Memo to the next round of peace and prosperity (new version)

Taking "lightness, speed, accuracy, explicitness, and complexity" as literary standards, we explore better aesthetics and life.

Surprisingly includes the unpublished manuscript of "Lecture 8".

Why does literature exist? Where does imagination come from? The final masterpiece, the summary is the starting point.

This book is a collection of six speeches that Calvino wrote for bibliophiles when he was invited to the Norton Lectures at Harvard University in the last year of his life. It explains the outstanding works in his eyes through five themes: "Light, Fast, Accurate, Explicit, and Complex." The qualities that literature should have are that because of its broad knowledge and vast grasp of the universe, literature is not only reasonable but also full of fun. The first lecture is "Light", quoting Lucretius, Ovid, Kundera, Kafka and other works to explain the argument; the second lecture is "Fast", describing how the rhythm of the story forms the style and how important the style is; The third lecture, "Accuracy," demonstrates the wonder of precision in literature and explores the infinite from the details; the fourth lecture, "Exhibition," talks about visual images and the imagination behind them. Where does imagination come from? How to condense imagination into a clear, memorable, and self-sufficient tangible form? The fifth lecture, "Complexity," describes how literature presents the complexity of the world. The new edition includes Lecture 8, which has never been published. It was a manuscript that was discovered when sorting out documents later. It is called "The Beginning and the End". How should it be written to maintain the consistency of the theme?

Continuously exploring the boundaries and possibilities of narrative art throughout his life, Calvino is known as the master of prophecy in the world of literature. It started as a master appraisal course that led readers through the labyrinth of literature in the shortest time, and then poured out thoughts and prospects about literature and the universe. Over the years, this set of literary standards can even be used to measure aesthetics and life, making the world Countless literary readers and creators are fascinated by it and regard it as a must-read classic in life to enlighten taste and creativity.

To this day, from literature to fantasy images to jewelry design to architecture to AI artificial intelligence, countless creators continue to draw inspiration from Calvino's works and turn them into crystallization.

"I have full confidence in the future of literature, because I know that there are some things that only literature can do with its unique approach." ─ Itaro Calvino (1923-1985)

This book is not only the crystallization of wisdom in literary thinking, but under the guidance of the master, literary alchemy will be handed over to readers to continue into the next millennium.