A widower's entertainment

Chapter 294 [The Widowmaker Killed Countless People] (Subscribe)
Beijing, "People's Literature" magazine.

There is no doubt that Lin Youcheng's "Atonement" really shocked the entire editorial department of "People's Literature".

Now the editors in the editorial department are also seriously discussing Lin Youcheng's latest novel. From the perspective of the plot and the literary structure, it can be said that they are all completely impressed by Lin Youcheng's heart-shaking novel.

"I have to praise Lin Youcheng's writing style and conception. The whole story can be said to be true and false, real and unreal, and the switching of various narrative perspectives is smooth and unobtrusive."

"That's right. The novel "Atonement" first objectively presents the whole story from a third-person perspective, as well as the emotional changes in Luo Yang and Lin Yu's hearts. When readers think they have fully grasped the development of the story, it slowly leads them into an unpredictable maze. In particular, Lin Xue, as a character in the story, narrates what she sees and hears from her first-person perspective, coupled with her own imagination and speculation, which leads to the tragedy."

"The second part of the novel describes the war from Luo Yang's first-person perspective, narrating that tragic and special period of the Anti-Japanese War history, and writing about the battlefield from a soldier's perspective. Through Luo Yang's first-person perspective, one can truly feel the cruelty and sad atmosphere of the war, as well as the sadness of the couple Luo Yang and Lin Yu."

Zhang Wei listened to his colleagues' comments and nodded repeatedly. He felt the same way.

As literary editors, they all knew very well that when Lin Youcheng wrote the novel "Atonement", he deliberately used third-person narration to objectively express everything, and interspersed it with first-person "I" narration. "I" is not the only and exclusive one in the novel, and the narrator is changed from time to time, making the narrative diversified.

When different people tell the same story, it not only has its own independent meaning, but also narrates and enriches the same story from different perspectives.

This avoids flatness and monotony, making the central story more prominent and rich.

Of course, the most special thing is the four hidden text structures that amazed the editorial department. After jumping out of the fictional ending, the real cruel ending is revealed. It is the four texts generated in the suspense that refer to and communicate with each other, thus driving the plot of the novel forward. Such a design is too shocking.

Of course, these are all reviews of Lin Youcheng's "Atonement" from a literary perspective. It is too special, but what shocked them even more is the story of the entire novel.

The entire editorial department really did not expect that Lin Youcheng would bring such a shocking love novel. It can even be said that this novel is far more than a love novel. The novel contains love, humanity, class, atonement, and war. All these make the novel "Atonement" shocking.

In particular, the protagonist Lin Xue in the novel is the author himself. In the novel, he reunites his sister and Luo Yang, thereby rewriting the real ending and achieving a certain degree of atonement in the rewriting. In addition to self-salvation, there is also a heavy sustenance in the spiritual world, which conveys a kind of power of novels and literature. Even if it is atonement, it also shocked the editors.

Because Lin Youcheng actually wrote this kind of literary atonement.

"If we only look at the writing style, the first part, which takes place during the Republic of China, is light, while the second part, which takes place on the battlefield, is heavy. But I think the story of the first part is more suffocating than the second. The simple and orderly worldview of children collides with reality. Some people pay the price of their lives, some escape the punishment they deserve, and some use all their lives to atone for their sins. This is really too depressing.

"I think so too. I even think that Lin Xue's crime was not caused by jealousy, but by her own desire to judge and create. When a dramatic explanation appeared in her mind, she could not help but believe it. Under the misunderstanding and inducement of the police, her testimony changed from believing and knowing to seeing, and she reflected on and atonement in regret for the rest of her life. Ironically, the cousin and his wife who committed the same crime as Lin Xue will not be condemned by their conscience because they have no sense of guilt."

"This angle is worth discussing. Lin Xue already had a talent for writing at the age of thirteen. It is very likely that she had her own creative desire and processed and described the events from her own perspective."

