An amazing experience in SH Book Fair
A meaningful episode in my reading process occurred in Shanghai Book Fair in 2016. The day I participated the fair happened to be the day Marc Levy, one of my favorite writers, shared his new books with readers. In the Q&A session, Marc gave me a patient answer when I asked him how he could write so many novels on different subjects. He said, ‘Keep your curiosity, read more and experience more. Walking out of the comfort zone isn’t easy, but when you take the first step, everything isn’t the same.’
I couldn’t understand him clearly at that time, but they deeply touched me, always hover in my mind. Before the social study in Anhui province, I never had seen the real poverty. The poverty, actually, is the statistics in research, the vague scenes in novels, or the gushing description in some documents. But when I walked along the muddy roads in Jinzhai, a poor village located in Dabie Mountains. I saw the poverty, communicated with local farmers, approached an entirely world outside the classroom. In Anhui, I accomplished my first research in life, to state the poverty, to discuss the poverty alleviating measures, to write my genuine feelings. Then I comprehend what Marc said. Without walking out of the comfort zone to embrace the diverse world, one can never see the reality. Literature is a preface, scattering weeds in our heart, but when it takes roots and grow, we need to undergo ourselves. It guide us to a broad world, but it can’t replace us to think.
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