While the two founders of the Annals School were busy publishing their first issue, "The Goddess" and "The Dog Officer" quietly became popular in France. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

There is no need to do much publicity, because Hachette has a monopoly on station bookstores all over France.

Before getting on the train, travelers usually buy a book to pass the time. As soon as they walked into the bookstore, they could see "The Goddess" and "The Dog Official", and the words "Magical Works from the Far East" on the cover were enough to entice these people to buy them.

However, Zhou Hexuan's academic monograph was not placed in the station bookstore. The reason is very simple, of course, when you take the train, you have to read pastime books, who would buy historical academic works.

André Malraux was at the station at this time, looking at the French version of "The Goddess" and "The Dog Official" in surprise, and said to himself: "It is really exciting that these two great Chinese novels have finally been published in France. ”

That's right, this future famous French writer has long read Zhou Hexuan's original Chinese novel.

Five years ago, André Malraux and his wife traveled to Asia, visiting Vietnam, China and the Soviet Union, where he lived for several years. It was not until the failure of the KMT-CCP cooperation and Chang Kaishen raised the butcher's knife against the Red Party that Andrei left China in disappointment.

This is an avid oriental fan who began learning Chinese as a teenager.

Last year, André won the Joint Literary Prize for his novel "The Victorious", making him a European writer. The content of this award-winning work is actually a description of the 1925 general strike in China's provinces and Hong Kong.

André really made a name for himself a few years later in his novel The Fate of Man, for which he won the Prix Goncourt and was included in the list of "classics of the 20th century". The novel begins with a brilliant opening that also takes place in China, depicting the conflict between Chang Kaishen and the Red Party, who are willing to sacrifice their lives to fight against Chang Kaishen one after another.

It has to be said that the French Goncourt Literary Award at this time was very clean. As long as your work can impress the judges, you will definitely win the award, and there will be no disgusting mess.

Eight years ago, Goncourt's award-winning book, Batuala, was written by a black writer about the colonizers' plundering of Africa and a call against the slave traders.

You know, this is the 20s of the 20th century, and black people don't have any political status.

It is unbelievable that a work written by a black writer exposing the slave trade should win the highest prize for French fiction.

Even the French authorities could not tolerate it, and immediately after the book "Batu Ala" won the award, it was banned by the French colonial authorities, and the author was also severely ****.

As a fanatical oriental fan and a die-hard fan of Zhou Hexuan's novels, Andre easily bought the French versions of "The Goddess" and "The Dog Official" for collection. He boarded the train with the book, only to find that the passenger next to him was also reading "The Goddess", and had read dozens of pages.

It was a young man in his 20s, and when he saw Andre also holding "The Goddess" in his hand, he smiled and said, "This is an incredibly good book, worth reading." ”

"Of course I know," said Andre proudly, "that I have read its original Chinese." ”

"Really?" The young man was surprised, "Then you are really powerful, Chinese is like a magic spell, I can't understand a word." ”

Andre said with a smile: "I started learning Chinese in middle school and lived in China for four years. ”

"I am very interested in your experience," said the young man, holding out his hand, "yes, my name is Jean Faial." ”

"My name is André Malraux. ”

Faial was surprised: "Is that Mr. Malraux, who wrote "The Temptation of the West" and "The Victor"? ”

"Have you read my book?" Andrei asked.

Faial was a little embarrassed and said, "Actually, I'm also a writer, but I'm not very famous. I have written "Oxford and Margaret" and "Three-quarters of the World". ”

Seeing his peers, Andrei said happily: "It's an honor to meet you." ”

The two chatted about the Orient, and Faial suddenly asked: "Mr. Malraux, you have lived in China for a few years, you should have met Mr. Zhou Hexuan, the author of "The Goddess", right?" ”

Andre shook his head and said, "It's a pity that I have lived in Guangzhou and Hong Kong for a long time, while Mr. Zhou lives in Tianjin, which is very far away. China is a big country, and it takes a long time to take even a train. ”

"Is Chinese society really as dark as "The Goddess"?" Faial asked curiously.

Andrei took the initiative to speak for the Chinese: "The Divine Woman describes mainly China ten years ago, when the Chinese were indeed more ignorant. If you see the second half of "The Goddess", you will find that in this dark country of cannibalism, there are also a few bright lights. Those were the pioneers of China, who broke the ideological shackles and shed their blood for the revolutionary ideals. China is a country of heroes, and there is no shortage of great thinkers and revolutionaries there. ”

This product is not only a Chinese fan, but also a fanatical leftist.

After becoming a great French writer, André actually dropped his pen and went to Spain to join the international column, and also served as the commander-in-chief of foreign air forces. During World War II, he led several guerrilla units in France, and served as commander-in-chief of the Alsace-Lorraine column during the campaign to liberate Alsace.

"Are you...... Revolutionary? Faial wondered.

"If necessary, I will be the most determined revolutionary, but I am first and foremost a patriot," said Andrei with a smile, "and let's talk about literature instead of revolution." ”

Faial stroked the "Goddess" in his hand and exclaimed: "This novel is so great, I have never seen this kind of novel writing, it makes me addicted to the mysterious and wonderful world of the East." To be honest, my writing style tends to be humorous and playful, and I don't like this kind of heavy work, but this "Goddess" is an exception. ”

André said: "There is also a lot of humor in 'The Goddess', and there is a cold irony in the humor. ”

"I'm contributing to Avant-Garde Literature," Faial said, "and I've decided to recommend this good book to more literature lovers." ”

Andre smiled: "Mr. Zhou's works are not only "The Goddess", "Dog Official" is also very interesting, with the mysterious idea of reincarnation of Oriental Buddhism. Did you know about Buddhism? ”

"I know something, it seems to have originated in India." Faial Dao.

Andrei said proudly: "Haha, the year before last, together with my friends, I launched an attack on the French colony in North Africa and snatched the head of the Buddha from the Pamirs. ”

"......" Faial was momentarily speechless.

This Nima, are you a writer or a terrorist?

André bet, "Believe it or not, 'The Goddess' will win this year's Goncourt Prize for Fiction, and I'll bet on the Buddha's head." ”

"I'm not interested in the Buddha, but I believe it will win an award. ”

While the two were chatting, bookstores at many train stations in France, "The Goddess" and "Dog Officer" were already out of stock.