Chapter 1973

The "joke" published in 1967 brought Milan Kundera a great reputation in the world. However, less than a year after the publication of this book, the Soviet Union occupied Czechoslovakia, which was not divided at that time. Because of its ironic and sharp content, even targeted irony, this book was listed as a banned book in the whole Eastern European region, Libraries and bookstores disappeared in an instant. Even Kundera himself was dismissed from the film academy, and no work was released.

At that time, the book almost disappeared in the Eastern European world, and the only remaining areas were Poland and Yugoslavia. With the passage of time, the book has now seen the light again, and has been translated into various versions all over the world, but the earliest printed version has almost disappeared.

When "joke" first came out, it was very popular. In a short period of time, it printed three editions in succession, and the number of copies reached several hundred thousand. However, those precious first edition, second edition and third edition all became the witness of the historical torrent, turned into ashes, and only treasured in the hands of a few genuine fans.

The girl just in front of her mentioned that she found it in the second-hand bookstore of zettine. Zettine was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Montenegrin and is now the cultural center. It was only in 2006 that the country voted for independence again. Half a century ago, it belonged to Yugoslavia, which also helped to find the source of the book.

As she said, for ordinary people, this is a book that is so shabby that it has no value at all. Moreover, it is still a minority of polish, and even if you try to read it, it is very difficult; But for real fans and collectors, it is a historical witness worthy of collection.

"A sword for a hero, a pink for a beauty." Lan Li repeated it in Chinese. He looked at the girl again. After all, he didn't refuse again: Matthew should like it very much. Since he decided to accept it, Lan Li didn't go on with it. He said briskly, "I have to admit that I like this gift very much. Why don't we exchange a gift? You can make a request. It's within my power

To tell you the truth, Lan Li is a little interested. What kind of gift will she ask for as a reward? Or simply refuse?

The girl standing in front of Lan Li thought seriously, and seemed to be rummaging. Just when Lan Li was a little disappointed, she said, "why don't you give me a book, and then attach your signature and feelings, so we can even exchange our own ideas about books."

pleasantly surprised!

Even in the background of the popularity of Jin Yuan culture in Asia and even in the world, there are still a small group of Quixotes in this land, who insist on their inner persistence and dream of art. Maybe they are excluded from the mainstream, but they still insist on a small piece of their own paradise.

Seriously, he's the same, isn't he? From Chu Jiashu to Lan Li, he never changed.

Thinking of this, Lan Li's heart became happy, and his tired and heavy body became a little light. "That's settled."

Lanli didn't stop any longer, turned around and continued to step forward, chasing Annie and Nolan.

The girl stayed where she was, while other fans chased her - Roy escorted lanli, while Nathan stayed to ask for the girl's address.

About five weeks later, when the girl almost thought that Lan Li was going to forget, a package wrapped in brown paper appeared in her mailbox. From the address, it was in elegant handwriting. She could recognize it as Lan Li's handwriting at a glance. After carefully opening the package, she saw her gift:

A well kept book is not brand-new, but it will not be shabby. You can see that the owner has spent a lot of effort to keep it carefully, and the traces of frequent reading still show up in the corners of the book. It seems that now you can still feel the temperature left by the owner's careful reading.

This is a book from Garcia Marquez called "the colonel to whom no one wrote.".

As the author of "one hundred years of solitude", Marquez, who won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982, is naturally well-known.

But only real literature lovers know that Marquez and Kundera are regarded as the important turning points of South American and Eastern European literature respectively. When their works entered Asia, many literary researchers put the two together and compared. Choosing Marquez as Kundera's return gift is obviously a well thought out idea of Langley.

What's more interesting is that in many of Marquez's works, the "colonel who no one wrote to him" created in his early years is very, very unnoticed, and even many literary researchers think that this work is a green attempt of Marquez, which is far from the later writing method, even the article is very short, but in fact, it's not easy to read, This is Marquez's personal favorite work.

Open the title page of the book, and there is a letter in it

"Dear Ludwig,

I have to admit that I always refused to read "one hundred years of solitude" until I found this Spanish novel in Shakespeare's bookstore in Paris, from which I caught Marquez's pessimism, that compassionate mood with a kind of fragile beauty, which also prompted me to open the opportunity of "one hundred years of solitude".

Just like the unbearable lightness of life, I always like Kundera's joke more. I'm not sure whether it's human beings who make the times or the times that make people. Maybe we can find the answer. Maybe we need to find ourselves all our lives.

Your,

Captain

Ludwig is the hero of "joke", while the colonel is the hero of "no one writes to him".

Although there is no name of "Langley hall" in the full text, she knows that this is the letter from Langley, which has the brand of personal attribute.

It is worth mentioning that this little story has never been published on any platform, and the girl has never mentioned her name. She seems to be a symbol in legend.

On that day, other fans who witnessed the whole process in the airport occasionally mentioned it when chatting, but they could only use "she" to refer to it, discuss and discuss, and never find the person concerned, so that the authenticity of the matter was questioned, and finally it became a legend that could not be verified, Word of mouth is just as a "legend" anecdote in general, talking and laughing is all.

Only the girl's friends and the little Don Quixote circle have heard of the story and witnessed the book and the letter. They clearly know what kind of actor Langley is and what kind of fans don Quixotes are, which is enough.

These are the last words. We'll return to the airport.

Lanli accepted the gift, which immediately made other fans excited. Before, lanli didn't seem to have enough oil and salt, and they couldn't open the window, but now they see that lanli is willing to accept the gift. Does that mean that their gift can also be delivered?

Then, the surge became more fierce, and they even forced the gift into Lan Li's hand, hoping that Lan Li would accept it.

When Nathan left, Roy worked hard - he didn't expect that he would need security personnel to accompany him inside the airport, so the relevant staff were not in place. In the end, Annie and Nolan's colleagues helped him out.

Fortunately, the distance from the VIP room to the exit is closer than expected.

As soon as they come and go, lanli and his party have been close to the arrival hall of the airport. The security personnel who quickly welcome them can finally ease their urgency. With their help, the fans who are in hot pursuit are finally separated - but they still don't leave completely. Standing not far away, they are watching every move of lanli and others eagerly and enthusiastically.

Just less than 300 meters away, lanli's back was slightly soaked with sweat, and his body was still slightly uncomfortable. Especially in the busy crowd of fans, his weakness was exposed in the hot environment, and his physical strength was seriously consumed.

Now Lan Li could feel the skin of his arm was slightly hot. In the late June night, the devil was cold, the air was sticky and damp, and his whole body became lazy and soft. All the scenery and characters were blurred in the dim night. His body was so insensitive that he could not catch any information. He stepped on cotton lightly, heavily, deeply and lightly, Even knowing that all this is an illusion, the stomach still can't help but roll with anxiety.

The low fever should not be serious. The main reason is that fatigue and sleepiness make the body extremely heavy. In addition, the just bustling shadow makes the muscles tighter and tighter. A little bit of feeling is gradually amplified to the extreme, and the control force gradually slips from the fingertips. Even if I try to close the palm, I just catch a sense of emptiness, The whole person swayed with the wind again, and the instability that his feet could not land on the ground could never be removed.

Adjust your breathing. Adjust your breathing.

Lanli quietly controlled the muscles of his body, firmly controlled the appearance of the outside state, quietly adjusted his breathing to calm down the burning and emptiness. Although the night was still long and there were still important scenes waiting for him to deal with, he could stick to it. It's not hard! It shouldn't be difficult!

Adjust your breathing again.

Lan Li's mood and state in the long breath to stand firm, in addition to the hot skin, everything is good.