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Chapter 366: Possibility of Winning
While Ryukawa Tetsu was discussing the issue of borrowing sperm with his wife, there was also a discussion about him in Dublin.

The old parliamentary building behind Trinity College was originally where the Irish Republic held political meetings.

Now a certain conference hall is surrounded by critics, and a professor of literature can even see the shadows of members of Congress.

The Frank Award is a major award in Ireland. Colm, who had seen it once two days ago, picked up a book for the award.

"A Little Cloud?"

Many people thought that the shortlist selection for the Frank Novel Award would only begin the next day, but in fact, the shortlist screening had already begun after Ryuukawa Toru met Jane Joyce today.

It aims to select high-quality short stories and make outstanding contributions to the development of short stories.

"You want to put this kind of novel together with the Book of Kells?"

The winning works of the Frank Fiction Prize will go into the Old Library of Trinity College, which is the national library of Ireland. It is a great honor to be included there.

“It’s pretty good actually.”

Sitting next to Colm, Joyce glanced at the novel in the other's hand.
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A few years ago, he saw his friend off in Northwall and wished him a safe journey.
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Gallagher also really had a smooth journey.
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You could tell immediately that he was successful, from his traveled, worldly-wise air, from his well-tailored tweed suit, from the confident tone of his voice.

The story tells of a man who fantasizes that he has unlimited talent and ability, but is often indecisive and lacks perseverance.

There isn't much that can be written in a short story, and this one uses the writing to describe those depraved people who like to console themselves with fantasies of success.

The articles are neatly ordered and the content is tidy.

“It’s a nice short essay, but not one that deserves to be on the Frank Award shortlist.”

Colm waved his hand and put "A Little Cloud" at the last place on the left hand side, which meant that this work was not selected.

Ten judges of the literature award take turns to review the work, and a work that is approved by one main judge or three deputy judges will be included in the shortlist.

Colm was the last to watch A Little Cloud.

"If it's all this level, there's no need to watch it."

Colm is a literary critic with a very sharp tongue. Everyone saw that he was angry and some people smiled awkwardly.

"continue."

There was a colleague who often lost his temper, and Joyce shook his head.

The selection process for the Frank Novel Award is very strict, and what the other party said is not wrong.

"Professor Joyce, I heard that you directly recommended The Ghost of Lexington to be included in the shortlist?"

The first novel to be shortlisted for the Frank Fiction Prize was the collection of novels "Ghosts of Lexington" by Toru Ryukawa, which consists of seven short stories. It is said that Jane Joyce was greatly amazed and praised it.

"Isn't the book right there? If you're interested, you can go and take a look."

Sitting next to Colm, Joyce was very quiet as he selected the books.

There are nearly a hundred novels on the long list, but only ten on the short list.

This is not a small-scale award. It is open to recommended submissions from all over Europe and the East.

Everything had to be done with caution, and Joycek had no time to chat with the other party.

"There's nothing good about that stuff."

Colm actually wanted to exclude Ryukawa Toru's work from the shortlist, but Joyce had already directly recommended "The Ghost of Lexington" for the list.

Each main reviewer can only directly recommend one work, and Colm doesn't understand why the other party gave this spot to Ryukawa Toru.

After mumbling a few words to Longchuan Tetsu, Colm picked up the next work. "Huh?"

Colm, who had been expressing himself in the style of a literary critic from the beginning till now, suddenly showed an expression of surprise, and everyone looked at him strangely.

"It is Banville's work."

The circulation of works was random, and when the judges heard that it was the emerging Irish writer, they all came over curiously.

John Banville is currently the most famous literary creator in Ireland.

He has been published in The Times and is considered the person most likely to win the Frank Novel Prize.

People gathered around and Joyce raised an eyebrow.

Banville was very popular in Ireland, and Joyce glanced at the nearby copy of The Ghost of Lexington, a work of the same genre as Banville's.

One is ignored, the other is very popular.

Joyce listened to others discussing Banville's work.

"The Dead", a literary article that expresses loneliness through stream of consciousness.
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The snow fell on every part of the dark central plain, on the treeless hills, and fell softly on the Moor of Allen, and further west, softly into the black, turbulent waters of the Shannon River.
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It fell, too, on every corner of the lonely churchyard on the hill where Michael Furey lay buried.

Someone watched a passage and showed a look of surprise on his face.

“It’s a Dubliners-like circular sentence structure.”

James's "Dubliners" is a literary work that many short story writers will appreciate.

The East emphasizes Zen, while the West emphasizes spiritual intention.

Joyce once used a snow in the west to depict the loneliness of an individual in Dubliners.
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On a snowy night in Dublin, Gabriel stood at the window, staring at the snowflakes flying in the sky.

This is the beginning of Dubliners, but what is important is Joyce's ending.
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He fell asleep listening to the faint sound of snowflakes falling, which fell gently across the universe, like their end, falling on all the living and the dead.

Both the beginning and the end end with snow, and the same scene forms two arcs. Joyce depicts the feeling of snowflakes falling and the insignificance of individual life being placed in the eternal cycle of time and space in the two snowflakes.

"It's really good."

Joyce's metaphorical writing, circular space architecture is famous throughout the literary world.

Some people turned directly to the end of "The Dead".
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There was a soft tapping sound on the windowpane.
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He turned and looked over.
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It started snowing again.

The snow here has the same metaphorical meaning of loneliness as in Dubliners, which surprised several critics.

"What does Professor Joyce think?"

If there was anyone present who preferred this "Joycean" style of writing, it was undoubtedly James Joyce's granddaughter.

The descendant of the master of stream-of-consciousness literature and the successor of Joyce.

"so so."

I have read "The Ghost of Lexington" by Toru Ryukawa, and I found that Joyce was indifferent to other people.

If she had been willing to support John Banville for the award before.

but now
"Professor Joyce thinks that Orientalist's work is better than Banville's."

"The Dead" has a great chance of winning the award, and Colm is somewhat dissatisfied with the female professor's indifferent attitude.

(End of this chapter)