When he woke up the next day, Zhuang Yan was still a little stunned, because in his dream last night, Kafka was simply a joke, like a **.

Is this still the lonely boy with a rough life and an unpredictable fate?

Kafka Tamura in the original book is a very cautious person, because of his ill fate, he has always been planned and low-key.

But last night, Kafka Tamura in front of Zhuang Yan spoke like a stunned person, and Zhuang Yan even wondered if this guy was mentally abnormal because of various things, so his temperament changed greatly.

In fact, "Kafka by the Sea" is a fantasy, the content has a strong fictional color, and those surreal things can be seen everywhere in the book.

And Haruki Murakami's writing technique is so peculiar that when Zhuang Yan first saw this book, he was confused when he read the first chapter and then turned to the second chapter, because the second chapter was completely inconnected with the first chapter.

After reading the second chapter with doubts, I turned to the third chapter and returned to Kafka's first-person perspective.

There are two types of chapters, odd-numbered chapters and even-numbered chapters, and the odd-numbered chapters are all written about Kafka's story, and the writing technique is also a traditional realistic approach. But in the even-numbered chapters, the writing technique becomes magical, and in the even-numbered chapters, Nakata's adventures are written.

Last night, Tamura Kafka only told the story on the train, and when it was over, the guy smiled weirdly, "If you want to know what happens next, let's listen to the next breakdown." ”

I slept for a long time last night, and I slept on the couch without moving my nest.

Fortunately, when he came back before, Zhuang Yan had already turned on the central air conditioning, and the room was still relatively warm. That night he lay on the couch with only a blanket that was not too thick and did not feel the cold.

Getting up from the sofa, Zhuang Yan walked to the balcony, and the outside world was already covered in silver.

The balcony was covered with glass, but there was a layer of snow on one side because of the wind.

Standing in his warm room, the snow outside has nothing but beauty, and the cold has nothing to do with him.

A few steps further, I opened the glass door and walked to the balcony, and it was not as cold outside as Zhuang Yan imagined.

Instead, after taking a deep breath, Zhuang Yan felt that his whole body was refreshed.

Leaning on the railing and looking down, it is difficult to see other colors in the whole community, and the grassland in the south is only the thick white quilt that the sky has descended on, and there is nothing else.

The original playground was high and low, and the potholes were not very smooth. Snow is so magical that it can not only erase all the colors and leave only the silvery white, but also smooth out the potholes.

However, Zhuang Yan knew that it would not be long before everyone in the community got up, and this flat silver-white carpet would disappear, leaving people's footprints.

There may also be some children running up to it, building snowmen, having snowball fights, and they will sweat and blush, laugh and frolic.

It snowed so much, Zhuang Yan was going to nest at home and not go anywhere, if he could, he just wanted to nest in the bed, not even the study.

But after he washed up, Yao Qian's phone called.

As soon as he saw Yao Qian calling, Zhuang Yan unconsciously frowned, because he knew that once Yao Qian looked for him, there must be something.

"Oh, why did you call me today? Isn't there still a few days left for the new book?" Zhuang Yan said.

The release date of "The Old Man and the Sea" has been set, that is, the first day of the next year in the Gregorian calendar, that is, January 1, 1917.

It should be mentioned that in this world, the first day of January in the Gregorian calendar does not have any meaning in China, and it is not considered a holiday. Some people will see this day as a new day of the new year, but most Chinese only regard this day as a day divided into time on the calendar, and it is no different from other days.

In China, today's New Year's Day is actually the Spring Festival, and the first day of the first month is New Year's Day.

But Zhuang Yan, as a traverser, still has some feelings about New Year's Day, so he proposed to set a time at that time.

Yao Qian said with a smile: "It's not a matter of the new book, it's another matter, and this matter is more serious, so I still want to tell you about it." ”

Zhuang Yan pursed his lips, Yao Qian said that the matter was serious, but the tone of his voice couldn't hear anything serious at all, and he had a joking tone.

"Come on, if there's anything you say, don't sell it. Zhuang Yan said.

"That's right, it's not Christmas in the United States......"

"Wasn't it yesterday?" Zhuang Yan said strangely.

Yao Qian smiled: "Jet lag, they are now on Christmas night, and it is the time when the atmosphere is at its highest." ”

Zhuang Yan patted his forehead, he didn't think of the problem of jet lag, he continued to ask: "What does the Chinese New Year have to do with us?"

"It didn't matter, but it's been with you since a few hours ago. Yao Qian said.

"Get straight to the point. ”

"A few hours ago, a group of readers in the United States called for a joint petition on the Internet, hoping that your new book will be released in the United States at the same time, and there will be no longer delays. They also said that they hope you can go to the United States to hold a few book signings and get in touch with fans. Yao Qian said with a smile.

Zhuang Yan raised his eyebrows, he didn't expect this kind of thing to happen, he frowned and said: "This thing is probably just a joke, today's New Year, as soon as we are happy, we will coax together, let's not take it seriously." ”

"I was watching it as a joke at first, but after a few hours, the joint petition had been signed by those fans with more than 50,000 names," Yao said. ”

"More than 50,000?" Zhuang Yan was taken aback, "Is it a physical signature, or is it online?"

"Of course it's not online, I've heard that dozens of banners have been used. And as more and more people join, this petition has also spread to every state in the United States, and the names are still increasing, and it seems that it may exceed 100,000 today. Yao Qian said.

100,000 doesn't sound like much, because Zhuang Yan's books can be bought and sold in the United States for millions of copies, and it is still easy to have hundreds of thousands of readers.

But this sales volume and the number of petitioners are fundamentally different things, and it is not easy to get a petition signed by 100,000 people, even some ordinary politicians are estimated to be blushing when they see this kind of petition.

Real Madrid lost 0-3 today, and I wanted to add more, but I was in no mood. Let's stop the chapter at two hundred and five for the time being