浙江作家写的《红船》“驶”入英国

李月红

向世界講述中国故事

8月23日上午，由新华文轩出版传媒股份有限公司、四川天地出版社主办的“中—英《红船》版权签约仪式”在2017北京国际图书博览会举行。现场，新华文轩出版传媒股份有限公司与英国新经典出版社总经理Farough Khodadadi（霍法如）签订了《红船》一书的英文版协议书。这部由浙江作家黄亚洲写作的主题图书《红船》即将“驶”入英国，向世界讲述中国故事。

嘉兴南湖上的红船。

《红船》一书是根据2005年6月时任浙江省委书记的习近平同志在《光明日报》发表5000多字的署名文章《弘扬“红船精神”走在时代前列》策划出版的。习近平总书记将“红船精神”的内涵高度概括为：开天辟地、敢为人先的首创精神;坚定理想、百折不挠的奋斗精神;立党为公、忠诚为民的奉献精神。“红船精神”是中国革命精神之源。

2016年，天地出版社与浙江作家黄亚洲携手出版《红船》。这本书是第一部用长篇小说形式再现中国共产党诞生的大型文学作品，是对“红船精神”深情而有力的诠释。《红船》着眼于大事，落笔于伟人，全景式描绘了1919年到1928年这10个春秋的中国革命史，反映了中国共产党从诞生、发展到壮大的历史进程和劈波斩浪的艰难与辉煌。作者以真实历史事件为依托，妙笔塑造了陈独秀、李大钊、毛泽东、周恩来等百余位个性鲜明、命运迥异的历史人物，写他们在那个特定历史时期的思索与进取、沉浮与抉择，并重点描写了五四运动、中国共产党诞生、国共第一次合作、北伐战争、中山舰事件、四一二反革命政变、南昌起义、秋收起义、井冈山会师等事件的台前幕后，十年中的大事无一遗漏，兼具历史厚重感和文学感染力，是一部既具有文献价值，又富有深厚思想内涵的长篇佳作。据悉，在本书的创作过程中，著名作家黄亚洲先生历经20余年、增删十余次最终完成该书，是精益求精的心血之作。

版权签约仪式上，四川天地出版社有限公司总经理杨政表示：“黄亚洲老师是浙江人，曾经在嘉兴工作过，对这个地方很有感情。他多次到南湖探寻革命先辈足迹，采访当地群众，查阅海量文献和史料，累积了可观的第一手写作素材，可以说怀胎二十年，厚积薄发，才有这部作品。”

正因为《红船》是一部精心打造的内涵丰富的作品，所以吸引了英国出版方的关注。英国新经典出版社总经理Farough Khodadadi（霍法如）表示，对于一个西方读者来说，了解红船精神，就掌握了打开中国发展之谜的一把钥匙。这也是他们为何对《红船》非常感兴趣的原因。

签约仪式现场照片。

四川新华发行集团总裁、新华文轩出版传媒股份有限公司董事长何志勇认为，《红船》扬帆起航，“驶”入英国，是在中华文化走出去战略的大背景下一件非常有意义的事情。希望更多出版社把握中国故事的内涵，聚焦中国故事的核心要义，着力推动内容建设，有效融通国际国内两个市场、两种资源，出版一批讲好中国故事、外向型、真正适合走出去的精品图书。

‘Red Boat Surfing into the UK

By Li Yuehong

The copyright contract signing ceremony of famous writer Huang Yazhous new book was held at the Beijing International Book Fair on August 23， 2017. The ceremony was hosted by the Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co.， Ltd. and Tiandi Publishing House. The deal was sealed by Winshare Publishing and Media and Mr. Farough Khodadadi， GM of New Classic Press.

The inspiration of the publishing of the book is President Xi Jinpings 5，000-word article featured on the Guangming Daily back in June， 2005. In the article， Xi summarized the core of the ‘Red Boat spirit as “pioneering， enterprising and dedication” and pointed out that the ‘Red Boat is the root of the Chinese revolutionary spirit.

Making its debut in 2016， the book is the first literary attempt to recount the birth of the Chinese Communist Party in the form of a novel， appealing to a modern Chinese audience too sophisticated to swallow a simplistic rendering of history. The book retells the tale of the Communist ascendancy and triumph in the stormy period from 1919 to 1928. With the plot set in a cycle of historical events including the May 4th Movement， the birth of the Party， the first Kuomingtang-Communist Party cooperation， the Northern Expedition （1926-1927）， Zhongshan Warship Incident， the ‘April 12 counter-revolutionary coup， Nanchang Uprising， the Autumn Harvest Uprising， and the come-together of the Red Army in Jinggang Mountain， the novel presents unique literary richness and historical profundity. The publishing of the book is also the crystallization of about 20 years of painstaking effort of the author.endprint

“Huang Yazhou is from Zhejiang Province， and worked in Jiaxing – the birthplace of the Chinese Communist Party， for years. He visited the South Lake in Jiaxing multiple times to follow the footprints of the revolutionary trailblazers， talking to the locals for firsthand materials and looking up for information in libraries and local archives，” Mr. Yang Zheng， representing Sichuan-based Tiandi Publishing House， revealed at the contract-signing ceremony.

It is the books literary mellowness and depth achieved so painstakingly that caught the eye of the New Classic Press.

“For the majority of the western readers， the ‘Red Boat spirit is the key to a better understanding of not only Chinas revolutionary past but also the countrys modern present and immeasurable future; and thats the most important reason behind the cooperation，” explained Mr. Farough Khodadadi， GM of New Classic Press.

According to He Zhiyong， President of Xichuan Xinhua Publishing Group and Xinhua Winshare Publishing and Media Co.， Ltd.， the publishing of the English version of the book in the UK has enormous significance in todays ‘cultural export context.

“This is a good start， and we are looking forward to seeing more ‘China stories shared globally，” said He Zhiyong at the ceremony in Beijing.endprint