《老年之書：思我生命之旅 》The Oxford Book of Aging： Reflections on the Journey of Life

時間、 記憶與愛 “Gabo,” GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ, 1927-2014...



"The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude."
--from "One Hundred Years of Solitude" (1967) By Gabriel García Márquez

Jeremiah 17:8

這本書幾乎字字珠璣 有許多選文的書你可能匆匆讀過而已 忘掉它們的深意 (或許讀它們時年紀太輕 不懂事)

梁先生的翻譯相當好
譬如說 湯恩比的回憶錄 我比教熟悉 :” 知識分子”: 勞動直到黃昏/ Arnold J. Toynbee,Said
讀梁先生的翻譯和注解才會去查以前忽略的 visio beatifica
(vision, beatific：榮福直觀。詳見 beatific vision 。beatific vision ：榮福直觀；享見天主；真福神視：指完全淨化的靈魂直接面見無限美善天主的圓滿境界。善人在今生，直接、清楚地體驗到無限美善的天主，但有限的人類只能窺豹一斑，卻足以使人靈魂超拔，歎為觀止。而在天堂上的善人始能達到與天主合一的圓滿境界。)

一點點指正: 凱綏．珂勒惠支 這篇的注有一小錯 (281頁 他是Max Liebermann 1947-1935)是著名的畫家 (她 的名 卻不用德文Käthe Kollwitz---Käthe Kollwitz 凱綏·柯勒惠支/寇維茲(Kathe Kollwitz)是本世紀最重要的兩、三個女性畫家之一。她的創作最接近現在對「女權主義」此術語的真正詮釋。然而她用的仍是扎根於十九世紀的形式。要 將她跟其他畫家做一比較時，最易讓人聯想到的，並非同時期的德國畫家格羅斯(George Grosz)或迪克斯(Dix)，而是杜米埃(Honor?Daumier) 及米勒(J.F.Millet)。








Editorial Reviews
From Booklist Cole and Winkler's division of this work into nine chapters, each organized around an aspect of aging, brings some order and focus to what might have been either chaos or quotation-book deadliness. They have chosen from literatures throughout the world and from the beginning of literary times to the present "in a spirit of creative dialogue to encourage personal and cultural conversations about what it means to grow old." The selections range in length from a few lines of poetry to 16 or so pages of prose and come from authors as diverse as Emily Dickinson and Alois Alzheimer. Religious and nonreligious concepts appear. Pollyanna would find some pieces to keep her happy, but she would, in the process, stumble over some that are cynical, excoriating, or absolutely hopeless. This is one of those rare books that you can't read straight through. You will have to stop every few pages or paragraphs to visualize verbal pictures, to think about other viewpoints or meanings, or just to mull over or block out your own memories. William Beatty Review "Presents excerpts from the musings of some two hundred and fifty writers concerning the pains and triumphs of our (potentially) most magnificent years."--Francine du Plessix Gray, The New Yorker

"Very impressive....The editors' varied background in history, ethics, medicine, and art history shows in their often inspired choices. The pieces range across the centuries, countries, and cultures. The mix of male and female experience impressed me....The multicultural and multigenerational mix is equally good....One of the great strengths of this book is that it is informative and moving at the same time."--Anne Wyatt-Brown, author of Barbara Pym: A Critical Biography and co-editor of Aging and Gender in Literature, with Janice Rossen

"This collection offers inspiration, insight, humor, and wisdom. The selections are fresh and often moving. Readers of all ages will find enjoyment and enrichment in these pages."--John C. Rother, Director, Legislation and Public Policy Division, American Association of Retired Persons

"The choice of topics resonates beautifully with the editors' emphasis on meaning--from the opening section on "Stages/Journey of Life" to the final section on "Remembrance," which understands memory not only in terms of an older person thinking back through the past but also in terms of memorializing those who are older."--Kathleen Woodward, author of Aging and Its Discontents: Freud and other Fictions

