Back to 80: My Literary Life

After sending Li Li and his wife away, Fang Minghua couldn't restrain his curiosity. When the couple slept together at night, Fang Minghua asked his wife again:

"Tangtang, what's wrong with Lili? Instead of staying in a hotel when she comes back, she has to sleep with you at night?"

"You'd better not ask about things between us sisters!" Song Tangtang replied angrily.

Seeing that his wife was not happy when she mentioned this, Fang Minghua had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay, I won't ask."

As he said that, he picked up a book from the bedside table and started flipping through it.

After a while, I heard Song Tangtang sigh quietly.

"Oh, Lili's life is really miserable."

Fang Minghua glanced at Song Tangtang, but did not answer.

Song Tangtang paused and said, "Minghua, why don't you speak?"

"Didn't you just let me ask?"

"I'll let you ask now!"

Seeing that his wife's mood was obviously not right tonight, Fang Minghua put down the book and gently held Song Tangtang in his arms and asked softly.

"Tangtang, what happened?"

"Minghua, do you know GAy?" Song Tangtang asked quietly while lying in Fang Minghua's arms.

"Of course I know, it's just homosexuality," Fang Minghua replied with a smile, then suddenly thought of something and his eyes widened:

"Tangtang, you said that Chen Jian is gay?"

"Yeah." Song Tangtang nodded.

Damn it!

"Then is he attacking or receiving?"

"What do you mean by attacking or receiving?" Song Tangtang was a little confused.

Fang Minghua explained it once.

"Bad guy! How do you know so much?!" Song Tangtang angrily hit Fang Minghua's chest with his small fist.

Fang Minghua laughed twice and grabbed Song Tangtang's fist.

"Okay, that's what you call feeling." Song Tangtang finally said.

"No wonder, this guy looks so feminine. Didn't Lili feel anything before the marriage? Didn't Chen Jian ask for that?"

Song Tangtang gave Fang Minghua a blank look after hearing this: "Do you think everyone else is like you and I before we got married? Chen Ji'an is very polite and honest. Lili has never been in love before and thinks all boys are like this."

Why.

"Since Chen Jian is a petty lover, why did he marry Lili and take the initiative to pursue Lili?" Fang Minghua asked again.

"It's a cover-up. The main reason is that he doesn't want his parents to know, because his parents believe in Christianity and are Chinese. Based on Chinese tradition, they are firmly opposed to homosexuality." Song Tangtang continued.

"After getting married, Chen Ji'an confessed his sexual orientation to Li Li and said that the two could be a couple in name only, but they would live their own lives and not interfere with each other's private life."

"Fuck!"

Fang Minghua couldn't help but complain: "What about Lili's thoughts?"

"Lili felt very sad at first. She didn't expect that her husband would turn out to be such a person. But now she has figured it out. She didn't like Chen Ji'an very much in the first place. It was because her family was forcing her. Now it's good for them to live their own lives. This way you can focus all your energy on your work.”

Fang Minghua sighed and didn't know what to say.

"Li Li said that your book "Skywalker" has been published in the United States. Although the sales volume is not as good as the two love novels, it still has a lot of readers, especially in the literary world. The famous American writer, Mr. Saul Bellow praised This book shocked him greatly, and he was deeply moved by the humanitarian thoughts of the intellectuals described in the book.”

"Saul Bellow? The American writer who wrote "Humboldt's Gift" and won the Nobel Prize?" Fang Minghua asked rhetorically.

"Yes, that's him. He won the Nobel Prize in 1976, the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction."

oh.

Saul Bellow does not seem to be well-known in China, but many people in the American literary circle compare him with William Faulkner, another giant in the history of modern American literature, and believe that the two of them are the main founders of modern American novels. people.

"Also, Lili said that she would bring this collection of essays you wrote and translate it as soon as possible. I think Lili is more interested in translating your works than anything else!" Song Tangtang finally said.

This is true.

Fang Minghua nodded and said, "I really should thank him, but I can't do anything to help her."

After hearing what her husband said, Song Tangtang raised her head and glanced at him, but said nothing more, just sighed softly.

After sending Li Li and his wife away, Fang Minghua's life became leisurely again, but now there is still one thing to do.

Write another romance novel to be published in the United States.

To be honest, writing a best-selling novel in the United States is still very profitable.

What should I write about?

How about writing "Twilight"?

In the United States, it ranks among the bestsellers of aesthetic romance.

"The Twilight Saga" is a series by American writer Stephenie Meyer, which takes the emotional entanglement of a pair of star-crossed lovers, Isabella Swann and Edward Cullen, as the main line. It combines vampire legends, werewolf stories, campus life, and horror. Suspense, comedy adventure and other elements.

Including "Twilight", "New Moon", "Eclipse", "Breaking Dawn" and several extras, such as "Twilight Rebirth" and "Midnight Sun".

This series is called the magical masterpiece of the "Harry Potter era" and has become the representative of the international fantasy series after "The Lord of the Rings Trilogy", "Harry Potter Series" and "The Chronicles of Narnia".

Fang Minghua has read all four books of the main drama, including the film, but has not seen the extras.

For a novel like Twilight, we have to mention an important category of popular Western novels - Gothic novels.

The originator of Gothic novels is The Castle of Otranto written by British writer Horace Walpole in the 18th century, which pioneered the Gothic style that combines mystery, horror and supernatural elements, forming an important stage of the British Romantic poetry movement.

Horror, mystery, supernatural, doom, death, decadence, old houses with ghosts, madness, and family curses have become the labels of this novel.

But it is obvious that in this Twilight, the traditional Gothic novels are boldly innovated and surpassed.

In the Gothic literary tradition, vampires represent evil forces. They are synonymous with the devil. They have pale skin, hideous faces, and live by sucking human blood. The image of vampires adds a terrifying atmosphere to many works of Gothic literary style.

In the Twilight tetralogy, the image of vampires is more diverse. The created vampire world has both kind vampires and evil vampires. The two types of vampires form a sharp contrast.

Also, the heroine turning into a vampire is a common theme in Gothic literature. In these literary works, the heroine is hunted by vampires, and in fear and despair, she becomes a vampire. For readers, the heroine turning into a vampire is a dreamlike process of turning from a human into a demon. In the Twilight tetralogy, the heroine Bella voluntarily turns into a vampire!

Although it is painful in this process, she does not feel despair or fear.

The process of the heroine Bella turning into a vampire is the process of turning from a human into an angel. After becoming a vampire, Bella has an angel-like perfect appearance. Beautiful appearance, elegant temperament is simply a goddess.

Also, in the Twilight tetralogy "Dawn" actually uses the writing technique of stream of consciousness!

This is also very familiar to Fang Minghua.

However, it is not certain whether to write to the fourth part. Write the first part "Twilight" first, and occupy this pit first.