关于《愤怒的吴自立》和六四（3）

By Ouyang Yu

 70年代末，80年代初，我读大学期间，写了很多东西（有时间我会随便拍两张放上来），都是用手写的。1980年代后期，我去上海读澳大利亚文学研究生，把早年的材料也都随身带去，想写一部长篇，做了很长时间的准备，但一直没 时间写。慢慢的，学生忙起来了，不是忙学习，而是忙示威忙游行忙去北京搞更大的事，伙食也好起来，据说是为了平息普遍的怨气，娱乐也丰富起来，发票免费看电影，《切·格瓦拉》的电影，就是这个时间段免费看到的，记得最后那个把死人抬出去的镜头，很麻木，很无情，很深刻，很打动。

 

一个人随不随大流，不是嘴上看他怎么说，而是要看他实际上怎么做。记得当年有个认识的人对我说：现在没时间写东西，等买了第二幢房子后再写。我对他说：可以这么告诉你，你就是买了二百栋房子，也不会写一个字！

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