Works Affecting My Fifty Essays. Foreign Volume

Author: (English) Bertrand Russell et al. / Jia Pingwa (Editor)
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: We hope these renowned works that have influenced the spiritual growth of writers can also inspire you, nourishing and awakening the classic sentiments and nostalgia within your heart. As French writer André Gide aptly said, "Influence creates nothing; it merely awakens." Indeed, only when your memories, imagination, and slumbering heart are awakened can your reading truly begin. For a long time, I used to pride myself on China being a great nation of prose. But when I read extensively—discontinuously—foreign prose, translated works, of course, the majority being masterpieces of world literature, I realized that their collected works are a high-end and luxurious banquet. These writers are mostly famous for their novels, and their prose reveals another side of their brilliance.
I say China can be considered a great nation of prose because we are a small nation of fiction. I am grateful to the translators who have opened a window for us, allowing us to see mountains beyond mountains and heavens beyond heavens. Fifty Famous Essays That Influenced Me has compiled a reader of modern Chinese and contemporary prose. This foreign prose reader was written within the scope of translations provided by some translators, and the majority of the included works are by world-class literary masters. Their collected works are a high-end and luxurious banquet. These writers are mostly famous for their novels, and their prose reveals another side of their brilliance.