村上春树在耶路撒冷文学奖上的演讲词goodevening.ihavecometojerusalemtodayasanovelist，whichistosayasaprofessionalspinneroflies.ofcourse，novelistsarenottheonlyoneswhotelllies.politiciansdoit，too，asweallknow.diplomatsandgeneralstelltheirownkindsofliesonoccasion，asdousedcarsalesmen，butchersandbuilders.theliesofnovelistsdifferfromothers，however，inthatnoonecriticizesthenovelistasimmoralfortellinglies.indeed，thebiggerandbetterhisliesandthemoreingeniouslyhecreatesthem，themoreheislikelytobepraisedbythepublicandthecritics.whyshouldthatbe。myanswerwouldbethis：namely，thatbytellingskilfullies--whichistosay，bymakingupfictionsthatappeartobetrue--thenovelistcanbringatruthouttoanewplaceandshineanewlightonit.inmostcases，itisvirtuallyimpossibletograspatruthinitsoriginalformanddepictitaccurately.thisiswhywetrytograbitstailbyluringthetruthfromitshidingplace，transferringittoafictionallocation，andreplacingitwithafictionalform.inordertoaccomplishthis，however，wefirsthavetoclarifywherethetruth-lieswithinus，withinourselves.thisisanimportantqualificationformakingupgoodlies.today，however，ihavenointentionoflying.iwilltrytobeashonestasican.thereareonlyafewdaysintheyearwhenidonotengageintellinglies，andtodayhappenstobeoneofthem.soletmetellyouthetruth.injapanafairnumberofpeopleadvisedmenottocomeheretoacceptthejerusalemprize.someevenwarnedmetheywouldinstigateaboycottofmybooksificame.thereasonforthis，ofcourse，wasthefiercefightingthatwasragingingaza.theu.n.reportedthatmorethanathousandpeoplehadlosttheirlivesintheblockadedcityofgaza，manyofthemunarmedcitizens--childrenandoldpeople.anynumberoftimesafterreceivingnoti---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---ceoftheaward，iaskedmyselfwhethertravelingtoisraelatatimelikethisandacceptingaliteraryprizewastheproperthingtodo，whetherthiswouldcreatetheimpressionthatisupportedonesideintheconflict，thatiendorsedthepoliciesofanationthatchosetounleashitsoverwhelmingmilitarypower.neither，ofcourse，doiwishtoseemybookssubjectedtoaboycott.finally，however，aftercarefulconsideration，imadeupmymindtocomehere.onereasonformydecisionwasthatalltoomanypeopleadvisedmenottodoit.perhaps，likemanyothernovelists，itendtodotheexactoppositeofwhatiamtold.ifpeoplearetellingme--andespeciallyiftheyarewarningme--“don’tgothere，〞“don’tdothat，〞itendtowantto“gothere〞and“dothat〞。it’sinmynature，youmightsay，asanovelist.novelistsareaspecialbreed.theycannotgenuinelytrustanythingtheyhavenotseenwiththeirowneyesortouchedwiththeirownhands.andthatiswhyiamhere.ichosetocomehereratherthanstayaway.ichosetoseeformyselfratherthannottosee.ichosetospeaktoyouratherthantosaynothing.pleasedoallowmetodeliveramessage，oneverypersonalmessage.itissomethingthatialwayskeepinmindwhileiamwritingfiction.ihavenevergonesofarastowriteitonapieceofpaperandpasteittothewall：rather，itiscarvedintothewallofmymind，anditgoessomethinglikethis：“betweenahigh，solidwallandaneggthatbreaksagainstit，iwillalwaysstandonthesideoftheegg.〞yes，nomatterhowrightthewallmaybeandhowwrongtheegg，iwillstandwiththeegg.someoneelsewillhavetodecidewhatisrightandwhatiswrong;perhapstimeorhistorywilldoit.butiftherewereanovelistwho，forwhateverreason，wroteworksstandingwiththewall，ofwhatvaluewouldsuchworksbe。whatisthemeaningofthismetaphor。insomecases，itisalltoosimpleandclear.b...