In 1997, American author Charles Frazier's first effort, Cold Mountain, surpassed all expectations with sales of 2 million copies. The literary establishment adored it-it won a National Book Award-and it was made into a successful motion picture that received several Academy Award nominations.
譚光磊舉例，1997 年，美國作家查爾斯・佛瑞哲以無人看好的初試啼聲之作《冷山》撼動文壇，不僅大賣 200 萬冊，奪得美國國家書卷獎，改編電影也獲多項奧斯卡獎提名入圍。