Music has influenced my writing -- Yu Hua Works Series

Author: Yu Hua
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: "Sometimes, the narration of music and the narration of literature are so similar. They both suggest the aging and rebirth of time, the fleeting changes of space. They both experience the beginning of passages, the ups and downs of emotions, the introduction of climaxes, and the echoes at the end. The dynamics and crescendos in music are like the thick and thin in literature; the harmonies in music are like multi-layered dialogues and descriptions in literature; the cadenzas in music are like magnificent parallel sentences in literature. In short, their narration exists reasonably because they flow, just as roads exist for walking. The difference is that the path of literature seems to extend on the ground, while the path of music seems to stretch in the air."