A healing writer? No, it's a depressing writer!

Chapter 273: The Great World of Literature! He Suppressed the Talents of the World with His Own Strength! A Dragon Appeared in the World of Literature! The Father of Lost Literature!
Paris is known as the city of romance, and the citizens living here always yearn for love.

The happiest thing in this world is
In the afternoon when the setting sun burns through the clouds, stand under the Eiffel Tower with your loved one, hug each other, hold hands, and admire the beautiful scenery of the Seine River.

Of course, while enjoying the beautiful scenery, you should pay special attention to your wallet.

The scenery is certainly beautiful.

But Paris is also notoriously unsafe.

Standing by the river and enjoying the beautiful scenery, if you don't be on guard, even if Thief Waxinger comes, your two batteries will be stolen.

A café on the Left Bank of the Seine.

Outside the cafe, there are a dozen milky white awnings that look quite bourgeois.

The weather today is pretty good, with the temperature around 24 or 25 degrees. It’s not too hot, but at least it’s not too cold either.

There were many guests sitting under the awning reading books.

Some of them were dressed in strange clothes, some were in suits, and some were dressed simply and it was obvious that they were students from nearby colleges.

These people, without any prior arrangement, sat in the lounge chairs under the awning, flipping through the books in their hands:
“This book is really good.”

France has always been a country with a very strong cultural atmosphere. Don’t just mention Europe and America, even if you look at the entire world literary scene——

Writers from France are also very influential.

Looking around the world, which French writers have been able to influence the world literary scene, leave their names in history, and be remembered by future generations?

Just to give two examples -

Victor Hugo, a representative writer of French positive romantic literature in the early 19th century and a representative figure of humanitarianism, was called "French Shakespeare" by later historians. His representative works include "Les Miserables", "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "The Sinking of the Normandy".

Hugo's influence is not only spread throughout Europe and the United States, he is also very famous in France and is even very well-known in the Asian literary world.

Among them, Les Miserables, the culmination of Hugo's creative career, is hailed as Hugo's greatest work and the finale of the history of world literature.

Not only Hugo, but also other famous writers in the modern history of world literature, such as Dumas, Rousseau and Camus, are from France.

It is also due to the emergence of talents and some political reasons.
Writers of French nationality have become the nationality with the most number of winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

A long historical heritage.

Coupled with a strong cultural influence.

This has led to more than 70% of young people in France with a high school education or above maintaining the habit of reading books and newspapers.

It is precisely based on this atmosphere of universal reading that these readers from France have a strong interest in literary works.

They are all very picky.

Pierre is a university professor at Paris Sciences et Lettres University, a world-renowned research university and a world-class university ranked in the top five in France by QS. It is located in Paris, the capital of the French Republic.

Different from the Chinese who are obsessed with making money all their lives, the French people, especially the petty bourgeoisie, are more focused on enjoying life and cultural edification and cultivation.

Every Wednesday afternoon, when there are no classes.

Pierre would come to this café on the left bank of the Seine to eat dessert, enjoy the beautiful scenery, and read two of his favorite books.
Thanks to the recommendation of Simon & Schuster's [Famous Book List], this was Pierre's first exposure to——

This kind of literary work has a hint of sadness between the lines, seems positive, but in fact the genre and content are filled with a bit of melancholy?
On the banks of the Seine, under a milky white awning.

There was a cup of steaming coffee on Pierre's desk.

As if Columbus had discovered the New World, there was a hint of sadness between his eyebrows, and he was shocked at the same time as he felt lost:
"Can this book be written like this?"

“This is amazing.”

"The Sun Also Rises" tells the historical period from 1924 to 1925, that is, after the First World War. It is set in the famous city of Paris and revolves around a group of young men and women who have suffered severe emotional or mental trauma, and have suffered serious psychological or physiological dysfunctions in the war. In the era of consumerism, they lead a bohemian life and the emotional entanglements between them.

From the perspective of the plot, this book is a bit similar to "No Longer Human". They both tell the stories of people's worries and concerns about their future lives after the war.

but!

He is different from the protagonist of "No Longer Human", Ohba Eizo, who is decadent and pessimistic throughout the whole novel!
This whole book is written from the simple to the complex. At the beginning, it creates a positive feeling for you. After the war, the hero returns triumphantly. Even though he suffers lifelong disability, he still insists on living a positive and hard-working life. Then, halfway through the book -

By depicting the post-war period, the film shows how the war brought unprecedented economic growth to the entire French society because France was the victorious country.

People began to gradually sink into material things.

