Jia Youwei sat at the desk in the study and wrote Shen Congwen's novella "Border City" silently. This work is not only a masterpiece of the other party, but also an aesthetic art.

He put down the pen on his right hand, and naturally thought of what it means that academic qualifications do not represent ability. Only if the professional level goes up, then it is an expert in a certain field, a master.

Shen Congwen's academic qualifications are only a high school graduate, and his actual literary level is no less than that of the six officially recognized master-level modern writers.

Although he is not on the list, he can be ranked behind Lu Guo Maoba Lao Cao without any controversy. If it weren't for Guo Wen's jealousy and jealousy, he would have "assigned" Shen Congwen, then he would definitely be on the list and become the seventh officially recognized Chinese master-level modern writer.

One of the proofs of this, Shen Congwen was shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1987 and 1988. And there are only a few Chinese writers who have been shortlisted for the Nobel Prize in Literature twice, but have not won the final prize.

Jia Youwei knows very well that the aesthetic art of "Border City" is completely different from the kind of beautiful literature sought after by young students, especially female students.

The latter either uses a lot of flashy rhetoric to attract attention, or deliberately shows off his skills, like an actor in a glittering costume on stage.

The former's writing technique is unpretentious, simple and beautiful, showing off the wisdom of the outside, so that you will feel quite comfortable and comfortable after reading it.

This inevitably reminds Jia Youwei of Junichiro Tanizaki, one of the representatives of RB aesthetic literature. In his own opinion, the other party's "Chunqin Copy" is completely insufficient to compare with Shen Congwen's "Border City".

The content of the story of "Chunqin Copy" made him feel more or less cheesy, which is nothing more than the story of a male servant who served diligently and gradually fell in love with his own lady, and in order to let the beauty of his young lady before disfigurement always remain in his heart, in his mind, he took the initiative to prick his eyes blind with a needle.

Even if he later became a good musician, he always admired that his own young lady was the best. Was this a kind of love he had for her?

Of course, Junichiro Tanizaki's position in the history of RB literature is not established by "Harukoto Copy", but by his novel "Fine Snow".

The book is composed of three parts: upper, middle, and lower, and revolves around the marriage of two girls, reflecting the customs and upper-middle class of the Kansai region.

The origin of the title of the book is the third girl Yukiko, and the fourth girl is also called the fine girl in the Kansai region, so each takes the word combination of two heroines.

Otherwise, RB would not have established a literary award for a stalwart writer, and would not have named it after Junichiro Tanizaki. Among them, Haruki Murakami, who is most familiar to Chinese literary youth, was able to make a big name in RB, and it was this award that won it.

Haruki Murakami is a prolific writer. He made his debut in the literary world and did not win the Akutagawa Award for "Listen to the Wind", but was only shortlisted for the final selection stage. His best-selling work, which became a phenomenon, was Norwegian Wood.

As far as Jia Youwei is concerned, Haruki Murakami's two works are not very fond of them, but they like his "Kafka by the Sea", "The Adventure of Sheep Hunting", and "Dance Dance Dance". The other party's work is an entry-level literary one, which also reflects its value.

The reason why Haruki Murakami has been a companion for the Nobel Prize in Literature for many years is that it is difficult to win this award. In Jia Youwei's view, there are three main reasons.

First, there is a lack of literary talent. If you don't have enough talent in this area, the only way to make up for it is to have a very bizarre background and experience. Otherwise, the soul will not have an extraordinary perception of life.

Second, the depth of the work is insufficient, resulting in the shallowness of ideology and content. Although his writing technique and tone are light and have a kind of beauty of his own, he does not have the aesthetics of Yasunari Kawabata's national day and style.

After reading the latter's works, the reader's heart will be born with a sense of comfort and comfort. Of course, if Lao She hadn't jumped into Taiping Lake at that time, the Nobel Prize in Literature that year would not have fallen into the hands of Yasunari Kawabata, allowing him to successfully pick up the leak, so that Mo Yan would have fulfilled his long-cherished wish decades later.

However, then again, what is Pearl Race and Gao Xingjian? What is Kitajima, who has been nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature for several years in a row?

Yasunari Kawabata's works have indeed nurtured and nourished many famous Chinese writers, such as Mo Yan, Yu Hua and others. Even the famous Marquez was inspired by the other party's "Sleeping Beauty".

Third, some bad luck. However, Haruki Murakami's strength is definitely not as awesome as Borges, Joyce, Kafka and others. I am fortunate to have it, but I am not killed, which is the best interpretation.

Thinking of this, Jia Youwei fell backwards and leaned back on the chair. He crossed his hands over his chest and stroked his chin with his right hand.

He then thought in his mind that this novelist who was good at using beautiful words and could write good works was not the poets Byron, Shelley, etc., but probably none other than Fitzgerald.

It is the great American writer who wrote "The Great Gatsby" and "The Tenderness of the Night", who was not famous in front of him, but was re-examined after his death, and can be compared with his contemporary, Hemingway.

In the minds of contemporary literary youth, Fitzgerald is even higher than Hemingway. Hemingway's "The Old Man and the Sea" is always hung on some people's mouths, and it is only known that it won the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Other than that, I'm afraid I don't even know what fish I chased in the book. In fact, this novella, to look at, doesn't take much time. "The Old Man and the Sea", "Moby Dick", and "The Bear" have been selected as the three best works about animals written by American writers.

Comparatively speaking, "Bear" is the worst of the three works. However, the writer who wrote it was not an ordinary writer, it was also Faulkner, who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and wrote "The Noise and the Restlessness".

In fact, in Jia Youwei's opinion, "Moby Dick" is the most awesome, and there is no one. It's just that Herman Melville is not well known to ordinary people.

He was one of the greatest American novelists, essayists, and poets of the 19th century, along with Nathaniel Hawthorne.

Melville, who did not receive the attention he deserved during his lifetime, rose to prominence in the twenties of the twentieth century and is widely regarded as one of the pinnacles of American literature.

The British writer Maugham considers his Moby Dick to be one of the world's top ten literary masterpieces, and its literary history status is even higher than that of Mark Twain and others. Melville is also known as the "Shakespeare" of the United States.

In his speech at the time of accepting the award, Bob Dylan, winner of the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, mentioned several books that influenced his life, including Herman Melville's Moby Dick.