Nandu Book launched the "Invited Books" column in a single edition, inviting writers, scholars and cultural people to recommend good books they have recently read for readers, leading everyone to start a tasteful and interesting reading journey. This issue is recommended by the famous screenwriter and book critic Shi Hang.
Shi Hang
Screenwriter, book critic, actor. In 1992, he graduated from the Department of Drama and Literature of the Central Academy of Drama. In 1993, he began to write scripts, and in 2000, he participated in the writing of the script of "Iron Tooth Copper Tooth Ji Xiaolan" (the first part), and became a professional screenwriter in the same year. In 2012, he made a cameo appearance in the movie "Detective Hunter Zhang", which received praise, and later made cameo appearances in many movies such as "Evil Does Not Pressure the Righteous", "Surging Crowds", "Looking for Han Ji" and so on. In March 2017, Shi Hang hosted the program "Parrot Voice" on the CCTV6 Movie Channel. In recent years, he has participated in variety shows such as "Strange Story".
Books recommended by Shi Hang
【Non-fiction】
"Walking through the Hindu Kush Mountain"
Eric Newby, translated by Li Yue, The Commercial Press, May 2021 edition, $50.00.
"Walking through the Hindu Kush Mountain" recounts the adventures of two Britons who trekked deep into the interior of Afghanistan, where "civilized people" rarely set foot, and walked through the wilderness. In 1956, 37-year-old Eric Newby, tired of life in the fashion world, sent a telegram to his friend Hugh Calles: "Can you travel to Nuristan in June?" Thus began a legendary journey to Afghanistan and the Hindu Kush Mountains. In order to obtain permission and funding for travel inland Afghanistan, the two used mountaineering as an excuse (just as many travelers and adventurers have used mapping maps as an excuse before). Newby didn't have any mountaineering experience, but embarked on a short climbing training with his companions somewhere in Wales.
"One Hundred and Twenty Last Words of The Life of Kiki Shirin"
(Japanese) Kiki Xilin, translated by Lu Wanxia, People's Literature Publishing House, May 2021 edition, 48.00 yuan.
In the straightforward language of Ms. Kiki Shirin, who has practiced "let nature take its own" throughout her life and maintained her true colors at the last moment of life, she is full of her humanity and philosophy of life, not bound by stereotypes and common sense, laughing and playing with life, no matter what difficulties she encounters, whether it is aging or illness, we will regard it as the "nourishment" of our own lives - the words she leaves behind will give us great inspiration.
"Staying in England"
Fei Xiaotong, Life, Reading, Xinzhi Sanlian Bookstore, January 2021 edition, 58.00 yuan.
Fei Xiaotong has always been an essayist in my mind, but the name of the article is hidden by the scientific name, this time you look at how he talked about the British people's hearts, political implications, and even the British fog: "Fog is not night, every step forward, in front of the eyes to unfold a new real world, each step is solid, when he steps forward, the past has become concrete, this is a new world." "Sometimes we favor a scholar's early work because we trust his young, calm eyes.
The Thirteen Invitations: Minds and Hearts of Our Time
Xu Zhiyuan, Guangxi Normal University Press, January 2021, 236.00 yuan.
Standing on the cusp of the great era, the characters needed more detailed interrogation and equal measurement, and Xu Zhiyuan used his pedantic or persistent work to complete this Cao Chong's work of calling an elephant. I admire him and his team and the friendly and hard guests he faces, many of whom have been searched for or tortured for a long time, and in "Thirteen Invitations: Minds and Hearts of Our Time", they frankly reveal a sincerity that has not been seen elsewhere, and the more sincere and confrontation the era, the more sincere the more prominent. We enjoy this show because the barrage flies by, the exchange is sudden, and what is really worth maintaining is never the human design, but the discourse field. After being converted into white paper and black character printing and publishing, this discourse field is still a long grass warbler flying, and the sky is long and wide.
【Fictional】
National Treasure
(Japanese) Shuichi Yoshida, translated by Fu Yilin, Shanghai People's Publishing House, August 2021 edition,
"National Treasure" chronicles the fate and choices of a generation of Kabuki actors. The colorful and magnificent narrative of the author made me feel that old age was coming after reading it, and the so-called one read the head flew snow. A moment of love, deep love, this artistic adult is a big ending, so that people can only follow the author Shuichi Yoshida to say: "Grateful for the magnanimity of the years." "This is a book about fulfillment." Some people may be surprised that this novel has a qualitative difference from the author's previous "Wicked Man" and "Fury", in my opinion, he hides the sorrow and mourning deeper. As Jack London's little poem goes: "There is only so little left, after all, they have experienced suffering and turmoil, and it is not easy to leave this little, even though they have lost the cost of gambling." ”
Father on the Moon
Hu Xiaojiang, Huacheng Publishing House, July 2021 edition, 79.00 yuan.
"Father on the Moon" writes about men and women who have exhausted their lifelong fate just by getting married, and also about the residents who are still brazen after the end of the world, and the author talks to himself, self-painted (the illustrations are quite good), and pays tribute to the nights that no one describes but has always been undertaken. As a professional illustrator, in the past, the author was aware of the meaning of the text, gradually becoming a picture scroll, which is a downhill activity. This time, this is the first time he has traveled up the river, first conceiving the picture scroll, and then weaving the text, the text is the place where he arrived, and it is the source of the original memory. I believe that the author is a little relieved when he completes the creation of this book, which is a kind of brain-burning gift for us readers. Prefer words, prefer paintings, not to buy a pearl or pearl.
"Let the Bear Return to the Mountain"
(Plus) By John Owen, translated by Lu Hanzhen, Jiangsu Phoenix Literature and Art Publishing House, March 2021 edition, 52.00 yuan.
Haruki Murakami translated the novel and accompanied the author on a run to seek interviews, but because the novel was always permeated with the dry heat of youth, it was hot at the beginning of the volume. Play with seeds, play really, play to the end, play to the end, rush into the zoo to liberate black bears. The author wrote such a restless story at the age of twenty-five, and fifty years later we still want to follow in the footsteps of the protagonist. There are watchmen in the wheat fields, and there should be liberators in the zoos.
Headhunting Game
(Norway) by You Neisbo, translated by Chen Rongbin, January 2021 edition of Nova Press, 49.00 yuan.
This time, Yu Nesbo no longer repeats Detective Harry Holler's spell of self-loathing, but instead confronts the competition between criminals directly. This former rock star and former financial analyst has the ability to make you sympathize with criminals you shouldn't have. Opening the book is beneficial because you will be immersed in the book and become complicit in others.
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