但兒子終于背棄了父親,執(zhí)意畫(huà)畫(huà)。老畫(huà)家和他的畫(huà)家?guī)煾钢g用了燈籠,石黑一雄為畫(huà)家們打上了浮華的蕩漾的光。書(shū)中有兩段華麗的光影描寫(xiě),和畫(huà)家外孫之間相對(duì)簡(jiǎn)單的電燈,畫(huà)家父親之間的蠟燭不同,這時(shí)光線之變,波譎云詭,那樣的光投射在思緒糾結(jié)的藝術(shù)家的身上,從視覺(jué)上來(lái)說(shuō),他們也真的是The Artists of the Floating World。
Kazuo is a genius in using dialogue to develop a story that's not even a story. It's quiet and peaceful, it's ambiguous but you can always get the right feeling.