Writer Yu Hua: I am not bound by labels, I need to write for my heart

Speaking of Yu Hua, many readers will think of representative works such as "Alive" and "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", but when these novels were first published, they were also questioned "how a pioneer writer suddenly wrote such a novel." In this regard, Yu Hua said: his writing will not be bound by "genre" and "labels". "No writer will write for a genre, and the writer will only write for his heart."

Recently, the new version of Yu Hua's "Brothers" was launched. Yu Hua and Yu Minhong talked on the live broadcast room. The total number of viewers exceeded 20 million. In Yu Hua's opinion, literature should not only be limited by labels, nor should they be limited to the category of literature itself. He mentioned a comment that he likes "Brothers", from French economist Daniel Cohen- "This is a book that makes you trust novels. I mean that the novel is some kind of It is the inheritance of philosophy because it allows you to understand the soul of human beings; it is also the inheritance of sociology and history, because it can also guide you to understand the mechanism of society, and how human passion is captured by society, society Use and thus be shaped by society. "

In this sense, "Brothers" has the value beyond literature. "Literature is actually all -encompassing." In the year of Huajia, Yu Hua adjusted his daily life and changed his writing time from midnight to every afternoon. "I started writing in the afternoon, I read the book at night, read the movie, and then sleep." In his opinion, the most important point of the writer is to first maintain a curiosity, "I want to know everything, because if there is no curiosity, If you, write may end. "

"Brothers" is the fourth novel of Yu Hua. The longest space and bold language. At the beginning of the publication, it was criticized and questioned. There was a voice that the content was "vulgar" and "wanton". Important works that can't go through the past. The novel tells the life story of the two brothers of Li Liangtou and Song Gang. It spans forty years. great. Yu Hua said in the interview many times that "Brothers" is his favorite work. After receiving the new version of "Brothers", Yu Hua read the book again. ","

"When Teacher Yu Hua's" Alive "came out, I was the first reader. After reading" Alive ", I read every book he published." In Yu Minhong, Yu Hua is a particularly fun person. "Write such a sad book, torture the reader, but you are so happy and enjoy your life." In "Brothers", Li Langtou and Song Gang became brothers who had no blood relationship because of accidents when they were young. When he grew up, Li bumin seized the opportunity of the times. He quickly turned his home with his smart and boldness, and became the richest man in Liu Zhen; while Song Gang was pure and generous, and there was no dispute with the world, but he was destroyed in the wrong choice and finally left. On the road. The fate of the two brothers was the opposite of countless readers. In this regard, Yu Minhong was deeply felt, thinking that his personality had a little bit of Li Liangtou's color, especially the entrepreneurial process made him resonate.

Speaking of whether the brothers in the novel have realistic prototypes, Yu Hua said: "The writer must have a prototype when creating a novel character, but this prototype is definitely not a person, but a thousand people or more. A person, but a group of people, only such a work will resonate with readers. "He wrote in the postscript of" Brothers ":" The book "Brothers" is a novel born after the two eras, and the connection is connected to the connection, and the connection is connected. The bonds of these two eras are the two brothers, their lives are fissioned in fission, their sadness broke out in the outbreak, their fate is the same as these two eras. "

Although the era described in "Brothers" has gone far away, Yu Hua said that the era he had experienced was "precious". Yu Minhong teased: "At that time, it created you. Without short videos, it was impossible to consume your own time. Reading novels became more important amateur fun." Talking about the power of "short video", Yu Hua also "surrendered": " I only knew why the short video was so attractive. After seeing it in an hour or two, it passed. "And asked whether the short video was good for the creativity of the novel, Yu Hua said," I haven't found it yet. "

Source: Wenhui.com

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