窺伺別人內心的黑暗，自己也化為黑暗。
                                                                                
製作箱子捉住魍魎，羨慕活在箱子裡的美麗少女，
                                                                                
自己也將成為箱子本身，此即魍魎之匣。
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
                    
《魍魎之匣》我共看了兩遍，舊版、新版各一。
                                                                               
很有趣地，兩次閱讀過程幾乎相同，上冊進度緩慢，看不到幾十頁就昏沉欲睡，
                                                                               
到了下冊猶如倒吃甘蔗，最後努力徹夜看完，
                                                                               
京極驅魔解謎部分一氣呵成閱罷，痛快過癮。
                           
                                                                 
約略比對舊、新版之譯文，譯筆如何不予評論，
                                                                               
若新版字句忠於日版原文的互問互答長篇大論，
                                                                               
那麼舊版應是刪減了不少對話句、補述句，將數人互問互答濃縮成僅一人道出完整意思，
                                                                               
雖內容大致不變，但明顯地違反了譯作家該遵守的「信雅達」三原則之「信」。
                                                                               
提問、回答、反駁、立證……京極最具囉唆特色及趣味性的對談就這樣被削減了。
                                                                               
                                                                               
但新版譯文比起《姑獲鳥之夏》退步了，錯字多了，中文句法的謬誤也出現了，
                                                                               
文中冒出奇怪的”果汁”，甚至成語誤植（成語正確順序是ABCD，小說則誤寫為ACBD）。
                                                                               
可惜，《魍魎之匣》製作再精美也難掩文字瑕疵。
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
借用書中所言，《魍魎之匣》的餘味很糟。

別誤會，這是誇讚意。
                                                                               
重看之時，仍被久保散發出來的氣息震懾，
                                                                               
我  正  在  窺  視  久  保  心  中  的  黑  暗  。
                                                                               
         所以說餘味很糟。
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
一直以來，我懼怕故事出現分屍情節，甚至怕到看完會睡不著覺。
                                                                               
《魍魎之匣》提供了很不一樣的觀點：
                                                                               
分屍是犯人想從殺人時的非日常狀態回到正常生活。
                                                                               
只要不被發現即可，以掩蓋犯罪事實的方式來回到正常。－－那就是分屍
                                                                               
                                                                               
只論動機任誰都有，犯罪者在於他遇上了能將之付諸實行的環境。
                                                                               
那個突然來臨了，舊版說是神出鬼沒者，新版則謂過路魔上身，

那一瞬間，平常壓抑的殺意突然湧起，於是犯下罪行。
                                                                               
所謂的犯罪動機不過是日後追加的動作，
                                                                               
為了解釋犯人非正常的行動，也為了安慰我們正常人的想法。
                                                                               
                                                                               
看似有關實則無關，聞似無理實則有理，
                                                                               
京極的推理，不以事件做串連，而以人物為中心。
                                                                               
所以久保出現在御筥神和分屍遺棄事件，這兩個事件沒有直接相關，但都是久保的事件；
                                                                               
所以雨宮被他人認定是隨波逐流的配角，但他卻是自己打造的幸福環境中最幸福的主角。
                                                                               
                                                                               
                                                                               
匣中少女把雨宮帶進幸福的彼岸，也把久保帶往犯罪的彼岸，
                                                                               
美馬坂自己就是那只箱子，
                           
我一點都不羨慕他們，
                                                                               
我所能做的就是窺看完這只魍魎之匣後，緩緩闔上，收歸封閉的書櫃。
                                                                                
                                                                                
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