China News Service, Beijing, July 31 (Reporter Ying Ni) Mo Yan's new work "Late Mature Man" was grandly launched by People's Literature Publishing House on the 31st. This is his first work after winning the Nobel Prize in Literature.

　　In 2012, Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize in Literature. In 2020, it has been eight years since Mo Yan won the Nobel Prize, and ten years have passed since his last novel "Frog" was published. Some people say that Mo Yan will fall into the "Nobel Prize Curse"-it is difficult to continue to create after winning the Nobel Prize, but the former chairman of the Nobel Prize Jury, Espemark, said: "I believe Mo Yan will still write after winning the prize. Great work, he really has a power, no one will stop him."

　　Ten years of accumulation, new personnel. In "Late Mature", Mo Yan is rooted in the country, listens to the wind and rain on all sides, shapes the typical, borrows the voice from all directions, and tells the inside and out after winning the Nobel Prize in 12 stories. These 12 stories have joys and sorrows, absurdities and reality. From the last century to the current society, they have stepped into reality from the depths of history.

　　The "storyteller" is back

　　In this new work that has been accumulated for nearly ten years, Mo Yan has changed his usual way of telling stories, not only continues the previous creative style, but also obviously injects new elements-Wang Yang is more calm and straightforward. There is more concrete realism in the fantasy legend. His eyes turned to the most ordinary and unremarkable little people. They are too real, as if they are characters walking out of us. It is this group of people that constitute the "constant" and "change" in the evolution of the times. Mo Yan wrote their stories, as if inadvertently carved one coordinate after another on a piece of white paper. After reading these 12 stories, all the coordinates are connected by an invisible line, and the reader suddenly realized that what Mo Yan is telling is not the story of a certain individual, but the ebb and flow of the times.

　　Unlike all previous works, Mo Yan introduced the "newcomers" of the current society for the first time. In "Red Lips and Green Mouths", Mo Yan portrays a character who is no stranger to our daily lives-the Internet "big coffee" high ginseng. Gao Shen is well versed in the laws of the operation of the Internet, and is best at making up and adding fuel and vinegar, and making money by selling rumors. There are hundreds of hardcore naval forces under her, who can bite whoever bites, and whoever is bitten by her, playing the Internet in her hands. Gao Shen has a famous saying: "In life, 10,000 people can't make a big climate, but on the Internet, a hundred people can make a huge wave."

　　This is still a story with Gaomi Dongbei Township as its background, but with the passage of time, the Gaomi Dongbei Township, which was woven with childhood experience and imagination, is long gone. Regarding the changes in his hometown, Mo Yan is very frank: "You can't keep the dead, and you can't stop the ones that come." The times have changed, and the story follows. "Late Mature" brings back the familiar "storyteller". "Mo Yan.

　　Who is "I" in Mo Yan

　　Mo Yan always loves to use the first person "I" in storytelling, and "Late Mature" continues this habit. The difference is that most of the "I" in these 12 stories borrowed from the writer's current age and identity. Mo Yan truly wrote himself into the story, and unabashedly opened up his life after winning the Nobel Prize to readers.

　　Following the "Mo Yan" in the novel, readers returned to Gaomi Dongbei Township after winning the award, and found that their hometown became a tourist attraction overnight. The film and television city of "Red Sorghum" rose from the ground. The county government" suddenly appeared, "and the five shabby houses of my house, which were also put up grandiosely and became scenic spots." People come to visit every day, tourists from all over the world, and even foreigners who have traveled far and wide.

　　Mo Yan's experience after winning the award is really like the story written in the novel. He became busy and busy. Not only did he become hot and busy, but he also got busy with his native Gaomi Dongbei Township. Readers have every reason to believe that the "I" in the book is Mo Yan himself. So the people and things in Mo Yan's story also looked a bit like real people. True or false, breaking the boundary between reality and fiction, this is exactly the artistic effect that Mo Yan wants.

　　Regarding this ingenious arrangement, Mo Yan explained: "The Mo Yan in the novel is actually my clone, just like a vellus plucked by the grandson monkey. He is carrying out my instructions, but he can't do anything by himself. It is decided that I am observing and recording this process of Mo Yan’s interaction with the characters.” In the novel, “Mo Yan” is more like a seeker and recorder of the story, passing by accidentally all kinds of life, not betraying disputes, and dealing with good and evil. Don't be arrogant, always calm and indifferent. The author's values ​​are always hidden behind the words, and these stories are more grounded and more exciting because of the intervention of "Mo Yan".

　　"I have been creating for eight years since I won the award"

　　Compared with the past creations, "Late Matures" is much less vigorous and arrogant, calmer and more calm, with a relaxed humor, which has nothing to do with Mo Yan's own writing state.

　　After winning the Nobel Prize in Literature, Mo Yan's writing status became the focus of public attention. In the face of public concerns and inquiries, Mo Yan has his usual expressions, starting with "being silent after winning the prize" and ending with "hope to write good works in the future". With the advent of "Late Familiar", Mo Yan, who has been "closed" for too long, finally gave a tangible answer: "I have been creating or preparing for creation for eight years since I won the award."

　　The writer Su Tong said that the Nobel Prize is a "laurel" and a "yoke" to Mo Yan. The invisible pressure and endless trivia that accompanied the award made him unable to continue his creation. According to statistics, as of 2016, Mo Yan has gone to at least 34 different cities around the world after winning the award, participated in 26 conferences, 18 lectures, quizzed thousands of words, and signed tens of thousands of names. Especially in 2013, the first year after winning the prize, Mo Yan was so busy that he didn't even read a book for a whole year.

　　Even in the shackles, Mo Yan has written opera and poetry in the past eight years, and has traveled to many places. He still pays attention to the changes of his homeland, pays attention to the people and things around him, and tells these people and things in wonderful words. "For a writer, everything you do may become the material or inspiration of the novel."

　　"Late Mature" is just such a work that takes off the "laurel crown" and returns to writing itself. (Finish)