Grandpa's great writer

Chapter 502 Fragmented Narrative Space

"The Metamorphosis" was sinicized by Zhang Chong, and Gregor in it became Li Gao.

Seeing the new works, Wang Meng didn't look at the other works in the catalogue, and directly turned to the first article "Metamorphosis".

But just after reading a few lines, he frowned, because this language style is really—— special.

In the past, Zhang Chong's novels were either beautiful and poetic, which read as smooth as silk, or had a clear introduction, which read as crisp and clean as the sound of a typewriter.

But this "Metamorphosis" is very different. Although it is a very simple sentence, it is difficult to get into the mind when reading it. It seems that there are too many elements in the sentence. Inability to coherently receive the meaning expressed in words.

Is it because I am old?
Wang Meng even had this idea, he thought, could it be that the illness a few days ago made his brain rust, so this happened?
He looked at his grandson Wang Kewang who was sitting next to him, and decided to read this article before showing it to Wang Kewang.

A novel just enough to qualify as a novella, with not much plot in total.

Li Gao turned into a beetle—the company representative came to him—he was discovered by his family—the younger sister took care of him—the mother fainted—the father hit him with an apple—the younger sister hated him—the old mother bullied him—the family found a job - A tenant came to the house - the tenant saw him - Li Gao died.

The whole novel narrates such a story. Li Gao, a salesman, woke up one day and found that he had turned into a beetle. Before that, he was the respected eldest son in his family, praised by his parents and loved by his sister.But when he turned into a beetle, he made no material contribution to the family, and even brought humiliation, the family changed their previous respect for him, and gradually showed indifference, disgust, and hatred.

Wang Meng has lived for more than one hundred years, and he has never seen anything. He has seen the story of changing children to eat when there was a famine in his early years, but when he read the end of the novel, he still felt a sense of sadness rushing to his head. .

When I saw that because of Li Gao's death, the family members were relieved;
When they saw them fiddle with Li Gao's body with a broom;
When he saw his family running out to relax and imagine a bright future, Wang Meng became angry.

Human nature is so ugly!

There is such indifference between people, even between relatives, it is also the product of related interests.People are selfish. Once the other party is useless to them and becomes a drag instead, people will try their best to get rid of this drag.

Even if they are bound by morality, deep down in their hearts, these thoughts will always be hidden in a dark place, waiting to explode one day.

In today's materialistic society, some people have already been alienated to this point.

Wang Meng sighed and closed the book.

Wang Kewang has been paying attention to his grandfather, seeing his expression, he asked, "Grandpa, how about the new work?"

"Ke Wang, do you know that there is more to tragedy than loss?" Wang Meng did not answer Sun Tzu's question, but asked another question.

Wang Kewang thought for a while, and tried to answer, "Resentment will meet, love will part, can't you ask for it?"

"No, there are still discoveries." Wang Meng said.

"Discovered?" Wang Kewang asked puzzled, he really didn't understand what connection this word could have with tragedy.

"Sometimes the truth is found to be more cruel than the truth itself." Wang Meng took a sip of tea from his teacup, but found that the tea was cold, so he put down the teacup again.

Seeing this, Wang Kewang hurriedly made another cup of tea.

After the new tea was brewed, Wang Meng held the steaming teacup and said, "I remember hearing a story in the early years. The protagonist of the story is a mother and son. The son suffers from a disease that can only lie in bed for the rest of his life, and the mother can only stay at home. Bedside care day and night.

Over time, the mother's love and patience seemed to have been worn down. She once collapsed and lay beside her son's bed crying, saying: Why don't you die. "

Wang Kewang's eyes widened, he was surprised by his mother's performance in the story, and at the same time wondered why the old man told him this story.Could it be that grandpa feels that his time is numbered, and is afraid that his children and grandchildren will feel that he is a drag on everyone?
Opening his mouth, Wang Kewang didn't ask this question in the end.

But Wang Meng continued to ask, "Do you think this mother is hateful?"

"But..." Wang Kewang suddenly swallowed the hateful word that was about to blurt out. It is easy to accuse others, but people's hearts are so complicated, why should he criticize others harshly.

"I think she might be forgiven, too."

"Yes, there are excusable circumstances. It is not a lie to say that there is no filial son in front of a long-term sick bed. But precisely because of this excusable circumstance, it just proves that human nature cannot be tortured."

Wang Meng still doesn't know why his grandfather told this story. Is it related to Zhang Zhong's new work?He couldn't wait to see what was written in the new book now, so much so that the old man expressed his emotion. He felt that the air in the room was a lot more depressing.

"You should read it too." Wang Meng handed the book to his grandson, "Read it here."

He also wanted to see Wang Kewang's reaction to the book, so as to prove whether he was old or not.

……

If Luo Wei heard Wang Meng's remarks about "discovery", he would definitely be overwhelmed.

Because his biggest discovery after reading the book is that the tragedy of this novel lies in the discovery that when Luo Wei was reading the book, he found that Li Gao's family was only using him, and that his sister had treated him so well before. It's because her brother can give her benefits, and even his father has been cheating on him.

The discovery felt bleak.

"Oh, after reading this novel, I feel bad." Luo Wei sighed.

There are not a few people who feel the same way as Luo Wei. Although this novel is a bit nerve-wracking to read, as long as they read it, readers will find that the reflection between the lines will be engraved in their hearts and will never go away.

[This summer, Zhang Zhong poured a basin of cold water from the top of my head, which made my heart feel cold. 】

[This year's most depressing novel, not one of them. 】

[People who are forbidden to read this book: people with depression, people with poor mental endurance...]

[If I hadn't lived a happy life, I guess my mentality would have exploded after reading this novel. 】

……

In addition to ordinary readers, some literary critics also ran out.

"Not to mention the content, the narrative space of this novel is completely different from Zhang Zhong's previous novels. The narrative space of this novel is broken and incomplete. When I read this novel, my most intuitive feeling is that I seem to be It is to step into a dark room suddenly from a bright light, and you need to go through a period of dizziness before you can finally get used to it. I suspect that many people can't adapt to this kind of dizziness, and eventually get lost in this narrative space..."

(End of this chapter)