Chapter 369 What Goes Out Is the Body, but What Cannot Go Out Is the Soul

Li Tuo is the deputy editor-in-chief of Yanjing Literature. He stopped writing novels around 1982 and turned to literature and film criticism. He is a well-known literary critic in the literary world.

"Yanhe" magazine is now very popular, and the novels it publishes are full of avant-garde flavor. As a literary critic, it is naturally the target of his attention.

After finishing his work at work today, he picked up the latest issue of "Yanhe" magazine and read it while drinking tea.

The first thing he looked at was the column recommended by the editor.

This is the "highlight" of "Yanhe" magazine. The novels published are all recommended by this magazine, and Fang Minghua, the editor-in-chief of "Yanhe" magazine, will comment on them in detail.

It is also a pleasure to read Fang Minghua’s comments on the novel.

Different from the previous issue, this issue of "Yanhe" actually published two novels in the editor-in-chief's recommendation column!

The first article is "April 3rd Incident" by Yu Hua.

The name Yu Hua is no stranger to Li Tuo. He has written several high-quality avant-garde novels and is a rising star in the literary world.

The "April 3rd Incident" written by him published in this issue of the magazine is just like his previously published novels. It is a sharp and cold examination of human nature and is full of avant-garde flavor.

What kind of person is this guy? Is he as unsmiling and cold as the novels he wrote?

Li Tuo thought while drinking from the enamel jar.

When he saw the second recommended novel "A Troubled Life", he was stunned.

Author Chi Li?

Little known.

But there are so many young writers like this in the literary world now, so it’s normal that he hasn’t heard of them.

It's just that the piece she wrote, "Troubled Life," seems a little different.

Obviously, it is not a avant-garde work but a realistic novel, but it is different from traditional realistic novels.

There is no thrilling or lingering romance in traditional realistic novels, but a struggle among the original daily trivial matters.

There are no tall heroes or evildoers in this novel, just ordinary people like the protagonist Yin Jiahou and the daily life process of ordinary people.

But it is enjoyable to read.

After Li Tuo read it carefully, he looked at Fang Minghua's comments.

This is what he said and wrote:

"Troublesome Life" is the latest work of young female writer Chi Li.

She narrates the protagonist Yin Jiahou's ordinary day's experience in simple and charming language, depicting his complex mentality of being troubled but not losing hope, forbearing but indignant and resisting under the burden of life, and truly showing the complex state of mind in which he is under the burden of life. The living situation of ordinary Chinese citizens in the reform era is a profound new realism novel.

New realism novel!

Li Tuo heard this name for the first time.

Think about it.

The name given by Fang Minghua is quite appropriate.

interesting.

After eating at noon, he read several other novels, "Into the Unexpected", "The Platform", "Poppies and White Moonlight", and "The Vast North Country", and the more he read, the more surprised he became.

It's almost the same type, new realistic novels.

Especially "Platform" written by Fang Minghua himself, the story of several young people from the county cultural troupe is the fate of such a group of small people. Throughout the 1980s, they experienced the confusion and confusion of youth and growth, and finally converted to a peaceful secular life. course.

This suddenly reminded Li Tuo of the novel "Youth" written by Fang Minghua a few years ago. It also described the story of an art troupe, but it was so different.

The former is revolutionary heroism, a group of youthful years forged with blood and youth, while the members of the art troupe in this "Platform" are struggling hard to follow the trend of the times.

What goes out is the body, but what cannot go out is the soul. The city in the novel is like Kafka's castle, like Marquez's Macondo!

interesting.

Is this a new trend in novel writing?

Li Tuo suddenly became excited.

He is going to write a literary review on Chi Li's "Troublesome Life" and Fang Minghua's "Platform".

Fang Minghua saw this literary review written by Li Tuo, which was published in "Literary News".

"Literary News" is very authoritative in terms of literary criticism, and as a newspaper, it is published more frequently than ordinary magazines, so it can gain timely insight into new trends in today's literary world.

Now that summer has entered, drinking hot tea seems a bit inappropriate, but Fang Minghua still likes it. Drinking the steaming Longjing tea, he is sweating all over. He simply takes off his shirt and wears big pants, and no one is watching in his dormitory anyway. arrive.

Well, Li Tuo's insight is still very high.

Soon another type of novel will emerge in the literary world.

It’s just that in the article, the “Platform” written by me was highly evaluated, while the evaluation of “Troubled Life” written by Chi Li was average.

Maybe it's because the protagonist Yin Jiahou in "A Troubled Life" lives a too useless life?

My son fell out of bed in the middle of the night, and my wife quarreled with him angrily. In the morning, I queued up to wash up in a crowded public restroom. I anxiously and helplessly took my son to work and squeezed into the bus, and was ridiculed by the young woman. Then I rushed to the ferry, ate breakfast in a hurry, and Rushing to send my son to kindergarten and running to the workshop in a hurry

In fact, this is the real life of an ordinary middle-aged man living at the bottom.

As for "Platform", Li Tuo's experience of several men and women in the art troupe and the helpless struggles of small people in the context of the big era are lamentable.

Finally, I quoted a passage from Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities.

This is the best of times, this is the worst of times;

This is an age of wisdom, this is an age of stupidity;

It’s a season of light, it’s a season of darkness;

This is the spring of hope, this is the winter of despair;

People have everything before them, and people have nothing before them;

People are on the road to heaven, people are heading to the gate of hell.

The article is well written!

No wonder later generations were respectfully called Lord Tuo in the literary world.

Fang Minghua was reading the newspaper with relish when he suddenly heard someone knocking on his door.

"The door is not closed, just come in." Fang Minghua said without raising his head.

Who closes the door on a hot day?

Why is there no sound?

Fang Minghua looked up and saw Yu Hua, standing at the door with a smile.

"Why did you knock on the door? You can just come in." Fang Minghua didn't move and read the newspaper again.

As a result, Yu Hua stood at the door and didn't come in directly. When he tilted his head, two girls followed him.

"This is what you are doing?"

Fang Minghua quickly put on his coat.

"That's right. Wasn't "Old Well" filmed by Wu Tianmin of West Film Studio being screened recently? Many people said that this movie was very good, so we also invite you to watch the movie tonight." Yu Hua said.

After hearing what Yu Hua said, Fang Minghua glanced at him.

This movie was shot very well.

Fang Minghua had read it online before traveling through time, but he had no impression of it. Naturally, he wanted to take a look when he came to this era.

But the question is, why four of us?

Did you take the initiative to buy the tickets?

You will have to change wives in the future, but I have no such plans.