Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 413 Big Trolls and New Fables (Subscribe)
The reporters present must have been dealt with by Rist, if not all of them, at least [-]%.

In addition to asking some questions related to the incident two days ago, these reporters began to ask about the films that Yu Dong participated in the production of. After the questions about these films were over, they asked about "Alive " and "Red Sorghum".

After they finished asking about the movie, they began to guide Yu Dong and the others to talk about future plans and literature-related topics.

And they didn't favor one over the other, all four of them were very concerned by them.

Mo Yan was answering reporters' questions over there, while Yu Dong looked down at his watch.

He made an appointment with Clézio to meet at six o'clock, and this must end some time earlier.

But what he didn't expect was that just as he looked up from his watch, he saw a middle-aged man with blond hair walking over by the hotel waiter.

Yu Dong recognized the man as Clezio at a glance, and his appearance was quite recognizable.

A few years before Yu Dong’s rebirth, Clézio went to Jinling once. Yu Dong paid special attention to the news and was very impressed with him, because among the several Nobel Prize winners who went there, Clezio was a literary The award winner is also the only one Yu Dong knows.

Seeing Clezio come in, Yu Dong was about to stand up to greet him, but saw the waiter invite Clezio to sit down among the reporters, and gave him a pen and paper.

This situation is really a bit weird.

Yu Dong was surprised that Clezio came so early. He didn't expect that he didn't come to look for him after he came. Instead, he sat in the group of reporters and took a pen and paper to make a record.

This is not over yet, the last reporter had just finished asking Mo Yan's question, and Clezio suddenly raised his hand, "Mr. Yu, you are from Jinling, don't you think Paris is useless?"

Yu Dong and the others didn't understand what he said because they didn't understand French, but the other reporters present suddenly turned their heads to look at Clezio. They wanted to see which reporter dared to ask.

But when they turned their heads, some reporters found that Clezio was sitting behind them.

"Mr. Clerzio!" Someone couldn't help shouting.

"Clezio?"

Some reporters don't know what Clezio looks like, but they have all heard his name.The year before last, in a French reader survey, Clerzio was selected as the most popular writer by readers, and he has already gone out of the circle.

Seeing that he was recognized by the reporters, Clerzio stood up with a smile and walked slowly in front of Yu Dong and the others.

At this moment, Yu Dong and Mo Yan had already stood up. Through the translator, Yu Hua and the others knew that it was Clezio who had come, and at the same time, they also knew what the question he asked just now meant.

"Hi Yu." Clerzio shook hands with Yu Dong, and then looked at Mo Yan and the others, "Who are these?"

Yu Dong introduced them one by one, "This is Mo Yan, this is Bi Feiyu..."

Finally, when Yu Hua was introduced, Yu Dong smiled and said, "This is Yuba, the author of "To Live."

Clezio didn't understand, but Yu Hua rolled her eyes because of it.

After rolling her eyes, Yu Hua shook hands with Clerzio, "I've heard of you for a long time, Mr. Clerzio."

"Mr. Yu Hua, I am very impressed by your works." Clerzio replied with a smile.

"thanks, thanks."

Yu Dong said beside him: "Mr. Clerzio, I didn't expect you to come so early, and it's not even five o'clock yet."

Yu Hua and the others were also very surprised. After all, they heard that dinner invitations in France usually don't arrive too early.

Clerzio smiled and said: "Because I know that in China, arriving early is a respect for the host. I didn't know you were holding a press conference, otherwise I would definitely come late. When I came just now, it might be The hotel staff misunderstood, thinking that I was also here to interview your reporter, seeing that I did not bring a pen and paper, they kindly provided me with a pen and paper.”

As he spoke, he raised the pen and paper in his hand.

"So, I acted as a reporter and asked you a question."

Speaking of Clezio's question just now, Yu Dong smiled and asked: "Mr. Clezio, have you been to Jinling before?"

"That's not true, but I have been to Chang'an, and the buildings there have left a deep impression on me. I think that Jinling, which is also the ancient capital, should be similar to Chang'an."

"Jinling is very good, but it's very different from Chang'an." Yu Dong said with a smile, and at this moment Rist had brought a chair over, and he asked Clezio to sit down: "Since you're here, Let's sit down and talk."

Clezio didn't refuse, and sat down directly.

Seeing that Clezio also sat down, the reporters were ecstatic. They didn't expect that there would be a surprise today.

Someone put Clezio, Modiano and Perec together and called them the French Three Stars.

Among the French three stars, Perec has passed away for more than ten years. The remaining two are Modiano and Clezio. Modiano lives in reclusive life and rarely accepts interviews.

Clezio is better, but it is not easy to interview him. Many reporters present have made interviews with Clezio. Some of them succeeded, but most of them were rejected.

As soon as Clezio sat down, a reporter couldn't wait to ask: "Mr. Clezio, have you known Yu and the others for a long time? You have been to China, did you know them at that time?"

Clezio shook his head, "I went earlier, about ten years ago. At that time, everyone may be relatively young, especially YU, who should still be in school."

"Ten years ago, Bi Feiyu and I were both in school, and I was still in middle school at that time." Yu Dong said.

"I was just transferred to the county cultural center ten years ago, and I haven't written many novels yet." Yu Hua looked at Mo Yan, "That means you were more famous then."

"What's my name? We're about the same."

Speaking of which, Clerzio is the predecessor of Yu Dong and the others. He published his first novel "Litigation Notes" in the early 60s and became famous in one fell swoop.

At that time, Yu Dong and Bi Feiyu were not even born yet.