"But no matter it was jealousy or misunderstanding, she ultimately made a big mistake in her imagination during her teenage years, which caused her sister and Luo Yang to be separated from each other, and there was no way to redeem them in their later years. At the end of the story, she was still using her own way to atone for her childhood mistakes, knowing that it would not help. It was still very painful for Jane to see her grandchildren reenacting the "Tribulation" segment at the end. This design of cause and effect that echoes from beginning to end is really amazing."

"In fact, I think Lin Xue has been deceiving himself with his eloquent writing for the rest of his life. Alas, the gears of fate are linked one by one, and there is no redemption for this sin."

"Yes, this novel is really impeccable. In my opinion, it is a work worthy of the Mao Dun Literature Prize!"

Now the entire editorial department can't help but discuss Lin Youcheng's novel.

Everyone was quite excited, and all kinds of opinions were colliding wildly.

There was no way around it, because "Atonement" had brought such a strong shock to the editors physically and mentally that they couldn't help but discuss and communicate with each other. Some even wanted to go to Xinghua Hutong to invite Lin Youcheng to the magazine, as if they all wanted to hold a work seminar for Lin Youcheng's novel.

As the editor-in-chief of "People's Literature", Xu Huazhou naturally also listened to the editors' discussions. He was also shocked and sincerely loved Lin Youcheng's novel from the bottom of his heart. The story is wonderful and full of literary weight. The key is that every plot design in it is full of profound meaning.

"I also think this novel deserves the Mao Dun Literature Prize just like "Strange Things in the World". The tragedy caused by imagination is destined to be rewritten in vain with the help of imagination. The gears of fate are tightly connected, turning out an unsolvable dilemma in life."

"This is truly a work worthy of the Mao Dun Literature Prize!"

Xu Huazhou looked at the other editors and said something very seriously.

Editor-in-chief Xu Huazhou's words also made other editors nod their heads in agreement. Although they were two completely different stories, they were both equally exciting and shocking.

Obviously, the evaluation of Lin Youcheng's latest novel "Atonement" by the People's Literature magazine will naturally spread in the literary circles in Beijing, saying that this novel is quite shocking, not only about love, but also a work that can win the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

Works worthy of the Mao Dun Literature Prize?
In fact, in addition to the novel "Strange Things in the World", many literary critics also considered Lin Youcheng's works such as "The Whistleblower", "The Hidden" not long ago, and "The Devotion of Suspect X" which caused heated discussions and controversy a long time ago to be worthy of the Mao Dun Literature Prize. Now, the "People's Literature" magazine has directly given him an evaluation at the Mao Dun Literature Prize level. How could this not surprise the literary critics?

Now, it can be said that many people in the literary circles of Beijing are looking forward to the latest issue of People's Literature. It is with such curiosity and expectation that Atonement, after three reviews and three proofreadings, was published in the latest issue of People's Literature. Then, every word of the novel Atonement was so sonorous and powerful that it hit them hard and shocked them completely.

In fact, even if there had been no rumors about the novel before, every novel by the author Lin Youcheng would excite countless young readers who love literature. It can be said that even some of Lin Youcheng's highly controversial novels in the literary criticism circle such as "The Unreachable Lovers", "The Time Traveler's Wife", and "The Devotion of Suspect X" would also cause considerable repercussions.

There is no other reason, just because the author of the latest published novel is Lin Youcheng.

Now that the writer Lin Youcheng has published a new novel, and I heard it is a romance novel, this will naturally cause quite a stir.

Who doesn't want to read a love story written by Lin Youcheng? You should know that even in the spy novel "The Hidden", the love between Yu Zecheng and Cuiping moved countless readers. You should know that it was not mainly about love. Now Lin Youcheng has published a love novel called "Atonement", and the readers who knew the news spread the news and went to read Lin Youcheng's story.

Not to mention the critics and authors in the literary criticism circle, who were directly shocked by Lin Youcheng's "Atonement" and their scalps tingled, their hearts pounded, and they felt the impact of the words.

