The Hate of Music Author: [France] Pascal Quignard Translator: Wang Mingrui Guangxi Normal University Press

This book discusses the nature of hearing. The author traces back from ancient Greek and Roman mythology to find out why music has become the origin of pain and death. The author interprets the relationship between music and modern civilization, war, and social system, and proposes a reflection on music: to what extent does music become painful? He tries to explore the relationship between music and fear, music and language, breaking the long-standing impression of music as "elegant". It allows you to see that those who like the most exquisite and complex music and can cry while listening to music actually have a cruel side. In the discussion, the author's hatred of music seems "reasonable", and the relationship between humans and music is more worthy of scrutiny.

author

Pascal Quignard (1948-), a French writer, has made in-depth studies in philosophy, history and art. He began writing in 1966 and has written a large number of novels, reviews and essays. His novel "Every Morning in the World", written in 1991, was adapted into the classic film "Let Sorrow End at Sunrise". In 2000, he won the French Academy Novel Prize for his novel "Roman Balcony". Since 2002, he has published a series of novels "The Last Kingdom", the first of which won the Goncourt Literature Prize.

Translator

Wang Mingrui, PhD in Literature from Nanjing University, lecturer at the School of Foreign Languages ​​of Nanjing Normal University, researches French literature. He is the author of Song of Life: The New Musical Myth of Gignard, and has translated Tears, Music Lesson, Talus: The Runaway Girl, Suicide, etc.