动物嘉年华 Carnival of Animals (中英双语版本) │ 西西 │ 香港中文大学出版社 │ 9789882372658

西西的动物诗，大部分是近年的新作，尽是奇思妙想，而民胞物与，充满温暖、关怀之情，明朗，亲切，灵动，幽默，自有深意，写来似跟动物通灵。总括而言，是为动物发声，彼此平等、和平地相处，合而为「动物嘉年华」，并且邀来二十多位香港年轻画家和插画师参加盛会，每首诗配以不同的绘画，画风迥异，不拘一格，呈现多元异质。看西西的诗，看画家们的诠释，加上读者自己的想像与理解，众声复调，文学艺术合该这般如此。西西的作品在华文世界脍炙人口，屡获殊荣，曾获美国纽曼华语文学奖，以及瑞典蝉奖，为香港获国际诗奖的首位作家。这诗集是奇书《缝熊志》、《猿猴志》后，另一种动物书写。

本书适合青少年，也适合喜欢文学艺术的成年。

Most of Xi Xi’s animal poems featured here are new works written during the past few years. Full of whimsical ideas, they embody the notion of “all humans are siblings, and all things are companions,” brimming with warmth and compassion. These poems could be described as bright and cheerful, approachable, clever and fluid, humourous, and deep with meaning, written as though the author is able to directly communicate with animals. Overall, they serve as a voice for animals, showing that they are able to coexist equally and peacefully, resulting in a “carnival of animals.” More than twenty young Hong Kong artists and illustrators have been invited to join this project, with each poem accompanied by different illustrations, their styles of illustration totally distinct, not limited to any particular form, presenting multiple heterogeneities. 

Reading Xi Xi’s poetry and seeing the artists’ interpretations, coupled with the reader’s own imagination and understanding, results in a polyphony of various voices—this is how literature and art should be. Xi Xi’s works are widely read throughout the Sinophone world and have won numerous awards. She is the first Sinophone Hong Kong writer to win a major international poetry prize, including the Newman Prize for Chinese Literature in the United States and the Cikada Prize in Sweden. This poetry collection follows in the footsteps of her unique books The Teddy Bear Chronicles and Chronicles of Apes and Monkeys, demonstrating another kind of animal writing.

This book is suitable for young readers, as well as adults who appreciate literature and art.