Among modern Chinese writers, the most legendary is Wang Xiaobo, who was born with stunted growth and often fell ill, but grew into a tall man of 184; he was poor and ugly, but he caught up with "Bai Fumei" Li Yinhe with a novel; he died suddenly at the age of 45, his origin was unknown before his death, and no one was sent off at the funeral, but he was canonized in the second year after his death, and his works sold well for 23 years.
Gao Xiaosong, who has always had eyes above the top, commented on him: Wang Xiaobo definitely ranks first among the vernacular writers I have read, and he is very far away from the second place, and he is a god-like existence in my heart.
The famous writer Feng Tang said that he was Wang Xiaobo's dog, and the famous writer and screenwriter Wang Shuo said: He is stronger than me, if he lives, I am not as good as him!
Among Wang Xiaobo's many works, the most sought after is "The Golden Age", even if you have not read it, you must have heard about the large-scale sexual depictions in him.
What is this book that has been written for 20 years, banned for 5 years, and sold well for 20 years?
As the saying goes, wen is like a person, in the 80s, writers had a very distinct "personal" writing style, and if you want to understand the "Golden Age", you have to review Wang Xiaobo's experience in the last few years of his life.
In 1991, "Golden Age" appeared in Taiwan's "Lianhe Bao" and also won the prize, Wang Xiaobo received a prize of NT$250,000, this encouragement made him determined to quit his job teaching at Renmin University and concentrate on writing at home.
Although Wang Xiaobo received material rewards for the "Golden Age", which took 20 years to complete, his heart was still bitter, because the book contained a large number of sexual descriptions and could not be distributed in the mainland.
Wang Xiaobo and his wife Li Yinhe have communicated with a number of publishing houses, but the results obtained are that the content is too vulgar to be distributed.
Until 1994, a publishing house finally agreed to help Wang Xiaobo print, but it could not be sold in official channels, that is, bookstores could not be sold on the shelves.
This is undoubtedly another blow to Wang Xiaobo, but he did not give up, taking his wife Li Yinhe with a thick book on his back, shuttling back and forth through the streets and alleys of Beijing, going to various newsstands to sell the "Golden Age".
Around 1995, multimedia began to rise, in order to let the work be seen by more people, Wang Xiaobo had to contribute to various magazines in order to maintain his livelihood, while following his nephew Yao Yong to produce an electronic version of "Golden Age", but he did not wait for the golden age of the Internet, he left first.
On the night of April 10, 1997, Wang Xiaobo's house issued two terrible screams, and the next afternoon the neighbors did not see Wang Xiaobo go out, so they opened the door, at this time Wang Xiaobo was above the south wall, the ash on the wall fell to the ground, the body was already cold, obviously before his death experienced a very painful ordeal, after the forensic doctor laid down, Wang Xiaobo died of sudden heart disease.
At Wang Xiaobo's funeral, this future literary celebrity who was worshipped by countless peers did not receive the mourning of any of his peers, and the "Golden Age" he longed for was still not released.
However, this is not that peers are not unreasonable, because Wang Xiaobo has always been a maverick, he is not willing to join any organization, nor mixed circles, Li Yinhe once advised him to join the Writers Association, so as to facilitate the release of works, because he did not want to be bound by rules, he refused.
Such Wang Xiaobo is destined to be difficult to understand, so in his "Golden Age", he depicts an absurd and depressing era, people lack the courage to tell the truth, people's freedom is also unintentionally deprived, and the escape and resistance to mainstream consciousness have become the main source of inspiration for Wang Xiaobo's creation of "Golden Age".
Chinese thousands of people are ashamed to talk about sex, especially in that period, but Wang Xiaobo does not like to follow the mainstream, and sex in his works is indispensable, because sex is a protest against the real society, and "Golden Age" is one of the best.
One of the protagonists in the story, Wang Er, is one meter and nine meters tall, his face is scorched yellow, but he is stilted on Erlang's legs, completely a rogue appearance, and incompatible with a serious personality in life.
Another protagonist is Chen Qingyang, she is a doctor of Beijing Medical University, although her husband is in prison, but she is still glamorous, there is no "widow" look, so she has provoked a lot of men's covetousness, women's jealousy.
