带有浓厚魔幻主义色彩的2022年布克奖小说

《The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida》

This is a work with strong magical realism elements.

这是一部带有浓厚魔幻主义色彩的作品。

The protagonist Maali is a war photographer, gambler, and a gay with a dark past. The story begins with his depiction of arriving at the reincarnation place in heaven after his death in 1990. 

主人公Maali是位战地摄影师，赌徒，深柜荡男。故事开篇，便是描写他于1990年死后来到天上的转世投胎处的情形。

At this point, he has only 7 days to find out the cause of his death. And this process of exploration also exposes the bloody, terrifying, and complex civil war situation in Sri Lanka since 1983 to the world.

此时，他只剩下七天时间来找出自己的死因。而这一探寻的过程，也将自1983年起，斯里兰卡血腥，可怖，错综复杂的内战情形揭露于世人眼前。

In the face of the many real characters, times, places, and parties mentioned in the book, I searched for their related information online again and again due to the limitation of my knowledge, but it is not a difficult work at all. 

面对书中提及的许多真实人物，时间，地点与党派，我一次次在电脑上搜寻其相关资料。知识上的局限性虽给阅读造成了不小的难度，但这完全不是一本艰涩的作品。

The story is full of the protagonist's humorous self-ridicule and satire; the plot is designed with various whimsical ideas; the deep exploration of the meaning of life, death, and the afterlife is contained in the text. 

故事满含主人公幽默的自嘲与嘲讽；情节设定上是各种奇思妙想；文内有对生命的意义，死亡及来世的深刻探讨。

The author portrays both the ugliest and dirtiest side of Sri Lanka and its serene and beautiful appearance, which may be hidden in the nature unaffected by the war, or manifested in the companionship of the protagonist and his loved ones.

作者笔下既有斯里兰卡最丑陋肮脏的一面，也有其恬静美好的模样。而后者或是藏在未被战乱影响的大自然里，或是显现于主人公与知己，挚爱相伴之时。 

The ending of the story is unexpected but seems reasonable: after experiencing a series of storms, Maali's soul is still an ordinary person, and Sri Lanka has not undergone earth-shattering changes due to his photographic works. 

故事结局出人意料，又似乎在情理之中：Maali的灵魂经历了一系列风波之后，他依然只是个普通人，斯里兰卡并没有因他的摄影作品发生翻天覆地的变化。

Small Things Like These portrays a hero who is an ordinary person but determined to do something great. 

Small Things Like These塑造了一位【虽千万人，吾往矣】的小人物大英雄。

Similarly, in this work, the real ending is the same as that of an ordinary person. 

那么在这部作品里，写得便是这样一位小人物的现实结局。

But like Maali, I feel not powerless and despair, but the effort I have made.

但我的内心和Maali一样，感受到的不是无力与绝望，而是那付出的一切努力。