村上春树耶路撒冷演讲稿5篇第一篇：村上春树耶路撒冷演讲稿「alwaysonthesideoftheegg永遠站在雞蛋的一側」goodevening.ihavecometojerusalemtodayasanovelist，whichistosayasaprofessionalspinneroflies.ofcourse，novelistsarenottheonlyoneswhotelllies.politiciansdoit，too，asweallknow.diplomatsandgeneralstelltheirownkindsofliesonoccasion，asdousedcarsalesmen，butchersandbuilders.theliesofnovelistsdifferfromothers，however，inthatnoonecriticizesthenovelistasimmoralfortellinglies.indeed，thebiggerandbetterhisliesandthemoreingeniouslyhecreatesthem，themoreheislikelytobepraisedbythepublicandthecritics.whyshouldthatbe。myanswerwouldbethis：namely，thatbytellingskilfullies--whichistosay，bymakingupfictionsthatappeartobetrue--thenovelistcanbringatruthouttoanewplaceandshineanewlightonit.inmostcases，itisvirtuallyimpossibletograspatruthinitsoriginalformanddepictitaccurately.thisiswhywetrytograbitstailbyluringthetruthfromitshidingplace，transferringittoafictionallocation，andreplacingitwithafictionalform.inordertoaccomplishthis，however，wefirsthavetoclarifywherethetruth-lieswithinus，withinourselves.thisisanimportantqualificationformakingupgoodlies.today，however，ihavenointentionoflying.iwilltrytobeashonestasican.thereareonlyafewdaysintheyearwhenidonotengageintellinglies，andtodayhappenstobeoneofthem.soletmetellyouthetruth.injapanafairnumberofpeopleadvisedmenottocomeheretoacceptthejerusalemprize.someevenwarnedmetheywouldinstigateaboycottofmybooksificame.thereasonforthis，ofcourse，wasthefiercefightingthatwasragin第1页共27页gingaza.theu.n.reportedthatmorethanathousandpeoplehadlosttheirlivesintheblockadedcityofgaza，manyofthemunarmedcitizens--childrenandoldpeople.anynumberoftimesafterreceivingnoticeoftheaward，iaskedmyselfwhethertravelingtoisraelatatimelikethisandacceptingaliteraryprizewastheproperthingtodo，whetherthiswouldcreatetheimpressionthatisupportedonesideintheconflict，thatiendorsedthepoliciesofanationthatchosetounleashitsoverwhelmingmilitarypower.neither，ofcourse，doiwishtoseemybookssubjectedtoaboycott.finally，however，aftercarefulconsideration，imadeupmymindtocomehere.onereasonformydecisionwasthatalltoomanypeopleadvisedmenottodoit.perhaps，likemanyothernovelists，itendtodotheexactoppositeofwhatiamtold.ifpeoplearetellingme--andespeciallyiftheyarewarningme--“don’tgothere，”“don’tdothat，”itendtowantto“gothere”and“dothat”.it’sinmynature，youmightsay，asanovelist.novelistsareaspecialbreed.theycannotgenuinelytrustanythingtheyhavenotseenwiththeirowneyesortouchedwiththeirownhands.andthatiswhyiamhere.ichosetocomehereratherthanstayaway.ichosetoseeformyselfratherthannottosee.ichosetospeaktoyouratherthantosaynothing.pleasedoallowmetodeliveramessage，oneverypersonalmessage.itissomethingthatialwayskeepinmindwhileiamwritingfiction.ihavenevergonesofarastowriteitonapieceofpaperandpasteittothewall：rather，itiscarvedintothewallofmymind，anditgoessomethinglikethis：“betweenahigh，solidwallandaneggthatbreaksagainstit，iwillalwaysstandonthesideoftheegg.”yes，nomatterhowrightthewallmaybeandhowwrongtheegg，iwillstandwiththeegg.someoneelsewillhavetodecidewhati第2页共27页srightandwhatiswrong;perhapstimeorhistorywilldoit.butiftherewereanovelistwho，forwhateverreason，wroteworksstandingwiththewall，ofwhatvaluewouldsuchworksbe。whatisthemeaningofthismetaphor。insomecases，itisalltoosimpleandcl...