Even if Chen Qingyang did nothing, she was crowned with the title of "broken shoes", and in a reception, she met Wang Er of Hanger Langdang.
Soon after, Chen Qingyang, who was under pressure from public opinion, approached Wang Er and hoped that he would help prove that he was not a broken shoe, but Wang Er solemnly proposed that "if you want to prove that you are not a broken shoe, the best way is to make yourself a real broken shoe."
This perverse reasoning was initially despised by Chen Qingyang, but when Wang Er proposed to establish a "great friendship" with her and asked Chen Qingyang to have a male and female relationship with him, Chen Qingyang readily agreed.
On the day of Wang Er's 21st birthday, Wang Er, in the name of establishing a "great friendship", had a long talk with Chen Qingyang, and finally in the name of "friendship", he hoped that Chen Qingyang would let him experience a man-woman affair and become a real man. Ironically, when Chen Qingyang really became a broken shoe, no one said that she was a "broken shoe".
Wang Xiaobo uses a wealth of details to describe the sex between the two people, these fragments may make people blush at first reading, and even question its literary value, in fact, it is with these descriptions that the literary value of "Golden Age" can be highlighted.
It was an era of "talking about sexual discoloration", and it was also an era in which ideas were imprisoned, and Wang Xiaobo satirized that era by depicting a large number of sex, so as to obtain the satisfaction of spiritual liberation.
The traces of Wang Er and Chen Qingyang are all over the mountains, and they are unscrupulous again and again, showing sexual liberation and rebellion against reality.
After the matter was exposed, the organization asked Wang Er to write the inspection, and also to write out the details as much as possible, which was originally a shameful thing, but Chen Qingyang asked Wang Er to write as specific as possible, ridiculous, and finally Wang Er's inspection was circulated back and forth by everyone.
The plot of the novel, at first glance, has a feeling of breaking the jar and breaking, but in fact, such "self-depravity" is a manifestation of breaking free from the shackles and pursuing spiritual independence.
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Chen Qingyang and Wang Er, in one incident after another, constantly struggled with their hearts and the surrounding environment, from the initial contradictions to the later pursuits, and finally gained truth and freedom.
In the second half of the story, Wang Er and Chen Qingyang developed love, and there were two paths in front of them: one was that the two stayed in the A ling tribe to live a free and free life, and the other was to return to the farm and continue to live a life of struggle with reality, and the two invariably chose the latter, because they knew that escaping could not get true freedom, and only by continuing to fight against reality could they gain freedom.
On May 13, 1997, more than a month after Wang Xiaobo left, "Golden Age" was officially released.
"Golden Age" caused a sensation after its release, and it was quickly sold out, reprinted 10 times before and after, issued a total of 240,000 copies, and to this day, it has always been at the top of the best-selling lists of major books.
This book is not long, only about 50,000 words, at first glance, it will indeed blush and beat, but if you taste it carefully, you can read the yearning for freedom and fun behind this absurd story, and behind those straightforward and explicit words, there is infinite literary charm.
Birch said, "The Golden Age destroyed all previously written novels!"
Ge Fei commented on Wang Xiaobo: "If Wang Xiaobo could live for ten more years, his status in the Chinese literary world may surpass Lu Xun's." "
Wife Li Yinhe said more bluntly: "If Xiaobo does not die, or the first Chinese to win the Nobel Prize in Literature is him." "Golden Age" is Wang Xiaobo's most outstanding masterpiece.
If you also want to read Wang Xiaobo, I suggest that you read his era trilogy, including "The Golden Age", "Silver Age" and "Black Iron Age" three books, to see how people in that era were pursuing love and freedom.
Although the era in the book is getting farther and farther away from us, the reflection on human nature, the yearning for freedom and independence, and the contemplation of life in the book are the eternal themes.
If you are also full of doubts about life, if you have also lost your way in the complicated life, you should really read Wang Xiaobo.
If you also want to maintain a rare sobriety in the hustle and bustle of the world, if you also want to have an interesting soul in a dull life, you must read Wang Xiaobo well.
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