Forrest Gump
The author of "Forrest Gump" continues the legend
This time Forrest Gump wants to earn money to support his family and be a good father
Ma Yun, Ren Zhengfei, Wang Shi, Yu Minhong, Zhou Hongyi and other entrepreneurs' favorite characters
Forrest Gump tells you: no matter how hard the years are, just keep running forward
Copyright Information
Title: Forrest Gump Sequel
Author: [American] Winston Grumm translated by Zhao Yuanyuan
Publisher: Chongqing Publishing House
ISBN: 978-7-229-14300-8
Publication date: September 2020
Price: RMB 49.80
Category: Foreign Literature
About the Author
Winston Groom (1943–2020), American writer. Graduated from the University of Alabama, he worked as a military journalist and later specialized in writing, including "Remembering a Good Time", "Lost Summer", "Forrest Gump", etc. His "Forrest Gump" was adapted into a film and won several awards, which had a wide impact.
Translator: Zhao Yuanyuan, Master of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, has translated "The Lonely Traveler" and "The Mysterious Stranger".
Synopsis
Forrest Gump Adventures is back! And unlucky and happy!
The company went out of business, the adopted son ignored himself, and when he kicked the door, he completely messed up;
Selling encyclopedias, developing new Cokes, showing great power on pig farms, and even becoming the president of the company...
Jenny, Lieutenant Dan, Sue, McGiver, Colonel North, Gretchen, new and old characters appear one by one...
Well, in the end, Forrest Gump was awarded the "Most Adorable and Diagnosable Idiot award in America."
Did he just end it?
This book is a companion to "Forrest Gump", the story continues to be true, Forrest Gump opened a company but went bankrupt, and later he worked as a cleaner, an encyclopedia promoter, and opened a pig farm, and his absurd story was derived all the way to American high society, witnessing the American society of the 1980s to the 1990s for the reader, reflecting an absurd and real society.
Editor's recommendation
In 1994, "Forrest Gump" came out, swept many awards including the Academy Awards, and still sits firmly in the top three of Douban movies, since then Forrest Gump has become a classic inspirational image in the eyes of many entrepreneurs and ordinary people, although he is an idiot, but no one just treats him as an idiot.
Now, this idiot is back to life. In "Forrest Gump", an Forrest Gump who has run into a wall left and right in real life comes.
His company went out of business, he lost his job at the club, he was middle-aged, had to return to his old profession, and lost his job when he was on the rugby field. Also, due to the death of Jenny, he faces the responsibility of raising little Frost, no longer a golden bachelor who feeds the whole family alone and does not go hungry. In order to make a living, he had to work as a salesman, to be a Coca-Cola R&D worker, to work in a pig factory, to perform in a park...
Compared with the magical adventures in "Forrest Gump", this Forrest Gump is real almost like all unlucky eggs, all the way to misfortune, but in the end he can always be fierce, and slowly poke into your heart in the middle of the joke: he and Lieutenant Dan meet unexpectedly, the hero is short of breath, tears and blood and tears communicate; Jenny is gone, but she is like an angel, guiding him all the way to find his true self; little Frost is a lonely child, but Forrest Gump, who does not play by the routine, performs a different kind of misguided father-son relationship...
Gan's mother said that the good times are not long, and nothing is wrong. In an age of scrambling and instant gratification, Forrest Gump tells you that no matter how hard the years are, just keep running forward.
Media commentary
To know what happened to Forrest Gump and his friends, you have to read the book – this sequel... Like most of us, Forrest Gump tried his best and struggled to cope with the days — he remained decent, both likable and extraordinary. — The Chicago Sun
Graum followed the same comedic spirit... Wisely focus on the intersection of Forrest Gump's stupidity and real historical events. After all, what could be more interesting than the characters that history has created for us? — The Charter of Atlanta
I...... Find yourself once again falling under The Forrest Gump spelling and the world he sees in his eyes... Readers will also laugh from the first page to the last. - Flint Magazine