People were gradually controlled by desires and began to lose their way.

That is, when the economy began to take off and consumerism prevailed, people's moral concepts began to change quietly.
Men began to sink into lust without any morals.

The woman, from being conservative and uncontrollable at the beginning, fell into debauchery.

The protagonist Barnes, who returned from the battlefield, watched helplessly as his innocent best friend began to indulge in material life and was polluted by this society of feasting and drinking. Eventually, he lost his original pure nature and became selfish, mean, cold-blooded and ruthless.

The protagonist Barnes, who lost his sexual ability due to war trauma, could only watch his beloved woman, who was a pure girl with eyes full of her, being influenced by the social atmosphere of consumerism and money supremacy, and finally willing to become the mistress of others, and even more than one.
After experiencing this myself.

The protagonist Barnes was in despair and at the same time he couldn't help falling into deep confusion:

"What has war brought us?"

"Can material things really be higher than human morality and existentialism?"

“Is this the life we ​​exchanged our lives for?”

The core idea of ​​the literary work "The Sun Also Rises" is:

It is the painful and sad state of mind of the people in this age of consumerism, who feel they have nowhere to go after awakening.

No matter how cruel the reality you face.

No matter how confused and painful you are about your current situation.

Even if you know that everything around you is false prosperity and you are in the wrong environment.

However, you have no power to change all this.

No matter what happened.

The sun will rise as usual in the morning of the next day.
From morning till night, I sit there.

During this period, Pierre never left the awning, nor did he move from the seat he was sitting on even for a moment.

The charm of words lies in that they can allow you to blend into another world silently.

As long as you immerse yourself in this world, you won't feel the passage of time.

It is like you have crossed decades of time and space to have a comprehensive ideological and spiritual dialogue with the protagonists of these stories that happened in the past.

The sound of traffic began to fade away.

The hustle and bustle around me began to gradually disappear.

With extreme concentration, Pierre held the book in his hands and seemed to have entered another world.

At this moment, he seemed to see Barnes, the protagonist of "The Sun Also Rises", sitting next to him with a weak but relieved look, with an expired cigarette in his mouth, whispering in his ear:

"I couldn't bear the thought that my life was slipping away so quickly and I wasn't really living it."

"Maybe as time goes by, you will learn something. I don't care what the world is like. I just want to know how to live in it. Maybe if you know how to live in the world, you will understand why the world has become the way it is."

The scene changes.

Pierre seemed to see the unshaven Barnes sitting by the sea again.

In the desolate darkness of the night, Barnes raised his head and looked at the long coastline.

His voice was clear and full of thoughts about the future:
"It's easy to pretend you don't care during the day, but at night there's no escape."

"Everyone must die, male or female, ugly or beautiful, young or old, at dusk or dawn, good or bad, leader or slave, rich or poor. In short, no matter what happens, the sun will rise as usual."

A ray of sunlight penetrated the eye mask, making it difficult for Pierre, who looked quite gentlemanly, to open his eyes.

The picture shattered in an instant and then disappeared.

He looked up and realized that he had been under the awning of the coffee shop for a whole day.

From morning till night
He hadn't felt this way for a long time. Because of a book, he read so hard that he forgot about time.

As if deeply touched, I recalled all the classic quotes in the book.

After a long silence, he finally uttered:
“It’s so shocking.”

The group plot in this book is very well written. Every character in the book, whether it is the protagonist or the supporting role - is not a pure tool at all.

They are flesh and blood.

They have their own joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, and even their own thoughts.

The plot of this book gave Pierre a feeling——

“This is not a story made up by the writer. He is just using the most plain narrative method to record the indulgent and tragic life of the young people who once lived in that era.”

I have to admit that after reading "The Sun Also Rises" in its entirety and experiencing every detail the author has given to the readers -

The aftereffect is indeed huge!

This can easily lead people into an extremely strong state of nihilism.

Before watching it, Pierre was in a good mood as he was enjoying the holiday.

But after reading it, through the philosophical context narrated by the characters in the book, Pierre couldn't help but start thinking:

"Why do people live?"

"What are people pursuing in life?"

“Is it possible that living is actually a shackle bestowed upon human beings by God, and only death can bring about the liberation of a new life?”

I don't know why, but I recalled the various plots in the book and the conversations with the protagonist Barnes in the other world.

Pierre's mood suddenly became very bad.

It is a kind of confusion about the uncertainty of future life.

It is a deep thinking about the essence of life and the true meaning of the world of existence.

