This issue of "Nandu Book List" focuses on introducing a very interesting book to everyone: "Second-hand World". The author of the book lasted 4 years, spanning five continents and four oceans, with the keen perspective of a professional journalist, through vivid stories and surprising data to investigate the current situation of the global flea market, let us see that what we discarded with our hands may have such a magical journey.
"Nandu Book List" is a recent good book selected by the editors and reporters of Nanfang Metropolis Daily for readers, which is divided into four categories: "Literature and Art", "Social Science", "Practical" and "Children's Books", which are launched every Sunday.
【Social Science】
"Second Hand World"
Adam Mint, Social Sciences Academic Press, December 2021 edition, $79.00.
When you put unwanted things in a second-hand store, where do they go? When you leave this world, what will you experience when you leave behind? Why do we keep buying and buying? How to build a future without redundancy? Adam Mint, a former Journalist based in China and widely acclaimed for "Waste Planet", spanned five continents and four oceans, conducted fieldwork-style follow-up interviews with world-renowned recycling companies and flea markets, explored the past and present lives of second-hand goods, and wrote this "Second-hand World", which painted a macro picture of the world of used goods for readers, and also deeply tortured the purchase desire of people under the domination of modern consumer society.
Born into a family of waste dealers in Minnesota, Adam Minte began to focus on the global waste recycling industry early on, published a series of groundbreaking surveys, was recognized by the international media, and won the Stephen Barr Writing Award in 2004. Since then, his series of writings on the subject have been well received.
The global recycling system for second-hand items introduced in this book is undoubtedly the effort of human beings in the post-industrial era to prolong emotions and "life". Following the author's brushstrokes, we learned about a variety of second-hand recycling agencies, individuals and concepts: empty nest cleaning companies "promised to do their best to achieve the reuse and secondary sale of second-hand items", so that people can get comfort when bidding farewell to old things; Japanese finishing expert Marie Kondo proposed the "heart-pounding" finishing method, advocating "only keeping some things that can make people happy" to alleviate the pressure of hoarding debris in the home; the same BOOKOFF in Japan " like a black hole to absorb old books that people don't want. Let these old books be reborn on the shelves"; the Goodwell second-hand store in the United States sorts out and sells the old things donated by people in good faith, and invests the funds in social service, practicing the creed of "taking from the society and giving back to the society"...
Whether it's in the antique shops of Stillwater, the flea markets in Malaysia's Armagh Plaza, or the small street shops in Singapore, people can find their favorite "goodies" from old goods. Used goods provide a nostalgic way for people to touch the past and find feelings and memories that have been lost.
【Literature & Art】
The Legend of Celan
Wolfgang Emerich, Nanjing University Press, January 2022, 65.00 RMB.
Paul Celan was a far-reaching German-language poet after World War II, born into a Jewish family whose parents died in Nazi concentration camps, and who wrote in the shadow of history and memory for the rest of his life. In April 1970, Celan committed suicide by throwing himself into the Seine in Paris. Professor Wolfgang Emerich, an expert in Celan studies, with his solid academic research, accurate narrative, and sincere emotion, tells the story of Celan's ups and downs, and he truly shows Celan's personal history through the ingenious weaving of Celan's life experience, creative process, emotional life, and literary events.
Tokyo in the Movies
(Sun) written by Tadao Sato, Shanghai People's Publishing Co., Ltd. January 2022 edition, 72.00 yuan.
This book is a tokyo image theory written by the famous Japanese film critic Tadao Sato from the film, showing the flow of Tokyo's history in movies, as well as the perception and expression of the city by famous directors. The author presents Tokyo's openness and diversity from two dimensions: geography and history. This book is not just a film review, the author came to Tokyo as a local teenager, full of delicate emotions about movies and the city. Tokyo and film are two sides of his career and life. Tokyo and cinema also bear the nostalgia of Japan's post-war generation for the modern city.
【Practical】
"Picture books are the umbilical cord of parent-child feelings"
(Sun) Written by Nao Matsui, Nanjing University Publishing Company January 2022 edition, 46.00 yuan.
This book is the work of Nao Matsui, who is known as the "father of Japanese picture books". Matsui Records the Thinking and Practical Experience of Japan's "Start Reading" activity in the book, he believes that the "language of sound" is related to the fundamentals of human communication, and the parent-child reading of picture books is the way, reflecting on the current misunderstanding of people's parent-child reading of picture books, giving practical and practical methods, and then summarizing the main points of the "Start Reading" activity. This book has guiding significance for parents, picture book researchers, teachers and students of colleges and universities, and early childhood educators.
《Cantonese Food Knows the Taste》
Lin Weihui, Guangdong Tourism Publishing House, January 2022 edition, 68.00 yuan.
The author, Lin Weihui, is a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong, a food columnist, the main manager of the public account "Hui Taste Delicious", and has authored "Eating jianghu". His book "Cantonese Food Fang Zhi Wei" reveals the truth of Cantonese cuisine from the perspective of molecular cuisine, divided into two chapters of "Zhi Wei" and "Taste Seeking", leading readers to explore the mysteries of Cantonese cuisine, with unique angles and full of dry goods. In addition to the vivid description and scientific elaboration of Cantonese cuisine in the book, the author's humor also makes people feel that this is a book of food rich in life philosophy, "people who can eat, often more able to live."
【Children's Book】
"Peaceful Piggy"
(English) J.K. Rowling, Illustrated by Jim Field, Nova Press, December 2021, $68.00.
"Peaceful Piggy" is a new children's novel by J.K. Rowling. The story tells of countless happy memories between the boy Jack and the doll Piggy Toot, who lost his piglet one night. He was so sad that when he woke up, all the toys in his room were alive, including the peaceful piglet that had been bought as a substitute for Toot Toot. Piggy of Peace tells Jack that in order to find his best friend, he must go to a magical country. Without the slightest hesitation, Jack embarked on an unknown adventure with The Peaceful Pig.
"Grandpa's Old House"
Zhang Qiusheng, Chunfeng Literature and Art Publishing House, January 2022 edition, 22.00 yuan.
This book is a children's novel recently created by writer Zhang Qiusheng, which is set against the backdrop of the old house where he lived in his childhood, and is full of the simple and rich atmosphere of life in the old alley. The novel unfolds along two narrative threads, one is what the grandson and grandson saw and heard when they returned to the alley, and the other is sitting on the staircase of the old house, and the grandfather tells the little grandson Nannan a story of his childhood, with the meaning and color of a fairy tale. The warm affection and childhood memories between people let us see the cultural imprint carried and inherited by the old alley.
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