We Live in a Huge Gap
by Yu Hua
About This Novel
This is Yu Hua's first collection of essays since 2003. In the past ten years, he has traveled around the world, recording and analyzing the social, current affairs, cultural and other phenomena he observed one by one with both solemn and humorous writing. Under the surface of daily life, he has gained insights into the inherent flaws of society. He has deeply reflected on the era we live in from the outside to the inside. In the collision and confrontation with the world, he has presented a rising and changing China. As Yu Hua said: "This is my writing, starting from the daily life of Chinese people, passing through politics, history, economy, society, sports, culture, emotion, desire, privacy, etc., And then returning to the daily life of Chinese people."
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Official(36)Scraped 19d ago
The real Yu Hua
I read Yu Hua's novels twenty or thirty years ago, which can be described as creepy, and I thought this man was a pervert. But when I read his essays today, I have a completely different feeling: plain, natural, simple, yet profound and happy. The writing is like the person, from one moment to the next. The Yu Hua of the past was much more charming than the Yu Hua of the present, and also Even rarer. Thank you to the current Yu Hua for letting me know the past Yu Hua.
I understand this book, but at the beginning I thought the enthusiasm was very reasonable, but I didn't know what the rest of it meant.
short and precise
Although the book is short, the sentences are unconventional and the feelings it gives me are more direct to my heart than those works with hundreds of thousands of words. I saw how the writer behind the good works lived the life of a writer. The teachings on writing itself in the book have benefited me a lot. No matter how many youth novels there are, they can't make me feel the brightness of literature as much as his few sentences, because writing that is divorced from concern for the real society is just a pastime after all. It's like a story carved out of a mold. No matter how beautiful the words and sentences are, it can't be deeply rooted in people's hearts. Big IPs always strive to survive in all kinds of plagiarism, but they have strayed far away from the essence of writing, which is to explore the uniqueness of their own thinking and the novelty of their creative perspectives, rather than just focusing on how many routines the story needs to unfold.
The work is beautifully written with euphemism and smoothness.
I really like Mr. Yu Hua's various novels.
I like Yu Hua's works
Why do I feel like this book is more about what literature and literary diversity are? ? In other words, Yu Hua is describing the changing background of his writing style and criticizing an era... I am not talented, so I wonder if other readers can explain it to me after reading it! ?
Innocent
A person who is like a blank sheet of paper can still live happily in this unfair world.
This book is a milestone in Yu Hua's writing.
I suggest that everyone take a look at Yu Hua's works and you will definitely be touched by them.
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Community(0)
Official(36)Scraped 19d ago
The real Yu Hua
I read Yu Hua's novels twenty or thirty years ago, which can be described as creepy, and I thought this man was a pervert. But when I read his essays today, I have a completely different feeling: plain, natural, simple, yet profound and happy. The writing is like the person, from one moment to the next. The Yu Hua of the past was much more charming than the Yu Hua of the present, and also Even rarer. Thank you to the current Yu Hua for letting me know the past Yu Hua.
I understand this book, but at the beginning I thought the enthusiasm was very reasonable, but I didn't know what the rest of it meant.
short and precise
Although the book is short, the sentences are unconventional and the feelings it gives me are more direct to my heart than those works with hundreds of thousands of words. I saw how the writer behind the good works lived the life of a writer. The teachings on writing itself in the book have benefited me a lot. No matter how many youth novels there are, they can't make me feel the brightness of literature as much as his few sentences, because writing that is divorced from concern for the real society is just a pastime after all. It's like a story carved out of a mold. No matter how beautiful the words and sentences are, it can't be deeply rooted in people's hearts. Big IPs always strive to survive in all kinds of plagiarism, but they have strayed far away from the essence of writing, which is to explore the uniqueness of their own thinking and the novelty of their creative perspectives, rather than just focusing on how many routines the story needs to unfold.
The work is beautifully written with euphemism and smoothness.
I really like Mr. Yu Hua's various novels.
I like Yu Hua's works
Why do I feel like this book is more about what literature and literary diversity are? ? In other words, Yu Hua is describing the changing background of his writing style and criticizing an era... I am not talented, so I wonder if other readers can explain it to me after reading it! ?
Innocent
A person who is like a blank sheet of paper can still live happily in this unfair world.
This book is a milestone in Yu Hua's writing.
I suggest that everyone take a look at Yu Hua's works and you will definitely be touched by them.
