Chapter 137 Preface to English Translation of Self-selected Stories "The Bridge"

Foreign Languages ​​Bureau Literary Publishing House is going to publish an anthology of English translations of my novels, and I am asked to write the preface.It is estimated that in my seventy years of writing career, I have indeed written more essays than novels, so now I have to talk about a few selected novels. I think my mood when I write a novel probably goes through four stages: sweet, sour, bitter, and spicy. From before and after "Superman" to the period of "The First Banquet", my life has been spent in a happy and harmonious mood.After that, I felt the strong depressive "sour" aspect of the world and people's feelings from the things around me. I wrote "Fen" and several other articles. The "anti-rightist movement" and "ten years of turmoil" after 1957 were "bitter" periods, and I only wrote an article "Remember One Most Unforgettable Event" to pour out my grief and indignation.In the future, I wrote an article and the last article "Everything is top grade...", which I wrote with the pungentness in my heart.Nation is thriving to "look forward"

However, there are still some young people who "look at money".The reasons and methods of "looking at money" are different. I have heard and seen enough, and I can't help but have a spicy taste in my writing!I think it's not surprising, people are like ginger, it's spicy when you get old!