Those young readers who read Lin Youcheng's novels were all stabbed in the back.

A plot and story structure beyond imagination, a rather sad and cruel story, a very touching and even heartbreaking love story, and everyone's heart bleeds.

They could never imagine that Lin Youcheng would bring such a cruel and true story. Yes, it was cruel to the point of being true.

When Luo Yang appeared in the morning mist like a wandering ghost and brought back the runaway twins, he did not expect to be greeted by such a group of people: the hateful criminal, the cousin who remained silent as a victim, and the ignorant, stupid, and self-righteous 13-year-old girl who sent such an upright young man to prison and ruined the lives of two people who loved each other deeply.

Especially when readers thought that everything was over with the happy ending, but suddenly a cold knife stabbed into their hearts.

Before they could even react or prepare, they saw those two light sentences:

"On May 1945, 5, Luo Yang died of sepsis at the Furong Mountain battlefield in western Hunan. Less than seven days later, on May 20, during the Battle of Lion Rock, Lin Yu was killed by a shell during the Japanese bombing."

It was really a bone-chilling cold that froze my heart in an instant.

This pair of lovers, who were separated from each other and missed each other, died of sepsis and the other was killed by a shell when the victory of the Anti-Japanese War was about to come.

That's it!

It will take no more than seven days!

The final ending is so cruel and depressing that it is heartbreaking.

After experiencing so many ups and downs along the way, readers thought it would be a happy ending, but they didn't expect it to be such a cruel and real ending. Who would not be shocked? It can be said that the anger that had been lingering in their hearts and had no outlet suddenly evaporated silently, and only regret and sadness still existed strongly, leaving them with nowhere to express themselves.

Whether it was due to misunderstanding or jealousy, the thirteen-year-old girl was swept up in the human malice around her and caused irreparable harm with the greatest power. Her subsequent life of struggling for atonement has madly impacted the readers' hearts, because the readers know very well that this atonement is exactly the same as the girl's fantasy back then. She continues to proceed at a self-satisfied pace in a wishful way and completely blocks out the consciousness of the surrounding people. It is just the girl's wishful thinking.

The two people who loved each other so deeply had already died on the battlefield because of that accusation.

The story of the whole novel is so wonderful and it makes the readers so heartbroken and crazy. Two outstanding young people, two sincere and loving souls, ended up in a lifelong tragedy because of the testimony of a thirteen-year-old girl.

That girl destroyed not only their happiness, but also all the beautiful things. So can she be forgiven? Of course not. But what about that thirteen-year-old girl? She has been carrying a heavy spiritual shackle all her life. In addition to her glamorous appearance, her spiritual world is also painful, and she has been atonement all her life. Although it is inevitable to make mistakes in life, some sins are really irredeemable.

The readers were truly stunned. They had never expected that the author Lin Youcheng could be so cruel and heartless.

In the writing of the widower author Lin Youcheng, the love between Lin Yu and Luo Yang was so touching and beautiful, but it was destroyed alive. Some readers were so shocked that they wanted to curse. It can even be said that they not only cursed, but really stabbed them.

There is no way, who would not be hurt by Lin Youcheng's design? I thought that the poor couple Luo Yang and Lin Yu were brave and innocent when they were in love, and finally they were together, but everything that happened later was fake, who would not feel heartbroken.

Obviously, "Atonement" brought by the widower writer Lin Youcheng really killed and hurt countless people. It did not burn hearts, but hurt the hearts of countless readers for beautiful love.

It's not just about cursing, but really wanting to stab someone.

There is no atonement or forgiveness in the story. It is no longer about those fictional reconciliations and happy endings, but about complete sin, tragedy and resentment. The pain that the two lovers actually experienced will never have the chance to forgive each other because they had already died on the battlefield that was about to end.

This widower writer is so cruel that he has literally torn the ending of that beautiful love story to pieces!
(End of this chapter)