"Dust from Heaven and Earth" Japanese version new book release and literature sharing meeting held in Beijing
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- The Japanese version of "Dust from Heaven and Earth" book release and literature sharing session were held at the Beijing International Book Fair.
- This book uses a century-old family history as its warp and the current of the times as its latitude, telling the Hunan epic.
- The protagonist's grandmother is a Japanese woman, and the unique family line carries the emotional connection between China and Japan.
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China News Service, Beijing, June 21 (Reporter Ying Ni) The "Japanese version of "Dust from Heaven and Earth" book release and literature sharing meeting hosted by Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House was recently held at the Beijing International Book Fair.
"Dust from Heaven and Earth" takes a century-old family history as its sutra and the torrent of the times as its latitude, and lovingly writes a Hunan epic that rises and falls between heaven and earth. In the work, the protagonist's grandmother was originally a Japanese woman, and later crossed the sea and settled in China with her Chinese husband who studied in Japan. This unique family line makes the work naturally carry the emotional connection between China and Japan, including the breath of fireworks in the land of Hunan and Hunan, and the flow of life across the ocean.
The Japanese version of the book was published by Shulishe, and the translator was Mizuno Eiko, and was launched as one of the series "The Landscape of Modern Chinese Literature". This series of books aims to cross national borders, build a bridge of "quiet understanding" through translated literature, and show Japanese readers the unique scenery of modern and contemporary Chinese literature.
Pan Yichen, the prototype of the protagonist of "Dust from Heaven and Earth", former deputy director of Xiaoxiang Film Studio and father of the author Pan Feng, attended the meeting together with Pan Feng, the author of the book. Pan Feng shared the origin of the creation and the publishing process of the Japanese version. He recalled that the Chinese version of the title "Dust from Heaven and Earth" literally translates into "dust everywhere" in Japanese. The translator Mizuno Weizi adjusted the title to "Life is like a dance of dust", converting the concept of space into the concept of time and retaining the core image of "dust". Pan Feng believes that literary translation is a process of re-creation, and he believes that Mizuno Mizuno can convey the essence of this book to Japanese readers to the greatest extent possible.
Chen Xinwen, president of Hunan Literature and Art Publishing House, president and editor-in-chief of Furong Magazine, said that "Dust from Heaven and Earth" is based on real family history, condensing the ups and downs of a century into the migration, roots and growth of a family, laying out the mysterious style and fireworks of Yuanling. The text and theme of "Dust from Heaven and Earth" laid the core foundation for its cross-cultural communication, and the family blood connection carried by the work also provided a natural entry point for Japanese readers to understand the work.
He Shaojun, Distinguished Professor of Shenyang Normal University and Vice President of the Chinese Contemporary Literature Research Association, pointed out that de-modelled historical writing, innovation in narrative perspective and integration of stylistic styles are the distinctive features of the work. The novel is narrated in the first person in the tone of Mr. Pan, but the inner layer contains the author Pan Feng's admiration and emotion for his fathers, which broadens the narrative space. At the same time, this work is based on real family memories, and reasonable literary processing is added to some distant historical content, opening up the stylistic boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. (over)
