Chapter 548: Dao Heart Collapse
Chapter 548: Dao Heart Collapse
Gu Lu had finished writing the article "Three Masters" half a month ago, but it took some time to translate it into Russian.
At present, all the people in the literary world of the Bear Country are "verifying", including the sinologist who translated for Gu Lu, which is why so much time is spent.
"Is it about Dostoyevsky?" Sergey downloaded the attached document and opened it, and the first thing he saw was "Three Masters of Dostoyevsky".
This... Sergei felt that the other party was a little too arrogant. It was not easy to write two or three flavors of Tolstoy, let alone add Dostoevsky.
He believed that the best solution was to continue writing Tolstoy's biography.
[It is a difficult and responsible task to speak in an appropriate way about Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky and his significance to our inner world, because it requires a completely new yardstick to measure the magnitude and power of such a man who has no predecessors or successors.]
The opening chapter makes Sergey's reading state much more serious, and his emotions are expressed outwardly, just like slowly peeling off the gold foil of chocolate.
In China, it is also called "Big-Headed Doll Chocolate" because it is round and has a foreign baby on the sugar coating.
Of course, this kind of chocolate is not sold in the country, so most of the ones sold in Russian specialty stores in China are fake.
"I hope Mr. Gu Lu can write with a bit of Dostoyevsky's spirit..."
It is very good that writers know the power of Tuo Lao's creation. Knowing that they don't know is the highest wisdom.
Ten minutes later.
Sergei thought that the other party should be able to write three or four points.
Forty minutes later.
He felt that the author had a natural grasp of Dostoevsky's creative career.
No, it is not just about understanding Dostoyevsky, but understanding the entire European and American literature. For example, the characters in the works of Balzac, Victor Hugo, Scott, and Dickens are all simple and pure, with clear goals, and only the accidental events they encounter can make them colorful. And the reason why Dostoyevsky is great is that his characters are not only noble, but also despicable.
In addition, the world in Dostoevsky's works seems to be made up of suffering, and all the characters in the book have desires, the desire to pursue happiness.
Kolya lies under a train (Idiot) to prove his bravery to himself; Raskolnikov (Crime and Punishment) murders an old woman to prove his Napoleonic theory...
It is not like Balzac who uses status and class to describe a person's character, and he who controls society is the winner. It is not like Dickens who squeezes into the city, settles down, and builds a family and lives a dull life. Dostoyevsky is like purgatory, repeatedly describing one thing: "How real a person must be to be a successful person."
"How many times must one read Dostoevsky's works to write a biography like this?" Sergey only read half of it.
An hour later, Sergei's office desk was covered with chocolate candy wrappers. He jumped up from the desk and didn't even notice that the decorative metal buckle on the pocket of his overalls scratched the desk.
The sound of "ping pong" came to the editor-in-chief's office, and Bodafu, who was writing a manuscript, was startled, but he quickly calmed down.
"Sergey, what's the matter that makes you so excited?" Bodav asked. "Tell me quickly. I know you are a calm person. Is it because Mr. Gu Lu's description of Tolstoy is too good? I said, when he said like Buida that he wanted to write a biography of the great writer of the Bear Country, I knew he could do it well." That's right, the news that Gu Lu was going to write a biography of the great writer had been circulating in the circle a few months ago.
"Mr. Bodav, you are only half right... Gu Lu's new work is a wonderful work, but the biography of Dostovsky." Sergei said, "This is the most wonderful biography I have ever seen... one of them."
I added one of the sentences because Sergei remembered that his immediate superior, Mr. Bodav, had published a book called “Dostoevsky’s Evil” a few years ago. The “evil” here refers to the fact that Dostoevsky was very “evil” when he created characters, even a “saint” character like Prince Myshkin.
Back to the point, Bodav was startled when he heard this, then he smiled and said, "He, wrote a biography of Dostoyevsky? Then why didn't he write a sequel to The Brothers Karamazov?"
Sergei didn't know how to respond. Listen to yourself, are you talking like a human being? Even though The Brothers Karamazov was not finished, it is still regarded as the greatest novel in Europe and America, without a doubt. Can a writer continue writing this?
"It's just a joke." Bodafu knew that his disdain for Gu Lu's writing about Dostoevsky was too obvious, so he held back a little. "What a surprise. Let me take a look. I know Mr. Dostovsky quite well."
The conversation between the two was almost over here. Sergey paused when he left the office, thinking, "Why not just not watch it?" After all, it's easy to be discouraged.
Editor-in-Chief Bodafu often says that he is the person who knows Tuo Lao best. If there is no foreigner who understands him...it's very embarrassing.
In the end, Sergei closed the door. He was choking from eating too much chocolate and couldn't bring himself to say any words of advice. He had to go to the tea room and drink some water.
Then there was only one person left in the editor-in-chief's office. Mr. Bodav couldn't be said to be careless, but he opened the email with the mentality of a teacher correcting students' homework.
"Because there are secrets at all times, at every step, and everywhere, it seems that there is a vertical shaft behind every character in his works, leading directly to the demonic abyss in the human world..." There is something, Bodav wants to continue reading.
If Zweig's continuation of Tolstoy's posthumous works means that he knows Tolstoy very well, then he knows Dostoyevsky even better, because Dostoyevsky is Zweig's literary idol!
So Bodafu's expression became more and more serious for more than an hour.
His faith in Taoism collapsed!
……
The situation abroad is not peaceful because of Gu Lu, and the situation at home is also not peaceful, also because of Gu Lu.
Director Zhao is very silent. People who are familiar with him know that pursing his lips so that you can't even see them is a sign of an approaching thunderstorm.
Maybe he shouldn't be called Director Zhao. His position in the United Front Work Department moved up, but people got used to that name and didn't bother to change it. Another reason is that if he gets promoted to a higher title, that title won't apply.
He used the United Front Department's landline to call Vice Chairman Qi. Strictly speaking, the leader who was equal to him should be the second-in-command of the Ministry of Culture. At the very least, he should have called the Federation of Literary and Art Circles or the Vice Chairman of the Writers Association... It was really not equal.
Just like the Golden Elixir Patriarch, it is impossible for you to talk to someone who is practicing body cultivation.
"Minister Zhao, do you have any instructions?" Vice Chairman Qi answered the phone very respectfully. When he heard that the other party called because the Writers Association recommended Gu Lu to their superiors, he felt very happy. You see, the friend's fee is still useful!
(End of this chapter)