内容简介

　　萨瓦托在暮年之时写下这本小书，虽说是回忆录，却并没有完整地呈现他从天才物理学家到拉美文学巨擘的一生，而更像是对年轻后辈的言传身教。我们可以从中体味，一位真正的人文学者的思想脉络——体察“存在”等哲学命题时的艰难，对苦难大众之真诚深切的同情。尽管展示了诸多苦难，但萨瓦托的笔调是激昂的，他希望我们无论在如何绝境中，都能够行动起来，和同样张开双臂的人一起，等待新的历史浪潮。

　　作者简介

　　作者简介

　　埃内斯托·萨瓦托（Ernesto Sabato，1911—2011)，阿根廷著名作家、画家、物理学家，1984年塞万提斯文学奖获得者。代表作有“心理小说三部曲”（《隧道》《英雄与坟墓》《毁灭者亚巴顿》）、回忆录《终了之前》等。

　　译者简介

　　侯健，1987年生，文学博士、西安外国语大学欧洲学院西班牙语系副教授、拉丁美洲研究中心负责人、中国拉丁美洲学会理事、中国翻译协会专家会员、文学翻译者。著有Historia de la traducción de la literatura hispánica en China(1915-2020)（《西语文学汉译史（1915-2020）》）；译有《从马尔克斯到略萨：回溯“文学爆炸”》《普林斯顿文学课》《五个街角》《科幻精神》《萨拉米斯的士兵》《33场革命》，以及《饥饿》（合译）、《书店漫游》（合译）、《最后假期》（合译）等书。

Content introduction

Written in the twilight of his life, Salvatore's little book, though a memoir, does not give a complete account of his rise from gifted physicist to Latin American literary giant. It is more like an instruction to a younger generation. We can appreciate the thought of a true humanist scholar - the difficulty of examining philosophical propositions such as "existence", and the sincere and deep sympathy for the suffering masses. Despite showing a lot of suffering, but Salvatore's tone is passionate, he hopes that no matter how desperate, we can act, and with the same open arms, waiting for a new wave of history.

About the author

About the author

Ernesto Sabato (1911-2011) was an Argentine writer, painter, and physicist who won the 1984 Cervantes Prize for Literature. His works include a trilogy of psychological novels (Tunnels, Heroes and Graves, Abaddon the Destroyer) and a memoir, Before the End.

Translator's introduction

Hou Jian, born in 1987, Doctor of Literature, Associate Professor of the Department of Spanish, School of European Studies, Xi 'an International Studies University, Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, director of the Chinese Latin American Society, expert member of the Translation Association of China, and literary translator. He is the author of Historia de la traduccion de la literatura hispanica en China(1915-2020) (History of Chinese Translation of Spanish Literature (1915-2020)). He has translated from Marquez to Llosa: Back to the "Literary Explosion", Princeton Literature Class, The Five Corners, The Spirit of Science Fiction, The Soldiers of Salamis, 33 Revolutions, as well as Hunger (co-translation), Bookstore Tour (co-translation), and The Last Vacation (co-translation).