On the evening of September 26, contemporary novelist Zhang Yueran came to Zhengzhou to share with readers the creative feelings of her new book "The Moment of Epiphany". This work is the essence of Zhang Yueran's 20 years of creation and reading accumulation and 8 years of teaching experience in renmin university writing classes, she interprets writers from the perspective of writers, uses a "novel scalpel" to take us back to the scene of the story, dismantle classic texts, and take us to know the literary giants of our time.
In July 2020, "The Moment of Epiphany" was curated by Motie Books and published by Beijing United Publishing Company.
Young writers who do not forget their original intention of writing and deeply cultivate the literary territory
Zhang Yueran, who began publishing articles at the age of 14, was initially known to the public for his youth literature. Today, Zhang Yueran is a contemporary writer, a lecturer at the College of Literature of Chinese University, and the editor-in-chief of the well-known art and literature theme book department "Carp". He has won the "Chinese Literature and Media Award" Novelist of the Year and other awards, and with his uninterrupted novel creation, he still stands firmly in the literary circle.
Her novels "Cocoon", "Oath Bird", "Narcissus Has Gone by Carp", "Cherry Far", short story collections "Ten Loves", "Sunflower Lost in 1890", "I Follow the Fire" have been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Korean and other languages for publication.
Open up a reading path unique to 60 classic novels
"The Moment of Epiphany" is a novel lesson carefully written by Zhang Yueran to all readers and creators, involving various questions about reading and writing: What prompts writers to write a novel? What makes the reader start a thought trek in a limited amount of time and space? Why can popular fiction touch more people? Why are secondary characters equally plump?
Years of experience in reading creation and teaching have allowed her to open up a unique reading path for 60 classic novels in her new books, sort out the methods and skills of writing, establish an order that belongs to writers, and help us understand the world and others with limited stories. From "The Dubliner" to "The Dedication of Suspect X", from "Assassination of the Knight Commander" to "2666"... Zhang Yueran leads the classic books and best-selling books, leads everyone to re-enter the scene of the story, and analyzes the deep meaning behind the novels that we do not know from an alternative perspective.
From comprehension to expression, a book of practice for lovers of words
"Don't think that only an external event as intense as a car accident or death is a plot, a trivial detail that can also become an important plot if it brings impact and change to the protagonist." Zhang Yueran said.
The more books you read, the more you understand the importance of the design of the storyline to a work, and sometimes it is not the grand and exciting scenes that touch the reader, but some insignificant little detail.
Zhang Yueran said that from thoughtful to creative expression is a long road, in the new book she digs deep into a variety of writing logic, leading readers to discover the multiple methods of novel writing, narrowing the distance between thought and expression.
Take you to a truly comprehensive understanding of the literary giants of the times
What influence does the writer's life experience have on the work? What kind of creative habits of writers are permeated behind the works? In the new book, Zhang Yueran comprehensively analyzes the lives and works of contemporary literary giants such as Haruki Murakami, Bolaño, McEwan, monroe and so on, and changes the limitations of classic works in the novel class, so that you can fully understand the literary giants of this era. Gazing at the love and pain, suffering and invigorating of contemporary novelists helps us to know the coordinates of our place in time and space, so as to better understand ourselves.