"Murder on the Orient Express" has enjoyed booming sales abroad and has also aroused a wave of heated discussions in China.
Some people say that the success of Zhang Zhong's novels abroad cannot be replicated by others, because these books are originally translated from foreign language novels and are even more in line with foreigners' reading habits.
However, some people hold a different view and believe that the popularity of these books has little to do with the foreign names in them, but mainly because of the wonderful stories.
Domestic authors should not always talk about cultural differences as an excuse. After all, there are many excellent writers of suspense mystery novels in the Neon Country next door, and their works are also popular in foreign countries.
And this wave of discussion is not over yet, the new book "Lotus Leaf Collection" will be on the shelves on time.
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Lin Ping woke up early today. After breakfast, she ran to the bookstore next to the company to wait.
The bookstore opened at half past eight, and their company started work at nine o'clock. She needed to grab a copy of "Lotus Leaf Collection" as quickly as possible and then go to work.
While waiting at the door of the bookstore, Lin Ping felt a little pity. Why didn't Zhang Zhong like to publish his works under the pen name Su Ai?
If it was posted under the pen name Su Ai, she could have a preview of it as soon as possible without having to come here early in the morning to queue up.
As soon as the bookstore door opened a crack, Lin Ping got in.
Because it is the bookstore downstairs of the company, she is very familiar with it. As soon as she entered the lobby, she quickly found the new bookshelf.
Of course, the new book for fifth-grade vegetative patients was placed in the most conspicuous place. Lin Ping saw "Lotus Leaves Collection" at a glance, copied two copies, and then ran to the checkout counter.
The girl in charge of the cashier was operating the machine when she saw a figure jumping over.
"Please hurry up." Lin Ping put the two books on the cashier and urged slightly.
After settling the bill, Lin Ping looked at the cashier's astonished eyes and walked out like a victorious general, greeting other customers who walked in.
Returning to the company with the books, she placed one of the books on the desk of a colleague next to her, then sat down and read the book by herself.
"Well, what should we look at first?"
Lin Ping flipped through the table of contents. The table of contents in the book was of course different from the table of contents where Zhang Chong posted pictures. The table of contents here all had page numbers, so she could intuitively see the length of each article.
It seems that most of this book should be composed of poems, because many of them are only one or two pages long.
As she was about to go to work, she planned to find a shorter article to read first.
"A generation? This one is only one page."
Following the page numbers in the catalog, Lin Ping quickly found "A Generation", but when she turned to the position and saw a small poem with only two lines of words, she couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Although she read this article because of its short length, it was too small.
"The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to look for light."
These are all the words in the entire poem.
When Lin Ping looked at this short poem, she didn't have any profound feelings for the moment. However, the subversive description and symbol of eyes and night in the poem made people feel quite novel.
In particular, several intentions in the poem are somewhat contradictory, but when combined together, there is a wonderful sense of rationality.
Night and light are opposites, but eyes are born for light. But the biggest question is, why are black eyes given by the night?
After reading it twice, some other things came to Lin Ping's mind, such as "I want to compare my heart to the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch." It seems that they are not saying the same thing, but the sentence structure is exactly the same.
There is also a poem by the Spanish poet Lorca: In this platinum night, the night is dyed black by the night.
Thinking about it this way, in addition to the strange sentence structure, this poem also has some deeper meanings. Lin Ping wanted to extract something useful from the mixed thoughts, but her mind was still a little confused.
At this time, the person next to her came to work at the same time. When he saw "Lotus Leaf Collection" on the table, he smiled and said to her, "Lin Ping, thank you. I will forward the money WeChat message to you later."
Lin Ping's thoughts were brought back to reality. She raised her head and smiled, "You're welcome."
Because it was time to go to work, she closed the "Lotus Leaf Collection".
However, the two lines of poems remained in my mind, as if I didn't want to leave for a while.
I have to say that, not to mention other things, this poem is at least easy to read and easy to remember.
She thought for a while, opened her Weibo account again, and changed her introduction to this poem.
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Lin Ping was not the only one who read the introduction to the book, but many more people directly posted updates.
Many people who have never read the book will feel very strange when they open Weiyu today, as if today is a special day, and the people on Weiyu are so excited about poetry as if they have made an appointment.
"The night gave me black eyes, but I used them to look for light."
"From tomorrow onwards, be a happy person, feed the horses, chop firewood, and travel around the world..."
"Waiting for you, in the rain, in the rainbow-making rain, the sound of cicadas falls and the sound of frogs rises..."
"How I wish there was a doorway where the sun shines on the grass in the morning..."
They thought it was a group of literary and artistic young people posting poems together. After asking, they found out that these poems were all from Zhang Zhong's new book "Lotus Leaves Collection".
Netizens who learned about the situation hurried to the bookstore and bought a copy of "Lotus Leaves Collection", then found a poem they liked, and then went to Weiyu to join the army of pretenders.
"Lotus Leaf Collection" contains more than twenty modern poems, and each poem is of high quality and full of sincerity.
Basically, as long as readers buy it, they will not be disappointed, because there is always a song in it that suits them.
I don't like the depth of "One Generation", which feels too pretentious. It doesn't matter. There are also "Mistake" and "In Front" with beautiful sentences. If not, there is also "Waiting for You in the Rain", which will always touch the hearts of those boys and girls.
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However, the most controversial one is "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers are Blooming". After reading this poem, many people will feel that this poem is very positive and happy. It is not only full of joy after finding happiness, but also full of feelings about happiness.
Heartfelt blessings to the world.
But some people feel that this poem leaves a feeling of loneliness and desolation after happiness.
Especially in the third stanza of the blessing to the world, the phrase "May you be happy in this world" has the meaning of not getting what you ask for and wanting to give up.
This part of the view did not become mainstream at first, and most readers still felt that they should not over-interpret it. After all, it is impossible for a person like a fifth grader to have such soft thoughts.
[It’s not good to over-interpret it. I think this poem is very positive overall.]
[This is definitely not an over-interpretation. Take a good look at the third section. Only people who don’t want to live would talk like this. 】
[The fifth-grade vegetative person is young and handsome, what can he not think about? 】
[How can we be able to see through the thoughts of a literati? Besides, he had been in the hospital for five years before. Maybe it was a work from that time.]
[Brother, he is in a vegetative state in the hospital, okay? Can he still create works? 】
[It’s hard to say that people in vegetative states are also conscious.]
[Well, that’s a bit right. If you are really conscious, it really fits your mood. After all, if I lay in bed for five years without being able to move, I would also want to die. 】