Zhejiang Yiwenzhi | Mai Family: Writing is a quiet ritual

Du Daqiang Huang Xin, a reporter from Zhejiang News Client, designed Chen Yangdong Video Wang Yi Li Xiang Li Bingbing Yan Yixi Li Chaoran Cheng Dengyu Duan Songyan

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Mai family, from Hangzhou, well -known Chinese contemporary writer, vice chairman of the Chinese Writers Association, and vice chairman of Zhejiang Literary Federation, his "Decrypting", "Danity", "Wind Sound" and other works have been translated into more than 30 languages, with more than 100 best -selling soldiers Countries and regions. The latest work "Sea Sea of ​​Life" has become one of the best -selling works in the Chinese book market in recent years.

At noon, in Hangzhou Xixi Creative Industrial Park, the sun was split on the slate road through the branches and leaves.

The Mai family's ideal valley book is here, and many of his best -selling books are also completed here.

The ideal valley is the private collection of Mai family. It is not even a bookstore because it does not sell books here, but it is only provided to a poetic habitat for young people who love reading.

"Reading is going home." The original intention of Mai family to create this book was written on the small blackboard at the door of the book bar. Gently pushed the glass door, the unique aroma of the paper book came, and the bookshelves full of the drafts extended to the ceiling. Every book here is selected by the Mai family for the readers. Book bar tea, reading is free, there is no WiFi alone.

Going in, you can see the Mai family's own works on the bookshelf of the wall. The Mai family is humble about his writing posture. A transparent glass cabinet has more than twenty books, which is an overseas version of his long -term debut "Decrypting". Since its publishing in 2002, the book has been translated into multi -language and has become a world -class best -selling book.

In order to facilitate interviews, the Mai family deliberately arranged the time on the closed day. It is more like an interview, which is actually more like a reading club. The Mai family sat under the bookshelf, and we surrounded us, listening to his life and creative stories. From time to time, readers who came to touch the luck of the library from time to time joined in.

The Mai family said that when he went to Western countries in 2014, he found that he was in a foreign country. The "Decrypt" Western version of the poster appeared on a bus in the Spanish capital Madrid. He was interviewed by hundreds of media within a month. This treatment made him flattered. After the mainstream language such as English and Spanish, Mai's books have also been welcomed in many other language markets.

In 2018, the Frankfurt Book Fair held the "Mai Family Night". Interviewee confidence

"Compared with the popularity of foreign literature in China, the influence of Chinese literature in the world is still limited. My work is really unexpected to attract attention overseas." The Mai family attributed her success to its coincidence Time -The world is in a hurry to understand China.

In the past 20 years, the novels of the Mai family have been sold in the famous literary world. If money is used as a measure, he can live a long time when he can live without writing and relying on copyright. But he believed that writing was a ritual that he forgot to the outside world and made him quiet.

Now, the life of the Mai family is simple and self -disciplined. He reads, write, bring children, and exercise every day. When he is in good condition, he can insist on writing five or six hours, usually writing for three or four hours. The Mai family said that they liked to calm down and slowly polished their works. He had completed "Decrypture" in 11 years and revised 17 times before and after, from the youth to middle age. "When we look back, people must do things. It is really not relying on talents and cleverness. It often needs tolerance and persistence." The Mai family said.

In the latest work "Sea Sea of ​​Life", he no longer writes familiar spy wars, but sets the background in his hometown of Hangzhou Fuyang, telling a "colonel" ups and downs of a "colonel" who has hidden a mountain village. The Mai family said that the hometown is a very important element for writers.

"The biggest surprise of this trip to Hangzhou is the ideal valley." "Thank you Teacher Mai family!" The wall of the ideal valley was covered with readers' messages. On the side, the staff is preparing for the new period of reading. As soon as the book friend recruited information was released online, the quota was snatched out. The Mai family created a public welfare plan. He founded the WeChat public account "Mai Family with you" for several years, and was committed to reading 1,000 good books with readers. Until now, 268 books have been completed. The Mai family said that he "took it in literature and was still in literature."

There are several rooms on the second floor of the ideal valley. It is the writing of the Mai family for the writing of young authors with literary dreams. I hope they can pursue ideals in a more comfortable environment. Over the years, the Mai family will communicate with readers from time to time. He once said: "Conquering young people is actually a hidden wish for me."

The Mai family's feedback on literature is more than that. As a "pioneer" who went out of literature, he also shared the publishing resources in his hands to the writer and friends around him. With his coordination, British Penguin Publishing House launched a set of five rolls of Zhejiang writers.

Today, for the Mai family, writing still occupies the most time for him. Literature is a bridge that he associates with the world, and it is also the way he reconcile with himself.

Tea fragrance is accompanied by Shuxiang, and the sky is dark unknowingly. Looking back at the ideal valley, the warm yellow light lit up.

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