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In this world, some writers will become torches, illuminating the way to the narrow gate.
Some writers will become messengers about the weight of a soul at night.
So what are publishers, bookstores, and book recommenders?
Mr. Dong Qiao said:
No matter how small the bookstore is, it is a long pavilion in the Internet era, staring at the tired humanistic ancient road, and it is difficult to give up the ten thousand scrolls of slanting sun after the disaster.
I think that the person who recommended the book was the person who rested in this long pavilion of wind and rain, and he may also be tired, but when he saw the ten thousand scrolls of slanting sun, he soothed the heart of the aftermath, and then continued to tell the route, look, the torch is there, look, the messenger is coming.
This is the wonderful chain of writers, publishers, bookstores, and book recommenders.
When we read literature, what do we read?
We will read "mind", which is the writer's digging into the depth of the mind.
For example, Fitzgerald, Virginia Woolf, Zhang Ailing, etc., their literature focuses on people's psychological activities, people's way of processing memory, and focuses on the new challenges that modern people face at the spiritual level.
We will read "courage", which is the outward breakthrough of the writer.
Such as Chekhov, Kafka, Wang Xiaobo, etc., great writers can often write about the torment of people's hearts and minds, but also feel the great changes that have taken place in society, how "I" lived by myself and how to break through in that era.
We will read "traces", the world in the depths of the writer's heart.
For example, Lu Xun, Wang Zengqi and other writers, their literature and the ideological and aesthetic traces behind them, there are the brilliance and flesh of literary figures, and there are also the methodology of combining literature and life.
Insisting on being a sober person and trying to "go inward" seems to be anachronism in this era. Perhaps, turning to literature, we can find the same way of the soul.
Takeuchi said of Lu Xun: "What Lu Xun saw was darkness. But he looked at the darkness with enthusiasm and despair. For him, only despair is real. But soon despair is not real either. Despair is also delusion. Despair is the same as hope. If despair is also delusion, then what should one do? Those who despair of despair can only become writers. I don't rely on heaven or earth, I don't support myself with anything, so I have to put everything into my own. ”
Writers are like this, and why aren't ordinary people like this?
Recommend a new book, At least Literature. A classic literary guide for the average reader. Let us roam in the darkness of the night and see the light where the dust is thick.
In this book, the author will share with us the stories of 30 world-class writers such as Fitzgerald, Woolf, Dickinson, Monroe, Chekhov, Kafka, Hardy, Dazaiji, Kazuo Ishiguro, Wang Xiaobo, Qian Zhongshu, Zhang Ailing, Wang Zengqi, Lu Xun and so on.
The author Zongcheng said: "When writing this book, I did not adopt the dogmatic academic analysis discourse, but tried to find a balance between 'learning rationality' and 'readability', and showed the writers' works and stories more vividly." I am more interested in the relationship between literature and life – how does literature influence life, and how does life feed back into literature? In a literary republic, why do writers take a very different path in life? ”
In his preface, he talks about why literature is still needed in an era like ours today. He said: "Those who are enthusiastic about literature today need not be discouraged. As authors, we may not be the last to see spring coming, but if we all give up on ourselves, spring will never come. The ideals of a generation have slowly taken root in the delivery of the previous generation, and we have done a lot of a handover of the baton. ”
Title: At least Literature
Author: Zongcheng
Publisher: Beijing October Literature and Art Publishing House
Publication date: March 1, 2022
Today, singing down literature is a common tone. Literature is already the least expensive industry in terms of material cost today, and the nutrients it can give to mankind are not lower than the rest of the industry, and even in the ability to open up the boundaries of human language and arouse people's inner emotions, literature is still the most powerful science today.
Literature is not useless, it is a rebellion against instrumental reason, and it helps people to re-realize that there is not only one value choice in life, and that there is a wider world beyond the success or failure of kings and kings. ”
At 8:00 p.m. on May 5th, Zongcheng visited the 39th slow salon on yunshang and looked forward to meeting as scheduled!
Loved the book