But since a few of them are sitting here today, naturally there is no such thing as seniority ranking. When discussing literature, seniority ranking is a very stupid thing.

Clezio is a very gentle person. Although he has traveled around the world and taught in many countries, he still maintains a curiosity and keeps asking about the current situation in China.

He seemed to like "To Live" very much, he mentioned this book several times in his words, and he was very interested in some things described in it, and he was also very interested in Yu Hua's language.

"Because I haven't read the Chinese version of "To Live", I can only chat from the French version. The language is very concise and brisk, and I found a not obvious feature, that is, your sentences, always try to make a sentence very Long words shortened to short ones, and the short ones repeated. Not much, but I noticed."

Yu Hua nodded, "Well, in my eyes, suffering and repetition are twin brothers."

"Suffering and repetition are twin brothers." Clerzio thoughtfully, "So people in "To Live" always die, and this death is also a kind of repetition."

In addition to being a writer, Clerzio is also an academic. Literary studies are flourishing, so the interpretation of novels will always be from an academic perspective.

Yu Dong said, "Perhaps you can pay attention to his next book "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood". After a while, I will meet French readers. In this book, repetition is the main theme."

"Yes, then I have to look forward to it." Clerzio laughed: "YU, I also pay attention to your works. I heard a saying that my works belong to the new allegory school. I don't think so. On the contrary, I feel that your works can be classified as the new allegorical school. Every writer’s novels are more or less allegorical in nature, and the allegories in your works seem to be particularly profound.”

Yu Dong showed a puzzled expression. To be honest, he really didn't feel that his novel had any connection with the New Fable School.

Before, some domestic critics classified "Xiangxi" as magic realism, but they also said that it was not a typical magic realism and distorted magic realism.

"You mean "Xiang Xi"?" Yu Dong asked.

"No, no, no." Clezio waved his hands again and again, "I'm talking about "Second World". I think this book is a very special existence. Although it is a science fiction novel, it can give us a lot of reference. .”

Second world?

Everyone present was a little surprised, especially the reporters. Although they asked some questions related to movies before, when it came to literature topics, they would deliberately refer to books such as "Second World" and "Resident Evil". separate from traditional literature.

But now, Clerzio has taken the initiative to bring up this best-selling science fiction novel.

Yu Dong didn't expect that Clezio would pay attention to "The Second World" and assign it to New Fables.

"I wrote a novel more than 20 years ago called "War"." Clerzio continued: "In that novel, I tried to reveal the material and symbolic The obscuration of real existence, and the ubiquitous reification and automation of modern society, and resistance to materialism. I may have achieved some, but I think, "Second World" has achieved more. And besides the allegorical part, you It also made a lot of predictions for the future society, I have studied it in particular, and it is also very useful for reference.”

After Jiang Jie finished translating such a long passage of Clezio, Mo Yan suddenly laughed: "Mr. Clezio, do you know? In Chinese, the pronunciation of fable and prophecy is the same."

What Mo Yan said, Jiang Jie was taken aback for a moment before realizing that what he said was a fable and a prophecy.

"Really, these two words actually read the same?" Clezio was quite surprised, "Then, "The Second World" is not only a fable, but also a prophetic novel. You are not only New allegorical school, or new prophetic school."

It is quite clear to say this in French, but it is a bit convoluted when translated into Chinese, because it really sounds the same.

Listening to Clezio's words, Yu Dong smiled, and it was quite interesting to say that writers all have their own characteristics, and the generalization is for the convenience of research, and most writers do not admit that they belong to the same school as others.

As a writer, Clerzio didn't like being lumped in with others, but when he studied other people's work, he began to generalize.

Yu Dong himself is also like this. When studying others, for the convenience of research, he always summarizes them into one school after another, but when it is his turn, he doesn't feel that he is in the same school as anyone.

Including what Clezio said now, he actually doesn't agree.

"Second World" does contain fables and prophecies, but it is still quite different from their new fables, at least in his own opinion.

Then again, for these writers in the "New Fable School", from the east, Tournier's works are indeed very allegorical, but the works of Modiano and Clezio in front of him are actually There are not many allegorical parts.

A German writer Yu Dong likes, Kafka, his "Metamorphosis" also has a strong language, even more allegorical than Modiano's works.

However, the reporters present didn't care what Yu Dong was thinking. What they were concerned about now was that Clezio watched "Second World" and concluded that Yu was a neo-fable school.

Although many of them have never heard of the New Fable School, it does not prevent them from putting these things in the news.

The discussion on literature didn't last long, and after a while, Clerzio's addiction to complaining came up again, and he started complaining about Paris.

"The development of the city of Paris is really disappointing. I am walking on the streets of Paris now, and I don't even want to look up a few more times..."

"Europeans, especially the French, always impose their own things on others..."

"Under the civilization of blind arrogance, it is actually not a strange thing for those two arrogant policemen to appear."

"I suggest that the Paris police make a sincere apology as soon as possible, but I understand that it is not difficult to get them to make an apology, but it is not easy to make this apology sincere. In this fast place in Paris, it is difficult to find such a sincere apology. something."

He spoke so fast that Jiang Jie's translator couldn't even keep up.

Yu Dong and the others looked at Clezio, who continued to output the Paris police, and were a little stunned. This guy was more than one round older than Mo Yan, the biggest among them, but his combat power was as good as the four of them combined.

To be honest, Yu Dong wondered if this guy came here to provoke trouble.But when you think of his works, there is nothing difficult to understand.

It can only be said that Clerzio's works, behaviors, experiences, and thoughts are all unified.

The reporters were not surprised, and listened to Clezio's ravings, and took notes seriously below.

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