_ ヘレン・ケラー『わたしの生涯』（角川文庫）を検索して、出版社品切の表示を見たときはぎょっとした。その後在庫ありに戻って、ひとまずほっと胸をなでおろしているところです。
ヘレン・ケラーを知らない人を探すのは困難だと思うが、この自伝を読んでいる人を探すのも容易ではない。ぼく自身、ぼくが薦める前にすでに読んでいた人に、まだ出会ったことがない。
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ぼくは誰かのレヴューを読んで、読んでないのに読んだ気になって安心してしまうことがあるのだが、その轍は踏んでもらいたくないので、できるものなら、なんだかよくわからないけど、なんか読まずにいられないように書きたいと思う。
ヘレン・ケラーは、聴衆を前に、声によって講演することができるほど音声言語に熟達した。眼が見えず、耳も聴こえない人が、どうすれば声で話すことを修得できるのか。その方法を想像できますか？ ファンタジィでもないのに。
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似たようなメッセージを伝える様々なエピソードのあいだにも、力の差がある。象徴的と言えるくらい力強いエピソードは大切だと思う。
ぼくはヘレンの語り出してくれた体験に非常に多くを負っていて、まだ種子の状態だったいくつかの着想が、『わたしの生涯』を読んだ後、いくつもいくつも芽吹いた。だからぼくが、話したいことを好き勝手に話してしまうときには、『わたしの生涯』の中から拾い上げたエピソードを、何度も引用してしまう。
眼が見えず耳も聴こえない人の語る、太陽、風、雨、言葉、愛。成長の仕方さえ発見しなければならなかった人による洞察。たとえば私が、洞察ということを始められるときにはすでに通り過ぎ忘れ去ってしまっていた過程への洞察。
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そののち、芽吹いたものたちは枯れずに、大樹となって繁った。この日記を書き始めてからいつも、いつか『わたしの生涯』のことを話したいと思っていたのに、なかなか書き出せずにいたのは、いまだにこの本が、ぼくの中で成長を続け、変わり続けているからだ。
たとえば映画や舞台の『奇跡の人』ではクライマックスである有名な井戸のシーンは、この本ではごく序盤に登場する。ここは確かに比類ない名シーンであって、響き渡り木霊する音のように認識が広がりゆく想いがするが、このシーンの前後に、人形についてのささやかな言及があって、状況に絶妙な陰翳を加えている。初読のときには、感動的なシーンに高揚した心の勢いのままに背負い投げを食らった気がした。“言葉の力”についての、思わぬ角度からの触発。稲妻のような洞察とはこのことかと思った。なにせ洞察が鋭角に折り返すのだ。
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ヘレン・ケラーはすさまじい読書家だった。まだ自分より本が好きな人に会った事がない人のほとんどは、『わたしの生涯』のなかで、自分より本が好きな人に出会うだろう。
第一部「暁を見る」の21章「私の理想郷」のなかで、ヘレンを決定的に本の世界に引き摺り込んだ『小公子』との出会いが語られる。細部がすばらしく、ヘレンのわくわくと浮き立つ心が、我が事のように伝わってくる。ここで本好きの心の琴線が掻き鳴らされる音をメロディにしたら、さぞや艶やかに響くだろうけれども、このシーンの終わりがぼくには、情けないくらい胸に迫る。求めるものがそこにあるのに届かない、捻じ切れるようなもどかしさに鷲掴みにされて。
この本の前半部「暁を見る」の部分は、新潮文庫にも『奇跡の人 ヘレン・ケラー自伝』として収められているので、おなじシーンを異なった翻訳文体で読むことができる。何度読み返したか知れないけれども読み返すたびに泣いてしまうこのシーンを、新潮版で読むとほろりともしない。自分にとって比類なく力のあるエピソードであるのに、エピソードとしてはおなじであるのに、文体によってこれだけ印象がちがうことがまた印象深いことであった。
そういうわけで新潮版をレジに持ってくるお客様がいると、まことに僭越とわかってはいても、どうしても『わたしの生涯』をお薦めしてしまう自分を抑えることができないのです。すみません。
新潮版もけっして悪い訳ではなく、「むしろこちらの方が詩的で好き。角川版は古臭い」という人もいることを付記しておきます。
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『わたしの生涯』から窺えるヘレンは、たとえようもなくポジティヴだが、それは半面にすぎない。たとえば「濁流を乗り切って」の8章「いちばん古い友だち」の中で、アレキサンダー・グラハム・ベル博士はヘレンに対して、「恋愛をしなさい」と、しつこいくらいに語りかけてくる。その言葉をヘレンは、大切そうに丹念に再現するのだが、自身の恋愛の具体的なエピソードについてはごくさらりと触れるだけである。
この本は、予備知識なしに通読したときの印象よりは複雑な本だ。
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ヘレンにとっていちばん馴染み深い対話法は、掌に書く指文字だった。彼女は道を歩いているときしばしば、せわしなく人差し指を動かしていたという。それが、彼女にとっての、考え事をしながらぶつぶつと呟く独り言だったのだ。
私には、児童向けの「ヘレン・ケラー物語」というような伝記ものが初めで、次が『わたしの生涯』、そして大学の英語のテキストだった「奇跡の人」（英語版の劇用台本）……という順番でした。今、あとの二つを目の前に並べています。いつの頃だったか、目を閉じて掌に文字を書いてそれを感じよう、と試したことがありますが、すでに右手は、目に見える文字を追っているのでした。やはり、想像を絶する……としか言いようがありません。でも、人によって、その人のおかれた状況によって、困難の度合いは違うかもしれないけれど（そしてそれは、単に多数か少数か、の違いによるだけなのかもしれないけれど）、言葉とは、やはり「取り戻すもの」なのだとも思えます。学ぶとか発見するといういうよりも。すでにしてここにあった何か、でも未だ?まれていない何か、を、「そうだったんだ！」という仕方で取り戻すこと……。それこそが「自分のものになる」ということなのかもしれません。
突然のコメントにて失礼致します。<br>私は貴方の事を知りませんが、あなたがあなたのままここにいてくれることに感謝します。<br>親近感は持ちたくないのです。<br>ただここに来ればあなたの世界に触れることができる。<br>これからもどうか。私の小さな心の望みであります。
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I don't have a link to the story. I saw it on our news and read the article in our paper today.<br>A woman was pregnant with triplets. For some reason (they didn't disclose for privacy purposes), one of them was born (not even by c-section but natural way) at 25 weeks and the doctors were successful in stopping the other two from coming out. <br>So now the woman is taking care of the preemie and is still pregnant with twins. In this case, are they still called triplets? <br>Anyone heard a familiar case? Supposedly, this is becoming more common especially for pregnancies due to fertility treatments/methods.
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And by pissed, i mean drunk...completely hammered:<br><br>So a mate of mine got pissed at work the other day (i work with him) and at the end of the shift i had to drive him home, there was no way i was letting him drive. He wanted to of course. So because a did this he filled the car up with fuel and bought me beer for when i got home...so this is the first time anything good has come from going to work pissed, or getting pissed at work. And he was talkin crap the whole time we were in the car, so it was hilarious, i was having fun. Turns out he had to get up real early in the morning to go to work again. LOL haha, poor bugger!<br><br>Anyone else got pissed at work? Any stories?
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How many times you eat during a normal ... every day life?<br>are you the type of person who eats a bit and often?<br>or rarely and too much?<br><br>i usually have 3 and i'm the 2nd type of person (though it's not that healthy)<br><br>8 am breakfast<br><br>3pm lunch<br><br>9pm a snack.
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