Yu Hua is still one of our best novelists. I don’t think the success or failure of a novel written by a person at the age of 45 has any decisive significance. On the contrary, it is effective for readers. The disenchantment makes us realize that Yu Hua is not omnipotent, he will also fail, and Yu Hua himself may also come out of the literary myth that has closed him, go out again, and gain new freedom. ——Li Jingze (literary critic)
Yu Hua's "Brothers" attracts readers' interest with this opening: "Bald Li sat on the famous gilded toilet, closed his eyes and began to experience the orbit. During his wandering life, the surroundings were unfathomably deserted. Baldy Li looked down at how the magnificent earth was slowly unfolding, and couldn't help crying. Only then did he realize that he had no one on earth. "This is really a good story. beginning.
In addition to launching the novel "Brothers", Yu Hua also "reviewed" his fans one by one. When it comes to evaluating "Brothers", there are obviously two opposing teams. One group is the firm support group. They defend the context of Yu Hua's novels and even his narrative and storytelling abilities, and do not hesitate to put on "Brothers". " can be used as evidence to support it by selling millions of copies; while the other group is the demanding group. Of course, these should still be Yu Hua's fans. They complained for so long that Yu Hua had no works in 10 years, and even threw away many harsh and demanding comments. out. The author believes that although the two factions have their own evil intentions, they are ultimately on the same front. The basic point of this front is: "Brothers" is an easy-to-read novel.
Yu Hua himself worked even harder. Like a migrant worker, he spared no effort to appear in the media frequently, from the origin of the story to China's reform and opening up, from the narration of the article to the murder on TV news. Perhaps, he just wanted to prove that a writer who has not promoted works for 10 years can still write 10 years later; maybe, he also wanted to prove that a well-known writer who had previously written "Alive" and "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood" can still write after 10 years. The works produced 10 years from now should be better than before. Even if they are not better, they should still sell more than before.
To be honest, "Brothers" is a really good read, especially the first third of it. His narration of a rural "peeping" story and his grasp of the plot are superb. More importantly, Yu Hua placed the historical background of his work at a transition point of nearly 40 years from the "Cultural Revolution" to today. He kept telling the media that China's 40 years have a historical span of 400 years in Europe. The novel What I want to talk about is this transcendent human story. Although we don't know how the second part of "Brothers" will interpret human nature and contemporary legends, just from the first part of "Brothers", Yu Hua basically realized his intention.
Has the literary and art circle entered another craze of "memory", just like "Peacock" and "Blue Red", which were just the most outstanding novels of the year? What the author saw has something to it "Regret" and Yu Hua's "Brothers" are so similar in a certain temperament; and they are also so similar in type, just like the two brothers Baldy Li and Song Gang in "Brothers".
However, compared to Dongxi's "Regrets", the book "Brothers" is too popular and too noisy. For a great writer, this is the most proud thing, and perhaps the most shameful thing.
Yu Hua mentioned that "Brothers" and "Xu Sanguan Sell Blood" were both written in a state of loss of control. "Brothers", which was originally conceived to have 100,000 words, was finally written with more than 500,000 words. "The Story of Xu Sanguan Selling Blood", which was written as a short story, was finally written into a full length novel. He also mentioned that many passages made him cry, and he wrote while crying. I don't doubt the authenticity of these two legends at all, but I don't believe in the logic behind them. Yu Hua explained the "out-of-control legend" as "narrative dominates my writing", as if to imply that the author was possessed by inspiration. "Legend of Crying" re-certifies "Legend of Out of Control". Generally speaking, being moved to tears is the most common and highest evaluation of a work.
These two legends are common in the history of literature. They give the work mystery from both the writing and reading levels, thereby confirming the classic status of the work, just as every successful person will relish the thunder and lightning when he was born. In fact, legend neither constitutes a sufficient condition nor a necessary condition for classics. "Losing control" and "crying" are not exclusive to classics, and there will certainly be no shortage of such legends in the writing and reading careers of literary youths such as Writer Liu and Poet Zhao. Yu Hua has an incisive saying that some writers "do not describe the inner world, but only describe the endocrine system." To make an inappropriate metaphor, the "Legend of Loss of Control" is a bit like an endocrine disorder, and the "Legend of Crying" is more like an exocrine disorder - this is just a literary metaphor, not a medical prescription.