(作者 /Camisha Dzoan 翻译 /麦卡)

这个正在地铁上读报的男人是基努·里维斯。

他出生于问题家庭。在他12岁那年，父亲因为贩毒入狱。他的母亲是脱衣舞女郎。后来他随她移居加拿大，他在那儿又有了几个继父。

他看着自己的女友死去。在他们结婚前夕，她死于一场车祸。车祸发生前，她刚刚失去了肚子里的孩子。在那之后，基努就回避恋爱结婚和生儿育女的事。

他是极少数没有购置别墅的好莱坞明星。他说："我住在公寓，随时应有尽有，何必要搬进一幢空房子？"

他最好的朋友之一，华金·菲尼克斯的兄长里弗·菲尼克斯，死于吸毒过量。差不多在同一年，他的父亲再度身陷囹圄。

他的妹妹患有白血病。如今她已经痊愈。他将自己拍《骇客帝国》所得酬劳的7成捐给了专治白血病的几家医院。

他过生日时，会去一间小的蛋糕店，给自己买块蛋糕，一个人吃。如果有粉丝路过，他会分一块给他们，跟他们聊天。

他的身边没有保镖，他的身上没有大牌。

粉丝们管他叫"悲伤的基努"。当他们问起他的过去，他回答："你们需要快乐地生活，我不需要。"

“This guy reading the newspaper on the subway is Keanu Reeves.

He is from a problematic family. His father was arrested when he was 12 for drug dealing and his mother was a stripper. His family moved to Canada and there he had several step dads.

He watched his girlfriend die. They were about to get married, and she died in a car accident. And also before that she had lost her baby. Since then Keanu avoids serious relationships and having kids.

He’s one of the only Hollywood stars without a Mansion. He said: ‘I live in a flat, I have everything that I need at anytime, why choose an empty house?’

One of his best friends died by overdose, he was River Phoenix (Joaquin Phoenix’s brother). Almost in the same year Keanu’s father was arrested again.

His younger sister had leukemia. Today she is cured, and he donated 70% of his gains from the movie Matrix to Hospitals that treat leukemia.

In one of his birthdays, he got to a little candy shop and bought him a cake, and started eating alone. If a fan walked by he would talk to them and offer some of the cake.

He doesn’t have bodyguards, and he doesn’t wear fancy clothes.

When they asked him about ‘Sad Keanu’, he replied: ‘You need to be happy to live, I don’t.’”

引用者自语：

这篇文章很短小，如果这篇文章的主人不是基努里维斯，这样的人生往往就不能为其他人所知了。但事实上，这样的人生比比皆是。基努也不过是其中一例罢了。

越是短的文章越难写，就像加西亚马尔克斯遇到《番石榴飘香》一样，从这本短篇小说开始，南美大陆的奇幻与美才能被点燃。

这篇文章不是期待同情，而是陈述一个事实或是一段经历。这也是文字得以流传的原因。在书写历史与编撰故事时，类似这样的文字叙述，即便是杜撰而来也具备极大的杀伤力。就像一个会讲故事的人，永远是听到别人的笑声，而自己的面无表情其实都是故事的一部分。

在回头说说基努。他在他的世界中活的挺好。即便不快乐。