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A Clean, Well-lighted Place 海明威的短篇小说《一个干净明亮的地方》主要表现的是三个人物几乎都生活于迷惘虚无之中，老者害怕孤独，害怕黑暗，害怕无希望无意义的生活他企图用自杀来摆脱对生活的迷惘后来靠酒，靠“一个干净明亮的地方”去逃避迷惘，最终仍不得不离开一个干净明亮的地方，回到黑暗孤独和虚无之中。年长的侍者不怕虚无因为，他有明确的想法，他心里很有数，这是虚无缥缈，全是虚无缥缈人也是虚无缥缈……他知道一切都是虚无缥缈的，一切都是为了虚无缥缈…….” 他深知虚无吞噬一切的巨大威力，知道虚无的普遍存在，所以他理解老者对黑暗孤独的恐惧知道年轻侍者也生活在虚无之中只是自己还没有意识到，这里，虚无就是黑暗孤独，无希望、无意义、精神无所寄托的迷惘。Ernest HemingwayIt was late and everyone had left the cafe except an old man who sat in the shadow the leaves of the tree made against the electric light. In the daytime the street was dusty, but at night the dew settled the dust and the old man liked to sit late because he was deaf and now at night it was quiet and he felt the difference. The two waiters inside the cafe knew that the old man was a little drunk, and while he was a good client they knew that if he became too drunk he would leave without paying, so they kept watch on him. Last week he tried to commit suicide, one waiter said. Why? He was in despair. What about? Nothing. How do you know it was nothing? He has plenty of money. They sat together at a table that was close against the wall near the door of the cafe and looked at the terraceterrace 阳台 where the tables were all empty except where the old man sat in the shadow of the leaves of the tree that moved slightly in the wind. The old man sitting in the shadow rapped on his saucer with his glass. The younger waiter went over to him. What do you want? The old man looked at him. Another brandy, he said. Youll be drunk, the waiter said. The old man looked at him. The waiter went away. Hell stay all night, he said to his colleague. Im sleepy now. I never get into bed before three oclock. He should have killed himself last week. The waiter took the brandy bottle and another saucer from the counter inside the cafe and marched out to the old mans table. He put down the saucer and poured the glass full of brandy. The waiter took the bottle back inside the cafe. He sat down at the table with his collea