"Old age is the fate of all of us, if we are lucky enough to get that far. Just what it means, and what place it has in the human condition, are questions as old as human life itself. The Oxford Book of Aging gives us access to the thoughts of people over the centuries, thus bringing us in touch with the past, and providing a way of making greater sense of the present. This is a lovely book, and one that all of us who age--which is all of us--can greatly learn from."--Daniel Callahan, President, The Hastings Center See all Editorial Reviews Product Details Hardcover: 432 pagesPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 edition (November 3, 1994)


7/9 的翻譯:老年之書：思我生命之旅 The Oxford Book of Aging： Reflections on the Journey of Life


内容： I. Stages / journey --
II. Change / Metamorphosis --
III. Generations --
IV. Solitude / Loneliness --
V. Works --
VI. Eros / Thanatos --
VII. Celebration / Lament --
VIII. Body / Spirit --
IX. Remembrance.

這是本豐富之(參考)書 可惜出版商為善不卒 讓讀者無法/困難查閱
各文章的作者的翻譯應更細心 譬如說 "卡來爾"通常指的是另外一人
作者的籍貫也是惱人的問題 譬如說W. H. Auden 是英-美人: The Anglo-American poet who wrote "The Age of Anxiety"

• 作者：湯瑪斯．科爾、瑪麗．溫克爾/編著
• 原文作者：Thomas R. Cole,Mary G. Winkler
• 譯者：梁永安
• 出版社：立緒
• 出版日期：2011年

古代和中世紀都視年老為世間永恆秩序的一個神祕部分，但這觀念卻逐漸被一種世俗、科學和個人主義的年老觀所取代。
　　本書由英國牛津大學出版社出版，由兩位深具人文修養，以及長期關注老年議題的醫學院教授編選的文集。
　 　其範圍深廣，在時間的長度上，可上溯到西元前二千六百多年前黃帝內經，西元四、五百年前的羅馬、中東、印度薄伽梵歌等古文明留下來的經典文學、詩歌、文 論。下可至20世紀各領域如文學、心理、社會、醫學等重要的、代表性人物如榮格、弗洛依德、赫塞、愛默生、馬奎斯、谷崎潤一郎等大文豪，大思想家的文字。
　 　在空間的廣度上，從東半球、西半球、南半球、北半球重要的人類遺產經典，如小說、詩歌、回憶錄、散文、兒童故事，有哲學家、歷史學家和心理學家的反思， 有非洲與日本的傳說，有《聖經》與《古蘭經》的片段，也有選自科學與醫學小冊子的段落。都蒐羅在內，為顯示本書編選的權威性，特以牛津版老年之書名之。
　　人生的賽跑場是固定的，只有單一條路徑，而這條路徑只能跑一趟。生命的每一階段都分配著恰如其份的特質。──古羅馬哲學家西塞羅（Cicero ,BC106—43）
　　生與死都是我們獲得的大禮，但大多數人都只是打它們旁邊走過，不去打開這禮物。──德國詩人里爾克（Rainer Maria Rilke ,20世紀）
編者簡介
湯瑪斯．科爾　Thomas R. Cole
　　德州大學醫學院醫學人文學研究所教授，其著作《人生旅程：美國老年文化史》（The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Aging in America）一書獲一九九二年普立茲獎提名。
瑪麗．溫克爾　Mary G. Winkler
　　德州大學醫學院醫學人文學研究所副教授，曾與人合編《好身體：當代文化的苦行主義》（The Good Body: Asceticism in Contemptorary Culture）。
譯者簡介
梁永安
　 　台灣大學文化人類學學士、哲學碩士，東海大學哲學博士班肄業。目前為專業翻譯者，共完成約近百本的譯著，在立緒文化出版的有《文化與抵抗》 （Culture and Resistance / Edward W. Said）、《啟蒙運動》（The Enlightenment / Peter Gay）、《現代主義》（Modernism：The Lure of Heresy / Peter Gay）等。