After chasing Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers", and then opening Jin Yucheng's original book of the same name, I feel as if I have stepped from a colorful oil painting to a meticulous sketch. Wong Kar-wai's "Flowers" seems to have captured only the tip of the iceberg of the original work, but the real flowers are hidden between the lines of every word of the original work. After reading the original book, I really appreciated what it is"Started with prosperity and ended with loneliness", that deep and delicate emotion, like a poignant symphony, echoed in my heart for a long time.
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is different from the characters in the drama version, in the original book, there are three male protagonists, namely Ah Bao from a merchant family, Husheng from a cadre family, and Xiao Mao from a worker family. Their changes, unruliness, depravity, and loneliness are like flowers that bloom with branches and vines, and finally wither and fall like withered branches. It's like a personal apocalypse, and it's like the spiritual history of Shanghai's small citizens, just like the lyrics quoted in the book: Talking and laughing again, people are sad, and the wind blows in the endless years.
Style
Jin Yucheng depicts the essence of old Shanghai's urban culture with delicate brushstrokes and precise perception, which is also the revival of urban literature. It seems to bring us to a novel world, alleys, dance halls, small western-style buildings, and a strong Shanghai flavor rushes over, allowing us to suck in the unique literary aroma.
Linguistically
The language in the book is even more evocative, although it is a Shanghainese language, but Jin Yucheng uses restraint without losing the dialect aftertaste, such as "Xia Qi is beautiful", "suitable", "孃孃", "戅大", of course, the most is "not loud", even if you don't understand Shanghainese, you can guess what it means, and it has a long charm to read.
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If you want to say what is the spiritual core of "Flowers" throughout, you can use the words at the beginning of the book: "God doesn't make a sound, like everything is determined by me", what is "not ringing", Ah Bao said: "What should not be said, what is not clear, what is not well thought out, what is not planned, what is difficult for oneself and others, do not make a sound, and there should be room for doing things." Yes, this is also the wisdom of dealing with the world.
In the book,"No sound"This word jumped on the page a thousand times. But every sound"No sound"Behind it, it is magnificent and endless"Ringing", which is precisely what it is"Silence is better than sound at this point"The Wonderful. After reading the original book "Flowers", we also deeply felt that silence is better than sound. Its subtle grasp of human nature and its shock to the soul transcend the expression of words. This book is also too good
In the book,"No sound"This word jumped on the page a thousand times. But every sound"No sound"Behind it, it is magnificent and endless"Ringing", which is precisely what it is"Silence is better than sound at this point"The Wonderful. After reading the original book "Flowers", we also deeply felt that silence is better than sound. Its subtle grasp of human nature and its shock to the soul transcend the expression of words. This book is also too good