Unit18Beauty【导读】《百年孤独》内容复杂，人物众多，情节离奇，手法新颖。马尔克斯在书中溶汇了南美洲特有的五彩缤纷的文化。他通过描写小镇马孔多的产生、兴盛到衰落、消亡，表现了拉丁美洲令人惊异的疯狂历史。让我们通过下面的节选了解一下。OneHundredYearsofSolitudeAurelianodidnotunderstanduntilthenhowmuchhelovedhisfriends,howmuchhemissedthem,andhowmuchhewouldhavegiventobewiththematthatmoment.Heputthechildinthebasketthathismotherhadpreparedforhim,coveredthefaceofthecorpsewithablanket,andwanderedaimlesslythroughthetown,searchingforanentrancethatwentbacktothepast.Heknockedatthedoorofthepharmacy,wherehehadnotvisitedlately,andhefoundacarpentershop.Theoldwomanwhoopenedthedoorwithalampinherhandtookpityonhisdeliriumandinsistedthat,no,therehadneverbeenapharmacythere,norhadsheeverknownawomanwithathinneckandsleepyeyesnamedMercedes.Hewept,leaninghisbrowagainstthedoorofthewiseCatalonian'sformerbookstore,consciousthathewaspayingwithhistardysobsforadeaththathehadrefusedtoweepforontimesoasnottobreakthespelloflove.HesmashedhisfistsagainstthecementwallofTheGoldenChild,callingforPilarTernera,indifferenttotheluminousorangedisksthatwerecrossingtheskyandthatsomanytimesonholidaynightshehadcontemplatedwithchildishfascinationfromthecourtyardofthecurlews.InthelastopensalonofthetumbledownredlightdistrictanaccordiongroupwasplayingthesongsofRafaelEscalona,thebishop'snephew,heirtothesecretsofFranciscotheMan.Thebartender,whohadawitheredandsomewhatcrumpledarmbecausehehadraiseditagainsthismother,invitedAurelianotohaveabottleofcaneliquor,andAurelianothenboughthimone.Thebartenderspoketohimaboutthemisfortuneofhisarm.Aurelianospoketohimaboutthemisfortuneofhisheart,witheredandsomewhatcrumpledforhavingbeenraisedagainsthissister.TheyendedupweepingtogetherandAurelianofeltforamomentthatthepainwasover.ButwhenhewasaloneagaininthelastdawnofMacondo,heopeneduphisarmsinthemiddleofthesquare,readytowakeupthewholeworld,andheshoutedwithallhismight：“Friendsareabunchofbastards！？”Nigromantarescuedhimfromapoolofvomitandtears.Shetookhimtoherroom,cleanedhimup,madehimdrinkacupofbroth.Thinkingthatitwouldconsolehim,shetookapieceofcharcoalanderasedtheinnumerablelovesthathestillowedherfor,andshevoluntarilybroughtupherownmostsolitarysadnessessoasnottoleavehimaloneinhisweeping.Whenheawoke,afteradullandbriefsleep,Aurelianorecoveredtheawarenessofhisheadache.Heopenedhiseyesandrememberedthechild.百年孤独(节选)直到此刻，奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚才感到自己多么热爱自己的朋友们，多么需要他们，为了在这一瞬间能和他们相处一起，他是愿意付出任何代价的。他把婴儿安放在阿玛兰塔·乌苏娜生前准备的摇篮里，又用被子蒙住死者的脸，然后就独自在空旷的小镇上踯躅寻找通往昔日的小径。他先是敲那家药房的门。他已经好久没来这儿了，发现药房所在地变成了木器作坊，给他开门的是一个老太婆，手里提着一盏灯。她深表同情地原谅他敲错了门，但执拗地肯定说，这儿不是药房，从来不曾有过药房，她有生以来从没见过一个名叫梅尔塞德斯的、脖子纤细、睡眼惺忪的女人。当他把额头靠在博学的加泰隆尼亚人昔日的书店门上时，禁不住啜泣起来，他懊悔自己当初不愿摆脱爱情的迷惑，没能及时为博学的加泰隆尼亚人的逝世哀悼，如今只能献上一串串悔恨的眼泪。他又挥动拳头猛击“金童”的水泥围墙，不住地呼唤着皮拉·苔列娜。此时，他根本没有注意到天上掠过一长列闪闪发光的橙黄色小圆盘，而他过去曾在院子里怀着儿童的天真，不知多少次观看过这种小圆盘。在荒芜的妓院区里，在最后一个完好无损的沙龙里，几个拉手风琴的正在演奏弗兰西斯科人的秘密继承者...
