Qilu Evening News Qilu One Point reporter Shi Wenjing
The exciting and fascinating work of "Dark Calculation" has gone through its wonderful twenty years, and the spy war series opened by "Dark Calculation" has added an important territory to the development of contemporary literature.
Recently, in order to commemorate the twenty years of the publication of "Dark Calculation", the People's Literature Publishing House specially launched the hardcover collection edition of "Dark Calculation", which was exclusively created by famous designers, carefully designed, and presented to readers with the most innovative and dynamic appearance.
Since its publication, "Dark Calculation" has not only won the seventh Mao Dun Literature Award, but also been selected into the British "Penguin Classics" library together with "Decryption", which are the only two contemporary novels in China to be included in the library.
It has opened up a new field of "espionage" literature with "code breaking", and has become a classic of this type of literature.
The TV series "Dark Calculation" and the movie "The Sound of the Wind", adapted from the novel of the same name, set off a frenzy of contemporary Chinese spy war film and television, which was deeply loved by the audience. "Dark Calculation" has refreshed the new heights of espionage literature, and the code-breaking world built by the Mai family has not yet been surpassed.
Reading "Dark Calculations" is to experience a reading adventure. Mai Jia's "701" breaks our habitual imagination of the real world, the most authentic narrative is constantly stirring up the veil of mystery, facing the world that we never understand, the gifted blind, the sexy and charming female scientist, the decrypted genius who cannot return to normal life have become another perspective for us to understand the world, where human nature also shows different dimensions. Through the story, what the Mai family wants to pursue is the decipherment of human nature. Every ultimate life must imply great tragedy.
Mai Jiale shows a rock-solid belief in "Dark Calculations", and he once said of his writing: "Times are changing, changing with each passing day, some virtues have become pedantic, some sublime have become ridiculous, and some secrets have become household names." But some things, some values, some eyes, are constant and unchanging. Ideally, the meaning of my writing is to find, or build, these things, these values, these eyes. In his story, we can feel this feeling of the heart, those warm things that support us, soothe us, guide us.
Since the release of "Dark Calculation", there have been many editions, in order to highlight the special significance of the hardcover commemorative edition, in the cover design, we strive to surpass all previous designs, and can make people shine when the book is displayed.
Beautiful books often bring readers the desire to read and the enjoyment of beauty, and the new edition of "Dark Calculations" is designed by Mr. Tao Lei, a famous designer and winner of "China's Most Beautiful Book".
The main colors on the cover of the new edition of Dark Calculations are orange and silver. These two colors are the boldest, most impactful, and most challenging, and if the design lacks ingenuity, it is easy to make the cover appear obtrusive and dazzling. Teacher Torley added Braille hollow design to the basis of the contrast, and the twelve black circles on the back cover of the cover are the Braille of the word "dark calculation", which has become another interpretation of "dark calculation" and a symbol of the secret electricity of the code. Among them, the three black circle cutouts on the cover are also designed with gilded transmitters, pistols, and cameras, which are the main elements of the three stories in the novel, echoing the silhouettes of the three characters on the cover, pointing out the main characters and plots.