PLAYLIST

by 洪嘉, Ka Hung

《Playlist》 為洪嘉的首部同志小說。同志亦凡人，過著與異性戀、雙性戀等等的平常人一樣的生活，受著相同的痛楚，患著相同的疾病，付出著沒有分別的愛。書中故事和流行曲都是主旋律，協奏出十多段來來去去 。男男關係正如奏樂，雙雙互為進退才奏成和弦。

《Playlist》拒絕營造異色奇觀，以平白日常，書寫男男愛慾故事－－薄情戀人形象低調滲透多篇小說，不會和你擁抱成漩渦，只求隱藏ego，化身成最近距離的旁觀者或最遠距離的當事人。然而那一切愛慾無異於我們所擁有的，所以無事不可對人言。

196 pages, Paperback

Published July 1, 2016

Reviews

[Bill Hsu · Rating 3 out of 5]

A pretty interesting collection of queer-themed short stories and vignettes. The mostly lean and uncluttered prose is a welcome change from much of the contemporary Chinese fiction that I've come across. Most of the pieces are also relatively nonjudgmental, and mostly avoid the cliches that plague queer Chinese lit. Some are quite funny. An excerpt (my translation):

Old Chi stood by me, took out his penis; he did not pee but kept shaking it. I did not find it strange, and stood there spacing out, not knowing what I was thinking. Chi started looking at my crotch, not showing any interest in my face. In this large public toilet, with a whole row of urinals, he'd chosen to stand by me and leaned over. I finally realized this, felt perhaps embarrassed, or just concerned that the janitor would notice; I took half a step forward.

Published by the same people who bring us Fleur des Lettres, one of the more interesting contemporary lit magazines from Hong Kong.