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Chapter 60 The King of the Beat Generation

At the Pulitzer Prize Gala.

Peyton began to meet authors and predecessors in the mainstream literary world.

They are all human beings, and there is no incident of pretending to face.

Of course, it is unavoidable for literati to favor each other. Most of the people who take the initiative to make friends with Peyton are seniors who are over half a century old.

Not belonging to the same generation, they don't have much dispute with each other, and they don't mind showing the goodwill of their predecessors.

Moreover, Payton is the traffic now, and they are very willing to stage a friendly show with Payton in the newspaper, which may also stimulate the sales of their works.

Some young writers looked at Peyton with vague envy, even jealousy.

They couldn't help muttering a few sour words in their hearts.

Peyton didn't care about them either. At this time, he was talking with a group of seniors in the literary world cautiously.

The Pulitzer is the most famous literary award in the Federation, and many literary figures appeared at the party to stand for it.

Before Sinclair Lewis and Eugene O'Neill passed away, both of them were frequent visitors here, and they took the initiative to stand for Pulitzer every year.

Now that two literary masters have passed away, there are also many literary masters appearing.

Pearl Buck, William Faulkner and Ernest Hemingway at the scene, which one is not famous?
The three of them are all winners of the Nobel Prize in Literature, mainly Hemingway, who can be regarded as the current literary leader.

Among them, Hemingway will not be mentioned, the representative of the tough guys in the federal literary world, in later generations, you will not find a more representative federal writer than Hemingway.

As for Pearl S. Buck, the Chinese people should be familiar with her. She can be called the No.1 in the federal literary world who opened her eyes to see China. She has spent 40 years in China. Since she was a child, her mother tongue is Chinese.

Although Peyton was a little unimpressed with her literary works, she also knew that they were indeed in line with the times.

Nowadays, this lady is better known as a Pulitzer, a Nobel Prize winner, and a well-known federal feminist representative. The secret of Paton's poet had her public support!

Naturally, Random House contributed a lot.

The last Mr. William Faulkner, a representative of stream of consciousness literature, a pioneering literary giant, is also well-known in the professional field.

For these three people, Peyton carefully took out a few books.

"Ma'am, sir, I'm a loyal reader of yours, could you please sign it?"

Looking at these few books that are not brand new and have obviously been flipped through several times, the three of them signed them without hesitation.

Peyton solemnly put it away, expressing his respect to his predecessors.

It is also difficult to find a few masterpieces for Peyton, and he has to make some old ones in advance to make his image as a fan more vivid.

"Hi Chris!"

A man with long hair and a turtleneck waved at Peyton. He was not well dressed, not a suit and leather shoes, but simple attire.

Peyton responded to him in a friendly manner, and the manager next to him introduced the identity of that person to Peyton.

"It's Jack Kerouac!"

When Peyton heard the words, he suddenly realized.

"Author on the road?"

"Yes, it's him!"

When Peyton heard this, he immediately became interested.

What era is this?
The Federal Beat Generation, the degenerate generation, belonged to the exclusive era of hippies.

After the lost generation represented by Hemingway, a new era of the Federation—the Beat Generation.

Most of the so-called Beat Generation are rough and uninhibited young men and women who live a simple, unkempt life, like to wear fancy clothes, dislike work and studies, and refuse to undertake any social obligations.

These people take pleasure in wandering the world, despise the legal order of society, oppose all secular stereotypes and the rule of monopoly capital, and resist foreign aggression and apartheid.

They hate machine civilization, they are always looking for new stimulation, seeking absolute freedom, indulge in sex, drug use, sinking, in order to challenge the traditional value standard of decency, so they are called the Beat Generation.

This name was proposed by Jack Kerouac around 1948.

The atmosphere of the times is easily reflected in the works of writers, and the most famous one is this gentleman.

Jack Kerouac!

It has been called the "King of the Beat Generation".

A character who must be mentioned in the literature of this era in later generations of federal literature, his life is quite characteristic of the times.

Served in the Navy, during which he was considered mentally ill and fired.

Later, he became a free sailor, traveled around many places, learned a lot, and paved the way for future writing.

Before, he traveled across the United States with his friends and finally arrived in Mexico City. He wrote down his experience on the road—"On the Road".

(Note: That's right, it's the level 3 movie starring the heroine of Twilight, which reveals the key parts and bone body, definitely not a stand-in.)
After the publication of "On the Road", Kerouac became famous overnight.

The Commonwealth sold tens of millions of pairs of jeans and a million coffee makers, and inspired countless young people to roam.

Now young people in the Commonwealth adore this gentleman and feel that he has written the characteristics of a generation.

Many young girls want to travel around the world with him.

He can travel with different women every day, and Mr. Ji Xianlin's wish written in his diary can be easily realized by him.

How many women has he had?
This is probably a mystery, anyway, it is no less than Dashuai Zhang, and the quality must be much higher.

Those intellectual women who were born in the middle class, even wealthy, and went to college, did not seek fame and wealth for this gentleman, but devoted themselves entirely out of admiration.

Simple purpose, higher quality!
A few days ago, Peyton also saw many newspaper reports that many young people went to visit this gentleman and regarded it as a pilgrimage.

This kind of phenomenon, you can understand that everywhere Gu Cheng appeared in the 80s, there were a crowd of educated youths and girls, and the worship of those fans was comparable to a pilgrimage.

The atmosphere in the country is conservative, while the Federation is too open, after all, this is also the essence of hippies.

Randomness, indulgence, perdition...

In later generations, "On the Road" is regarded as the bible of hippies.

Yes, the Bible is that cheap.

After appearing on the road, groups of young people began to cross the United States.

The free-riding behavior of the 60s (as long as you have a car, if there are women taking a taxi on the road, you can drive as you like after getting in the car, not only a mechanical car, but also a physical car), and a large number of traveling hippies appeared, which is absolutely popular The impact of this book.

The original Jenny was one of them.

Many people say that Jenny is a scumbag, but it is not true, she is just like most young people.

On the contrary, a federal youth like Forrest is a very rare clear stream.

Hearing the name of Jack Kerouac, Peyton immediately became interested.

"Hello, Mr. Kerouac, I have seen your work, it is very casual and free."

The other party obviously did not expect that Peyton would take the initiative to greet him, and said that he had seen his works.

Kerouac laughed: "Thank you for the compliment, that is, some young people like..."

"The Legend of the Drug Lord is the real excellent work!"

The attitude of the other party was somewhat beyond Peyton's expectations. The originator of the hippie was not like a hippie at all, and was even a bit refined and gentle.

He kindly shared with Peyton some of his experiences during the trip, and greatly appreciated Peyton's works.

Payton is not clear, this person is practicing Buddhism now, and the failure of several relationships has made him restrain his temper.

Even the indulgence has changed from once a day to once a week, and the number of times he takes the happiness potion has been greatly increased. After all, he is ecstatic, which makes him understand the true meaning of Buddhism.

(End of this chapter)