Do you like watching reasoning?Do you feel that reasoning is just a kind of entertaining literature, without deep thoughts and feelings?If you have such thoughts, then you probably haven't read Echoes of Things.
This is a long story that integrates multiple elements such as criminal investigation, psychology, family, and love**It not only has a wonderful suspense plot, but also a rich exploration of human nature. It allows us to see that the human heart is more vast than the sky, and the case can be solved, but human nature is elusive.
In August 2023, this ** won the 11th Mao Dun Literature Award, becoming the first work of a Guangxi writer to win this highest award in Chinese literature. The author is a writer who came out of a mountain village, and he has spent more than 30 years of writing to show his keen observation and deep understanding of reality and the mind. Today we're going to talk about the new Mao Award winner and his "Echoes".
"Echo" is a long story created by the writer**, which was first published in the third issue of "People's Literature" in 2021, and was first published as a single book in June 2021. ** tells the story of policewoman Ran Dongdong who discovers that her husband Mu Dafu is cheating on her in the process of solving a murder case of a young woman.
**Adopt the two-line narrative of "case line" and "emotional line", the odd-numbered chapter writes about Ran Dongdong's reasoning and detection, the even-numbered chapter writes about Ran Dongdong's marriage crisis with Mu Dafu, and the last chapter merges the two lines to form an "echo".
* Begins with a bizarre ** case, which triggers an exploration of human nature and a scrutiny of society. The characters in ** all have complex psychology and motivation, and their actions and psychology affect each other and are intertwined with each other, forming an intricate network.
* It not only shows the complexity of reality, but also depicts the vastness of the mind. The cases and feelings in ** are full of suspense and changes, making it difficult for readers to ** end. **At the end, does the love between Ran Dongdong and Mu Dafu still exist?became an unanswerable question.
For the first time in writing, he tried the elements of "reasoning" and "psychology", he not only carefully shaped the character and psychology of each character, but also used a lot of knowledge of psychology and forensics to make ** more real and professional. He wanted to write about the incomprehensibility of the human heart, "this is how it happened," and he wanted to write "I think it happened this way." This is the vocation of the ** family, and if it is recorded truthfully, it is social journalism, not literature.
"Echo" is a long story that can be extended infinitely**, it not only tells the beginning and end of a case, but also tells the style of a city, the changes of an era, a social problem, and a human problem. It shows us that every human being is a world, and that every world has countless possibilities.
It makes us think: what is truth, justice?What is love, happiness?It allows us to feel the impermanence of life, the complexity of the human heart, the greatness and insignificance of human nature.
The poster of the TV series "Echo" of the same name, formerly known as Tian Dailin, was born in 1966 in a remote mountain village in Tian'e County, Hechi City, Guangxi, but his horizons are infinitely broad. In his childhood memories, the picturesque beauty of his hometown, the sunset smiling at him, and the poetry in his heart nourished by nature.
Things came out of the mountain villages, and the creations were deeply influenced by rural life. His early works, such as "Children of Longtan", "Lonely Mountain", "Drunken Mountain", and "Rare Guest", all used the countryside as the background, wrote about the sorrow and tenacity of rural characters, and showed the changes and conflicts of rural society.
His language is simple and full of charm, his stories are real and full of tension, and his characters are vivid and full of personality. His work was inspired by avant-garde literary writers such as Yu Hua, Su Tong, and Ge Fei.
In his works, we can also see the spark of his pursuit of formal change, such as the reversal of the narrative time of "Outside the City", the transformation of the narrative perspective of "Stepping on the Threshold of Time", and the avant-garde characteristics of "Commodity". He resists the social reality of contemporary China by dissecting the inner secrets of his characters, allowing his work to transcend the limitations of allegory.
Thing is a writer who is constantly changing, each of his works is different from the previous ones, he doesn't like to repeat his own writing, he doesn't want to repeat others, he wants to change, research, think, innovate.
Each of his novels is a new exploration and expression of his reality and mind. From works such as "Slap Loud", "Regret", "Tampered with Life", "Echo", etc., he has been looking for more expressions in serious literature.
On August 11 this year, the 11th Mao Dun Literature Award was announced in Beijing, and "Echoes" by East and West became one of the five award-winning works, which is also the first Mao Award winner for Guangxi writers and the first Mao Award winner in the southwest area. This is a recognition of the literature of the Southwest Area, and it is also an affirmation of the personal creation of the East and the West.
The Mao Dun Literature Award is the highest award in the Chinese literary worldThe selection process is very strict and fair, and the Chinese Writers Association organizes a jury composed of experts, scholars and literary critics to conduct preliminary evaluation, re-evaluation and final evaluation of the long works across the country, and finally determine the award-winning works and authors.
The selection criteria for the Mao Dun Literature Award are: it has distinctive characteristics of the times, reflects major issues in social life, has a high artistic level, and has made important contributions to the development of Chinese literature.
It reflects the multifaceted and complex nature of contemporary Chinese society, reveals the relationship between people and psychological changes, shows the light and darkness of human nature, and deeply thinks and explores the major issues of social life.
It is also a film with a high artistic level, which uses reasoning and psychological techniques to construct a tense and suspenseful story, create a group of distinctive and three-dimensional characters, and create a novel and charming language, which has made important contributions to the development of Chinese literature.
It is a book that is worth savoring repeatedly, which allows us to not only enjoy the beauty of literature in the process of reading, but also harvest the wisdom of life.
The stills of the TV series "Echo" of the same name are suspenseful, and the two lines of "Echo" complement each other.
Human nature is unpredictable, the truth is lost, and the murderer Chafu walks side by side.
Innovative reasoning methods in the east and west, spiritual exploration and writing life.
Mao Award Glory Southwest Light, Guangxi Writers Exhibition Landscape.
Thing is a writer who has the courage to innovate and change, and each of his works is a new exploration and expression of his reality and mind. His creations cover a variety of themes and styles such as rural, urban, historical, modern, reasoning, and psychology, his language is simple and charming, his stories are real and full of tension, and his characters are vivid and full of personality.
He is a writer who came out of a mountain village and has observed and understood the world with his own eyes and heart.
I hope you will also read this ** and share your feelings and opinions with me. Thank you for reading.