Chapter 139 There is no such thing as good or bad
Why did it take two days to get it? Because the book in Yu Xinyao's hand was sent to him by the publishing house, free of charge, no money required.
It’s not that Yu Xinyao is stingy and is reluctant to pay for a book. The main reason is that since he became famous, whether it is a publisher or an author who comes to him for review, they will take the initiative to send the book to him. This has become an unwritten rule. rule.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s money or not, what’s important is the process.
Yu Xinyao never reads the book jacket, preface, introduction, etc. As for the preface - if it is a preface, then you can still read the author's own preface, but there is no need for other prefaces.
Because his personal point of view is that when reading novels, he is most afraid of preconceptions and other people's opinions. For any content, you have to rely on yourself to find it in the book...
"It should be a self-preface, a short paragraph." Yu Xinyao saw the author dedicating the book to himself, "It's interesting, all adults used to be Children, but only a few of them remember this. A bit chewy sentence."
The main meal begins, and the story of "The Little Prince" is weak.
Yu Xinyao matched the pictures and found them quite interesting. For example, the little prince asked "me" to help draw a sheep. After drawing it two or three times, I was still not satisfied. Finally, I lost my patience and started doodling. A square cardboard box.
[This is a cardboard box, and the sheep you want is inside. ] The little prince actually believed what he said to fool the child, and he beamed with joy.
"What a young person's perspective. It's really like something a child would believe." Yu Xinyao said. After reading it, he read two pages and returned.
Why do children and little princes believe it? Because they believe in you, and they believe that you, as an adult, really drew a cardboard box with a sheep.
Adults, including him, use children's "belief" to coax, leaving a sentence at the end that only children will believe.
“The more you chew, the more interesting it becomes. I hope I’m not overthinking it.” Yu Xinyao became interested and read further. He discovered that “The Little Prince” is essentially a road novel. Based on the story of the little prince, Footsteps are the main line.
For the first time, Yu Xinyao discovered that a child's perspective can be so unique. There are billions of roses in the world, but if you fall in love with a flower, it will be unique in the vast universe.
Planet of kings, planet of vanity lovers, planet of drunkards, planet of merchants, planet of lamplighters, planet of geographers...
As a professional literary critic with a foul mouth, Yu Xinyao usually reads novels from Look at the structure, connotation, writing style and story with a critical eye.
But watching "The Little Prince" is with expectation, hoping to describe the world observed in the eyes of the little prince.
It’s not that this fairy tale is so outstanding, it’s just...it doesn’t involve whether it’s good or bad, it just feels interesting.
For example, Geographer Planet, this geographer who claims to know everything, never leaves the office. He only gets information from explorers.
"The saying "Practice makes the truth" can be described with such a childish perspective," Yu Xinyao said.
Not only that, he also met a fox later, and the dialogue between the little prince and the fox was full of golden quotes!
"No wonder Lao Jian still wants to promote it on Weibo even if it costs her face. I understand." Yu Xinyao put down the book.
After watching "The Little Prince", he felt that his heart was baptized. Different from watching "The Ordinary World" and "Notes from the Basement", the feeling brought by the Little Prince was that of a social worker who had worked hard for a day. , and then sat on a park bench in a daze, recalling that he once ran around on the lawn, just like the naughty child in front of him. Bathed in the memories of childhood, it seems that the "corpse spots" on my body have dissipated a lot.
Can you tell me what big truth you feel? No, I just saw society from another perspective.
"Who provided the pictures? The pictures in this book account for 40% of the credit." Yu Xinyao turned to the front page, which contained information such as editor-in-chief and special editor, and then he saw [picture : Gu Lu].
The picture was also drawn by this author? That would be interesting.
"Yes, the pictures and text are so complete, only the original author can do it."
"There is such a..." Yu Xinyao stopped mid-sentence and did not say anything. Okay, let’s just write a book review!
Yu Xinyao’s book reviews are not published on Weibo or public accounts, nor are they mentioned in the "Literary Review" as a monthly magazine. He also has columns in print media such as "Daily Daily" and "People's Literature Daily".
As President Jian said to Gu Lu before, "The Little Prince" is undergoing visible precipitation. I can’t say that everyone who has read it said yes, but at least 95 out of 100 readers said yes.
Passers-by's word of mouth is also fermenting -
"Dad, I want to buy this book!"
"I bought you "One Hundred Thousand" "Unsolved Mysteries", buy a new book after reading it, otherwise it will be piled up on the bookshelf without reading. ”
"I just want to buy it."
A conversation between a father and his son in Xinhua Bookstore. The father is a painter who has just turned 30. He happened to have no work today, so he went out to buy books with his son Xiaohao. "One Hundred Thousand Unsolved Mysteries" is a book that Xiaohao has wanted for a long time, because all his classmates have...
At the age of fourth and fifth grade in elementary school, the reason for wanting or not wanting something is ——Are there any classmates?
It was going very smoothly, but when checking out at the counter, Xiao Hao saw the Little Prince bookcase placed together with the "Little Prince" book.
The book cover is a layer of transparent plastic wrapped around the textbook cover. Of course, there is also a cheaper way to find harder paper at home, cut it into a suitable shape, and wrap it directly.
Xiao Hao doesn't care about the book at all. What he likes is the book cover, a series: there is a planet with a rose plant, there is also a small planet with a king sitting on it, etc. If you buy a book, you will get a free book cover.
“So insidious!”
The painter’s father thought to himself, if he doesn’t write a book well, why do he do these weird things?
"Can I buy this book cover alone?" The painter's father saw the child's thoughts at a glance and got to the core.
"I'm sorry, this is a gift. We don't just sell it, but this book is very beautiful. If you buy it, I can give you two book covers." The salesperson made an offer that the child could not refuse. conditions.
"Dad, two!" Xiao Hao was even more excited.
"How can you use these crooked ways to look good?!" The painter's father picked up a copy of "The Little Prince" and opened it.
Everyone who has been to Xinhua Bookstore knows that in order to facilitate more readers to read, basically all the books are "old books" that have been opened and can be read through, and there are many copies.
Looking through it quickly, the painter’s father revealed that he really had this in mind. There are as many pictures as there are words.
Of course, the painter's father is not surprised, because all children's books are like this, and some books don't have as many words as pictures.
Suddenly the painter's father saw a line of words——
["One day,"
"I saw forty-four sunsets!"
"You know, People fall in love with sunset when they are sad.”
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Um? Wait, why does this taste different? The painter's father was stunned. He often worked until night, so he basically spent his lunch and dinner outside casually.
During dinner, he was afraid of seeing dusk, always feeling that it would get dark again without doing anything.
So the painter's dad doesn't fall in love with the sunset, but he understands this feeling very well.
Why does this sentence appear in fairy tale novels for children? The painter's dad couldn't help but start looking from the middle...
(End of this chapter)