For some reason, as Pierre was thinking, his legs began to move uncontrollably towards the Seine.

step.

One more step.

Another step.

As if his mind was controlled by something, the tall Pierre walked to the river. In his mind, a demon and an angel were fighting fiercely.

The devil said:
"Jump down, jump down."

"This world is so dirty and makes your life so tiring, why are you still hanging on in this world?"

"Jump down and you will have eternal life."

The angel said:
"No, never, don't do that. Only if you're alive will you have the courage to resist!"

"Being alive means there is still hope!"

That is when angels and demons are fighting madly and the demon is about to gain the upper hand.

A sentence Jiang Hai wrote on the title page of "The Sun Also Rises" instantly awakened Pierre from his confusion.

That was a quote from the writer Romain Rolland that Jiang Hai quoted:

“There is only one kind of heroism in this world, and that is to face the truth of life bravely after you recognize it.”

If a person is not afraid of death, why should he be afraid of living?

These words immediately brought Pierre back to his senses.

He began to retreat hastily, away from the Seine.

I recalled the time when I fell into nihilism, my thoughts wavering between consciousness and existence, and I had the urge to commit suicide.

He suddenly felt a chill on his back:
"God! This is too dangerous!"

It seems like I was deeply impressed by the author's conception, writing style, and the deep thinking about life revealed in this book.

Looking at the two big, bright characters "Jiang Hai" on the author's signature.

This made Pierre sigh from the bottom of his heart:
“This author is really amazing”

It is hard to believe that an author from China would know so much about France’s historical changes, humanistic thoughts, and traditional landscapes?
Jiang Hai's understanding of France, from its society to its people, and then to its language and customs -

It has almost reached an outrageous level!

If it hadn't been authenticated by Simon Publishing, Pierre would have found it hard to believe it.

This is actually a book written by a Chinese writer???
To be honest, before that.

Pierre had never heard of any Chinese writers in Europe.

What Zhou Shuren.

What Shen Congwen.

What Qian Zhongshu.

He had never heard of these writers who were relatively famous in Asia.

But today, through the book "The Sun Also Rises", he truly remembered the name of the writer Jiang Hai.

This impression is too deep. If nothing unexpected happens, the writer Jiang Hai's name will be...

He will never forget it in his life!

"He created a brand new literary genre! I would like to call him the father of lost literature!"

Come back to your senses.

I was completely impressed by the words in the book.

Like a tap, Pierre from Paris Sciences et Alpes was pushing Jiang Hai's book like crazy in his alumni circle, work group, Twitter, YouTube, and every social platform he could think of:

"I'm currently reading a literary work called The Sun Also Rises, written by a Chinese writer, Jiang Hai."

Hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of readers like Pierre have begun to voluntarily advertise "The Sun Also Rises" on their respective social platforms.

Soon, Jiang Hai's literary works appeared not only at the Paris Sciences et Lettres University.

It also appears at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard.
I was attracted by this so-called newly emerging "lost literature genre".

In each college campus.

More and more students began to borrow Jiang Hai's works from bookstores, newspaper offices, and even libraries outside their respective schools:
"Hello, has the copy of The Sun Also Rises that I subscribed to last week arrived?"

The bookstore owner, who looked a little kind and wore a derby hat, spread his hands helplessly and looked at the students who came to borrow books:
"Dear, I'm so sorry, the book was picked up right after it arrived at the store."

"I'm afraid you'll have to wait until next time."

"Don't worry, I'll keep it for you next time."

The so-called literary world, for living writers, generally has three situations:

The first type is a stagnant pool, where everyone’s talents and qualifications are mediocre, and the works and texts produced are all vulgar and pedantic.

We usually call this situation a world ruled by mediocrity.

The second type is that a hundred schools of thought contend, and talented people emerge in large numbers. Everyone has their own writing styles and creative concepts, and they can learn from each other, complement each other, and combine the strengths of a hundred schools of thought to write the most relevant literary works of the changing times.
We usually call this situation a great literary era!
The third is the situation currently faced by the Chinese literary world:

One person suppresses the world's talents!
No matter who you are in the literary world.

No matter what kind of celebrity you are.

All of this happened in front of a younger generation named Jiang Hai.

Everything seems so pale and powerless!

At this moment, Jiang Hai's new work has sparked such a heated discussion in the political, business and literary circles of North America.

As if deeply touched.

Tie Ning, Chairman of the China Writers Association, had tears in his eyes and shouted in a trembling voice:
"A dragon has emerged from the literary world."

(End of this chapter)