（试读）2042年——背包里的天空: The Backpacker

许友彬

apr. 2014 · Odonata Publishing Sdn Bhd

O tej e-knjigi

任风起出生于2032年，妈妈是一个兽医。他从来没有见过爸爸，妈妈告诉他，爸爸已经死了。风起异于常人，这是他的秘密，也是他妈妈的秘密。他妈妈为了守住这个秘密，不让风起上学，不让风起上社交网站，也不让风起接触其他人。风起自小待在家里，家里除了妈妈，还有一条狗。风起就只跟妈妈和狗狗说话，没有其他朋友。

2042年，任风起10岁，她妈妈染上由鸽子传染的禽流感H4N12。H4N12是不治之症。风起陪妈妈去医院，妈妈进入诊疗室，把风起留在医院大堂。风起非常害怕，他坐在椅子上等待，背着一个大背包，大背包占去椅子大半位置。一个护士过来和风起说话，叫风起把背包放在地上。风起不敢跟护士说话，也不能放下背包，背包藏有他的秘密，这让他很难堪，处境尴尬……

风起的故事从医院展开，妈妈垂危，他必须面对其他人，还得守住他的秘密……

Ren Feng Qi was born in year 2032. His mother was a veterinarian. He never met his father. His mother told him that his father had died. Feng Qi was different from ordinary people. This was his secret and also his mother’s secret. To safeguard it, Feng Qi’s mother disal-lowed him from going to school, surfing social media and interacting with others. Feng Qi stayed home since he was young. There were only his mother and a dog in the house. Feng Qi only talked to them, and had no friends. It was year 2042. Ren Feng Qi was 10 years old. His mother was infected by the H4N13 Avian Influenza, carried by pigeons. H4N13 was incurable. Feng Qi accompanied his mother to the hospital. He was left alone in the lobby when his mother entered the treatment room. Feng Qi felt very scared. He waited on a chair, carrying a big backpack which occupied almost half of the seat. A nurse came and talked to Feng Qi. She asked Feng Qi to put his backpack on the floor. Feng Qi dared not talk to the nurse. He could not put it down, because it held his secret. This made him feel awkward, embarrassed... Feng Qi’s story began in the hospital. His mother was critically ill. He had to face other people while safeguarding his secret...

O avtorju

  1955年生，马来西亚吉打人。

大学时代修习动物学系，后进修教育硕士学位。曾任教师、编辑、课本编者、专栏作家。

80年代出版散文集《大学生手记》《教书匠手记》，2006年开始创作少年长篇小说，著有《七天》《十月》《闪亮的时刻》《55年》《消失在醒来后》《鹅卵石》《青色的围墙》《小黄鹂鸟》《把你带走》《河两岸》《再看一眼》，2010年授权中国青岛出版社在中国出版中文简体版。另《七天》和《闪亮的时刻》已被改编成电视剧。

2012年开始出版长篇小说《大风吹过少年时》三部曲——《大风吹》《扮新娘》《跳房子》。2013年出版绘图小说《男孩与海龟》《遇见大傻瓜》《再见大傻瓜》《我爱长鼻猴》。2014年开始出版《不完全人类》系列小说，同年授权中国浙江少年儿童出版社在中国出版中文简体版。

曾获马来西亚第四届乡青中篇小说奖第一名、第一届马汉儿童文学双年奖。