Three years ago today, on December 28, 2018, the writer Amos Oz passed away, shocking the world's beloved readers. In the world of Chinese reading, Oz has fully opened for us the spiritual code to the world of Israelites, we see the picture of the existence and life experience of Israelis, their bitterness and tranquility in the spiritual and religious world, their nostalgia for their spiritual homeland and cultural homeland. Today, movable type Jun shares with book friends the interview notes of independent journalist Pauline, "Coffee with Mr. Oz: There is a grain of sugar love, and the human heart is no longer a barren desert.".
In Oz's reading memory, a hundred years ago, whether in Europe or China, people were very free and open to expressing their love. People showed love to each other, sent flowers, and wrote love poems, and women often indulged in love, as delicate as flowers. It was an era when there was a very tolerant expression of love, but a very strict concept of sex. ”
Coffee with Mr. Oz:
With a grain of sugar love, the human heart is no longer a barren desert
—
Pauline Wen
This article is excerpted from Double Time: A Dialogue with Western Literature
Sichuan People's Publishing House, April 2021
Pauline is an independent cultural journalist and young writer. His areas of interest are Slavic culture and history in Southeastern Europe, and his works have been published in Reading, Single Reading, Flower City, etc., and he is currently writing on a series of travels in the former Yugoslavia. He is the author of Double Time: A Dialogue with Western Literature.
Related books
END
Print Culture
Achieve living thoughts