陆文夫小说《美食家》问世以来,因其厚重的历史内涵和文化底蕴,一直深受海内外读者喜爱。作者选用符合历史真实的民国符号,再现特定年代的苏州社会风貌,为塑造美食家形象提供了具有地域色彩的文化背景。在这些民国符号中,众多的老牌饭店,是苏州传统美食文化的展示平台;石库门的园林庭院,是吴人优雅生活方式的艺术空间;沿街的茶馆、轿车及人们享用的名烟、名表,是民国苏州时尚元素的形象呈现。它们为小说营造了叙事氛围,也是美食家成长的温床和土壤。通过它们,能观照苏州美食文化的精粹与魅力,以及苏州人的精神追求与生存个性。
Since the advent of Lu Wenfu’s novel Gourmet, it has been well received by the readers at home and abroad because of its rich historical and cultural connotation. The author of this paper chooses symbols of the Re-public of China according to the real history and reproduces social features in Suzhou at the special times, provid-ing the background with local color and culture for shaping the image of the gourmet. In the symbols of the Repub-lic of China, many of the old hotels were platforms displaying traditional food culture in Suzhou. Ordinary garden courtyards were spaces of elegant life styles of Wu people. The tea houses, cars and cigarettes, watches, were im-age presentations of fashion elements in the Republic of China in Suzhou. They created a narrative atmosphere for the novel and were also a growth ground breeding gourmets. Through them, we can see the essence and charm of food culture, people’s spiritual pursuit and the personality in Suzhou.