘大气的作品，实属难能可贵。
从这部作品中我认识了一个全面的刘有权先生，由衷地为他这种坚忍不拔、奋力抗争、为坚持真理不畏强权、不向权势低头的精神所折服。刘老先生是一个为人厚道、谦和的人，他在文学和音乐方面已有建树，出了很多作品。从他的诗歌、音乐作品中可以看出，刘老先生博学多才，广泛汲取了中外文学艺术的丰富营养。这部作品在乡土叙事、现实主义、民族形式等众多方面，继承和发展了传统中国文学。我不仅越来越深切地折服于他在文学上令人惊叹的旺盛想象力和创造力，也越来越强烈地被他身上表现出的谦卑和顽强的品格所感染。
我发现，刘老的谦卑绝不仅是一种为人处世的美德或姿态，这种谦卑使他获得了一种观察社会和现实的独特方式；他还把这种谦卑自觉地渗透到他的写作之中，使作品在构思和艺术处理上没有故弄玄虚地玩弄文字游戏，整部作品叙述干净利索，毫不拖泥带水。
作者的经历跨越抗日战争、内战、饥荒、大跃进、文革，直至改革开放各个时期。在数次运动中，作者曾因管不住自己的嘴，特别是在被冠以破坏三面红旗的罪名后，面临灭顶之灾的关键时刻，是好心的政治辅导员偷偷写匿名信通风报信，他放弃川外学业逃往新疆，这是他命运的转折点。之后，他经历了常人不能忍受的人生磨难，也是因为管不住自己的嘴，招致牢狱之灾。进入新时期后，命运总是不眷顾他，多次与转正吃皇粮的机会擦肩
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