Cover news reporter Zhang Jie
One is a novelist known for his fiction, and the other is a veteran literary critic. But the two of them have a common identity: poet. On October 15, the current Tianfu Book Exhibition opened. As an important event sponsored by Zhejiang Publishing United Group as the "Annual Guest of Honor", a ceremony entitled "Contemporary Inheritance and Expression of the Spirit of the Frontier Land- Literary Dialogue and Unveiling Ceremony of The Writers Alai and He Xiangyang" was held at the main venue of the book fair.
With the launch of the newly published works of Alai ("Dust Settled", "Epic of Jicun Village" (six-part) "Executioner Silversmith - Dust Settled Outer Chapter"), Mao Prize writer Ah Lai and Lu Prize writer He Xiangyang, under the auspices of Cao Yuanyong, executive vice president of Zhejiang Literature and Art Publishing House, launched in-depth and wonderful dialogues on issues such as writing in the border areas and how to build a Chinese civilization community through the expression of the spirit of the border areas.
Alai: Sitting by the fire and writing the story of "Dust Settled", "At this time, the dust is completely settled"
When it comes to the writer Alai, almost everyone will first think of his novel "Dust Settled". "The Dust Has Settled" has been published for more than 20 years, and has been precipitated into a classic that is often read and often new. This new publication is a testament to its vitality. However, the "dust" will not be easily settled, after writing "Dust Settled", Alai feels that he is still unfinished, so he created works such as "Silversmith in the Moonlight" and "Executioner Eryi" with several related or not fully developed characters in the novel as the protagonists, and the minor characters of "Dust Settled" thus came to the center of the stage and became the core of the story.
Ah said that it was winter when these "outer" works were completed, "I sat by the fire and wrote these stories." At this point, the dust is completely settled. These "outer chapters" are not only an organic supplement to "Dust Settled", but also reflect each other with "Dust Settled", while highlighting the infinite charm of literature itself, and together with "Dust Settled" this part, they jointly outline the three-dimensional picture of the eve of the collapse of the toast system on the snowy plateau. With the name "Dust Settled Outer Chapter", these works seem to have finally found their right place.
After "The Dust Settles", Alai brought readers another literary peak- "The Epic of Jicun" (six parts), which won Ah Lai the "7th Chinese Literature and Media Awards • Outstanding Writer of the Year Award" for Ah Lai. For A, "The Epic of The Machine Village" (six parts) is the work he has devoted the most effort to, and it is more satisfying to him than "Dust Settled". Alai confessed, "When I saw this pile of books, I was scared when I looked at it, and it turned out that I had written so much word by word. It took about 10 years from the time I wrote "The Dust Settles" in 1994 to the completion of the sixth volume of "The Epic of Jicun", and my best 30s to 40s were consumed by this pile of books. ”
He Xiangyang: Ah Lai alone can afford to expand his horizons in China's rural narrative
In his works, Alai not only presents the changes in China's rural areas over the past hundred years since the beginning of the 20th century, but also highlights the spirit of "borderland" with great vitality. At the sharing meeting, Ah Lai, He Xiangyang and Cao Yuanyong also talked about the "border spirit" in Alai's literary works. Ah Li believes that the significance of writing about the border areas lies in "building a solid sense of Chinese cultural community." The expression of Chinese culture begins with the understanding and expression of local culture. It is with this ideal in mind that Alai traveled around and examined a large number of historical materials, local chronicles and folklore in order to write the works of "Dust Settled", "Epic of Jicun Village", and "Executioner Silversmith - "Dust Settled".
He Xiangyang also discussed Alai's works from the perspective of rural narrative, "In the history of literature, whether it is Lu Zhen written by Lu Xun, or the countryside written by Liu Qing, or the countryside written by Lu Yao, it is a rural village with a cultural form. But our literary history is actually missing a large part, in addition to the villages we see in the Central Plains, or the villages in eastern Zhejiang and northern Shaanxi, there are a large number of border villages. Because of Ah Lai, in the history of world literature, he alone can stand up to the expansion of the horizon of China's rural narrative." In He Xiangyang's view, Ah Lai is a very important writer in contemporary China, and he is also a world-class and very influential writer, "I think he is a writer who is difficult to talk about at will." If there is a holy mountain, it is difficult for us to make a loud noise under the holy mountain. So Alai put a lot of pressure on critics, on some researchers. Speaking of the Spirit of the Frontier today, it is a good entry point, but it still does not cover the essence of Alai's works. ”
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