
推荐爱伦·坡 1841 年的《莫斯肯漩涡沉浮记》:一处有词条、有水深数据的真漩涡,被他写成宇宙尺度的东西。这篇说清恐怖落在文献、仪器、现场观察与证词四层知识上,并交代中文两个译名、两个译本怎么选,以及今天能不能去看它。
「a smooth, shining, and jet-black wall of water, inclined to the horizon at an angle of some forty-five degrees」

「Between Lofoden and Moskoe, … the depth of the water is between thirty-six and forty fathoms」
「It had run down at seven o'clock! We were behind the time of the slack, and the whirl of the Ström was in full fury!」
「It took less than a single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my limbs, and to unstring my nerves」
「I told them my story—they did not believe it. I now tell it to you—and I can scarcely expect you to put more faith in it than did the merry fishermen of Lofoden.」


| 入口 | 体量与形式 | 代价 | 适合谁 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 中文旧译《大漩涡底余生记》 | 人民文学出版社《爱伦·坡短篇小说集》,430 页收 33 篇,这篇是第 9 篇10 | 定价 21 元;译文语感偏老 | 想在纸书里一次读遍坡的名篇的人 |
| 中文新译《莫斯肯漩涡沉浮记》 | 读客文化《爱伦·坡短篇小说集》,504 页收 26 篇,分四类,附 25 幅克拉克插图11 | 定价 59.90 元 | 想连插图一起看的人 |
| 英文原文 | 单篇;Wikisource 有 1845 年《Tales》版全文,公有领域2 | 免费,读英文 | 想核对原句、看清坡的句法的人 |
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