石黑一雄快问快答｜普鲁斯特问卷
关于破旧的吉他生活，日本电影和美味蛋糕
中文版
1. 你对完美幸福的看法是什么？
在英式茶室里坐下来与我的妻子、朋友，
甚至是一个有趣的陌生人悠闲地交谈；好蛋糕必不可少。
2. 你最痛恨别人的什么特质？
对餐馆服务员不愉快的冲动。
3. 你最珍惜的财产是什么？
我的 1986 年 Martin HD28 原声吉他，尽管它有两个大裂缝和一根顶部琴弦总是嗡嗡作响。
4. 你现在的心态是什么？
倒时差、迷雾重重，但渴望构思一部新小说或电影。好莱坞最大赛事指南。
5. 你最大的遗憾是什么？
五岁离开日本后没有继续学好我的日语，
如果能在没有字幕的情况下观看伟大的日本电影，那就太好了。
6. 你在什么情况下说谎？
当有人让我猜猜他们几岁时。
7. 你不喜欢自己的外表是什么？
这些天，我注意到我的一侧脸看起来比另一侧差很多。
如果它们更平等，即使两者都很糟糕，生活也会简单得多，平衡得多。
8. 什么或谁是你生命中最伟大的爱？
我的妻子，罗娜；我的女儿，内奥米，文学、电影，流行音乐。
9. 你认为你最大的成就是什么？
我们的婚姻-37 年还在继续；
我的小说 Never Let Me Go 和 The Remains of the Day。
10. 你最想拥有哪种才能？
我喜欢像 Bill Evans 或 Keith Jarrett 那样弹奏爵士钢琴。
11. 如果你能改变关于你自己的一件事，那会是什么？
我一直梦想有第二个胃，可以装在袋子里随身携带，当我在餐馆坐下时，
可以把它贴在我真正的胃上。那样的话，我可以吃很多东西，而且体重不会增加。
12. 你最喜欢的作家是谁？
陀思妥耶夫斯基、卡夫卡、夏洛蒂·勃朗特、简·奥斯汀。
我们这个时代的村上隆、科马克·麦卡锡、加布里埃尔·加西亚·马尔克斯。
Elizabeth Strout 和 Mariana Enriquez，对我来说都是最近的重要发现。
13. 你想在哪里生活？
如果我们不得不搬家，维也纳对我来说没问题。
他们的咖啡馆很棒，你可以在里面闲逛几个小时，而不会有人来找你的麻烦。
14. 谁是你最喜欢的小说英雄？
书中的夏洛克·福尔摩斯。
电视上的科伦坡中尉。
15. 你最喜欢的名字是什么？
我喜欢以地名作为教名的：印第安纳琼斯、明尼苏达胖子、上海百合；
也就是说，很难击败“Big Bill Broonzy”。
16. 谁是你现实生活中的英雄？
鲍勃·迪伦、琼妮·米切尔、吉莲·韦尔奇、伦纳德·科恩；对于我们这一代人，纳尔逊·曼德拉树立了至高无上的榜样，不仅说明了如何为更美好的世界而战，也说明了如何以正义和体面的方式进行统治。
17. 你最不喜欢的是什么？
牙线容器是不透明的，因此牙线会在您最需要的时候毫无征兆地用完。
18. 你想怎么死？
就像电影 Ride the High Country 结尾处 Joel McCrea 的角色一样。 （他说了一些关于“合理地进入他的房子”的话，坐起来最后看了一眼风景，然后心满意足地滚出画面。）或者像我们电影《生之欲》结尾处比尔·奈伊的角色。
英文版
Kazuo Ishiguro Answers the Proust Questionnaire
The Nobel laureate and screenwriter of Living
on well-worn guitars, Japanese films, and good cake.
BY VANITY FAIR｜MARCH 9, 2023
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Sitting down to a leisurely conversation in an English tearoom with my wife, a friend, or even an interesting stranger. Good cake is essential.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
The urge to be unpleasant to waitstaff in restaurants.
What is your most treasured possession?
My 1986 Martin HD28 acoustic guitar, despite its two big cracks and a top string that always buzzes.
What is your current state of mind?
Jet-lagged, fogged out, but hungry to dream up a new novel or movie idea.A guide to Hollywood’s biggest races。
What is your greatest regret?
Not keeping up my Japanese after leaving Japan at age five. It would be wonderful to watch the great Japanese films without subtitles.
On what occasions do you lie?
When someone asks me to guess how old they are.
What do you dislike about your appearance?
These days, I’ve noticed one side of my face looks much worse than the other. If they were more equal, even if both were bad, life would be much simpler and more balanced.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My wife, Lorna. My daughter, Naomi. Literature, movies, popular music.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Our marriage—37 years and counting.
My novels Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day.
Which talent would you most like to have?
I’d love to play jazz piano in the style of Bill Evans or Keith Jarrett.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I always dreamt of having a second stomach I could carry around in a bag, which I could attach to my real stomach when I sat down in restaurants. That way, I could eat a huge amount, never gaining weight.
Who are your favorite writers?
Dostoyevsky, Kafka, Charlotte Brontë, Jane Austen. From our own era, Murakami, Cormac McCarthy, Gabriel García Márquez. Elizabeth Strout and Mariana Enriquez are both important recent discoveries for me.
Where would you like to live?
If we had to move, Vienna would be okay for me. Their cafés are wonderful and you can hang out in them for hours without anyone coming to give you a hard time.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Sherlock Holmes in books. Lieutenant Columbo on TV.
What are your favorite names?
I like ones with a place name as the given name: Indiana Jones, Minnesota Fats, Shanghai Lily. That said, it’s hard to beat “Big Bill Broonzy.”
Who are your heroes in real life?
Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Gillian Welch, Leonard Cohen. For my generation, Nelson Mandela laid down the supreme example not only of how to fight for a better world, but how to rule with justice and decency.
What is it that you most dislike?
Dental floss containers that are opaque, so the floss runs out on you without warning just when you most need it.
How would you like to die?
Like Joel McCrea’s character at the end of the movie Ride the High Country. (He says something about “entering his house justified,” sits up to take a last look at the scenery, then rolls contentedly out of the frame.) Or like Bill Nighy’s character at the end of our film Living.
