Cover news reporter Wang Hui
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The charm of ice and snow sports, with the Beijing Winter Olympics in full swing, has become more and more recognized and loved by the public. Among the obsessives, there is Keigo Higashino, a Japanese mystery novel who has swept the world for his works such as "White Night Walk" and "Relief Grocery Store".
Most people know Keigo Higashino through his works of reasoning. Those novels with tight plots and gripping hearts let us see the serious and meticulous side of this writer, who does not know the real Keigo Higashino, but has been hiding behind the works, little known.
Challenge is a collection of essays by Keigo Higashino documenting himself and skiing, published by the People's Literature Publishing House.
In the book "Challenge", Keigo Higashino shows readers a real and lovely self for the first time: when he reaches middle age, he suddenly becomes obsessed with snowboarding, and despite the persuasion of relatives and friends, he insists on learning this dangerous sport. In order to find a suitable ski resort, he used almost every opportunity to travel after writing, and eventually became a great snowboarder.
Keigo Higashino in motion
Snowboarding is a dangerous sport, and family and friends tried to discourage Keigo Higashino from taking risks, and his editors did not strongly oppose it, but only if he finished the manuscript before skiing. Since then, Higashino has begun a busy and fulfilling life of desperately trying to catch up with the draft while looking around for a suitable ski resort. He used witty and humorous words to record his skiing experience -
He was anxious about the promise of others to "ski together", afraid that the other party would forget the agreement, and repeatedly knocked on the side; after practicing for a few hours more than others, he was secretly proud and hoped to "show off" at the next meeting; seeing a ski trail with few people, he bravely slid down, stumbled to the finish line, and realized that he had challenged a particularly difficult track...
As a reader, you can be like an old friend, see a person who is as ordinary as you and me, mischievously tell these wonderful stories, and feel his joys and sorrows.
As he became famous, the more pressure Keigo Higashino carried. The concentration and extreme challenges of snowboarding completely immersed him in it and brought him mental relaxation.
Keigo Higashino
If every wonderful work is a challenge for Keigo Higashino, then every snowboarding is undoubtedly a challenge to himself. He needs to face the possibility of doing countless times of training at any time. However, just like Haruki Murakami is obsessed with running, skiing is also a new self-understanding for Higashino. He said in the book: "Snowboarding is fun, it's true, but fun is not all, there are more interesting things in the world than skiing." I think what fascinates me is 'progress'. ”
Because of this "progress", he can constantly devote himself to various new attempts, constantly touch new materials, and write new novels. It is precisely because of this "progress" that he has become the one who has dedicated countless classics to us.