Lord of the Flies, William Golding’s classic novel of societal breakdown, is part of the standard high school curriculum in Hong Kong. But today everyone in this most genteel of cities is witnessing a real-life lesson in the fragility of what we call civilisation, as the territory descends into tribalism and scenes of obscene violence.
香港高中标准课程选入了《蝇王》(Lord of the Flies),这是威廉•戈尔丁(William Golding)关于社会崩溃的一部经典小说。但是今天,生活在这座最有教养的城市里的每个人,都在亲历一场现实的教训:我们所谓之文明的脆弱性。这片土地堕入了部落主义,成了可耻暴力行为的场所。
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