NEWS & EVENTS 文化活動 Compiled by Sarah Jen-hui HSIANG 項人慧
PUBLICATIONS BY TAIPEI CHINESE PEN MEMBERS 會員新書
NOTES ON AUTHORS AND TRANSLATORS
作者與譯者簡介
APPENDIX : CHINESE ORIGINALS 附錄 :中文原著
2009 INDEX
FACING MOUNTAINS IN THE DISTANCE, NO. 3 千里碧山對之三, ceramic slab, 138 × 66 cm, 1994........................................................................Cover
RETURN FROM PARIS, NO. 6 巴黎歸來系列之六, ceramic slab,
52 × 72 cm, 1990..............Back Cover By SUN Chao 孫超
I want to die like a human being
I don’t want to go back to court for futile arguments anymore
I’ll sign any deposition without even reading it
I’ve resigned myself to my fate.
No need for 24-hour video surveillance of my cell
No need to charge someone with monitoring my every
move
It is true, every two weeks I write a letter asking for a
speedy execution
“I won’t stop till they put me to death.” Wiggling my legs,
I smile at my counselor
I insist they send my every letter, and then I wait for the
response
Without fail, after every letter they’ll search my room, I’m
well aware of that
If I had something to poison or strangle myself with, I
wouldn’t be writing these letters.
I’d have killed myself a long time ago
Is there really nothing here to commit suicide with?
I’m not allowed to die, but to put up with this torture—Not
my cup of tea.
Yes, it’s true what my fellow prisoners say.
Better to go soon, go out and get it over with.