Full house: Love with a literary master

Author: Zhang Yongyi
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: In his literary theory The Flying Vampire, Tournier said, "A writer's fame and a work's fame often walk side by side, but they can also obscure each other." In this collection of essays brimming with spirit and passion, one of today's most outstanding Chinese book critics, Zhang Yongyi, accompanies you on a journey through the night sky of the spirit to seek the wisdom of starlight. At the same time, the author willingly hides behind the masters, living modestly and contentedly, because he understands the mysteries of all passions. Readers can only love the immortals—Sterne, Flaubert, Borges, Calvino—not a bookworm or a man of pleasure. This collection of essays reviews the creative careers of numerous first-class Western writers such as Sterne and Flaubert. The book is divided into five parts, depicting the literary landscapes of different languages and regions, including English, American, French, Russian, and Latin American literature. It pays particular attention to novelists and award-winning works after World War II.