後殖民食物與愛情

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後殖民食物與愛情
by 也斯
Editor: Oxford
ISBN-13: 9780195488920

Review:
這本小說無論從內容, 意念與手法對我個人來說都十分新鮮。主說的線軸不是傳統的開首，發展，高潮，結局，至少不是明顯的那種。人物的關係也不是主流最終歸一。相信作者是為了呈現現實的世相：人與人之間既有獨立的故事，但也會與他人互動。我是我故事的主角，也可以是你故事的配角。書中每個故事都獨立成篇，但每一篇的人物又出現另一篇，呈現城市社會的形形式式。
小說主旨基本是回歸後香港人（包括回歸前來港的外國人）的心理與生活的變化，透過食物來呈現。每一個故事都有自己的主旨，第一篇跟書同名，可算是本書的主軸，後幾篇表達形形式式的意念，內容比較鬆散，直至溫哥華的私房菜與後殖民食神的愛情故事，用老薜的說話與體會來表達本書的主旨，最後一篇相信是一個簡單的小結。如作者所言，人物之後也會繼續自己發展的。
我個人較為欣賞個別篇章與回歸後變化的描寫，但是故事是鬆散與曖昧，教人難以捉摸。難道這就是香港回歸後的心態景況？

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