小说艺术不是说一个事,是要把事说得特殊。这样讲有些惟方法论,好像题材不重要,题材当然是重要的,唯一性的特殊题材,可以成为小说独创性的重要条件。但高级厨师的本事不在好食材,也不可能拥有多少好食材,还是因为做菜的本事大。所以,写出好小说的关键是方法,更关键的是认识。作家有了正确的小说认识,找到下手的好方法,才有可能写出独一无二的高品质小说。前几天再看纳博科夫的《文学讲稿》,其中谈到普鲁斯特,欧洲现代文学推崇的大师。他那 The art of fiction does not mean one thing, it is something special to say. In this way, we can say that the methodology is not as important as the subject matter, and the subject matter is of course important. The unique subject matter can become an important condition for the novel’s originality. But senior chef’s ability is not good ingredients, it is impossible to have much good ingredients, or because of cooking big ability. Therefore, the key to writing a good novel is the method, the more crucial is understanding. Writers have the correct understanding of the novel to find a good way to start, it is possible to write a unique high-quality novels. A few days ago to read Nabokov’s “literary speech”, which talked about Proust, the master of modern European literature. Him