Under the epidemic, many people have worked from home, and many college students have also taken online classes in dormitories. Recently, due to the impact of the epidemic, the Beijing Book Fair has also been postponed. In the days of the closure, a friend recommended a documentary "But there are books", and after watching this documentary, I found that reading this thing is healing and beautiful.
It is often said that "true heroism is to love life after recognizing the truth of life" In the absurd world, learn to be firm and optimistic.
April book list
The 10th installment of the Galileo Series, Transparent Spiral, by Japanese mystery writer Keigo Higashino, was finally published in April 2022. It describes the social issues involving abandoned babies, early childhood adoption, blood recognition, domestic violence, workplace bullying and other social issues after the new crown epidemic.
Mo Yan's hometown is Gaomi, Shandong, only a few tens of kilometers away from Pu Songling's hometown. The bedtime stories of Mo Yan's childhood are the strange things told by the village elders, and these stories rooted in folklore have had a profound impact on Mo Yan's literary creation. "Mo Yan's Strange And Strange Stories Collection" contains 18 legendary stories, each story is full of magnificent imagination, reading as if listening to grandparents tell folk strange stories and strange people.
Mo Yan's friend, the poet Nishikawa, said: "Mo Yan's language allows the imagination to run more freely, and even a dry river can run into the Amazon River!" ”
Mo Yan said: "I am different from you, you read with your eyes when you were a child, and I read with your ears when I was a child. There are many people in our village who are full of stories of gods and ghosts. My grandfather, grandma, my father were all very storytellers... It's a waste not to write such a wonderful story. ”
Tai Jingnong was a representative writer of "local literature" from the 1920s to the early 1930s, and was highly praised by Lu Xun. During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, Tai Jingnong taught at the Sichuan Women's Normal College, during which he immersed himself in the creation of "The History of the Dead Ming Dynasty". The work was not published during his lifetime, and the surviving manuscript was published in Taiwan two years ago after being collated, and the work, which had been buried for eighty years, finally met the world.
Richard Branson dropped out of high school to run a magazine, sell records, started from scratch for £4, and became a millionaire at the age of 23! He founded a Virgin business empire spanning more than 400 industries and 34 countries, including aviation, rail, and beverages.
During the Gulf War, he flew to Iraq to rescue international hostages; at the age of 37, he tried to break the world record, flew a hot air balloon over the Atlantic Ocean, and almost crashed, almost killing him! He drove a tank into New York's Times Square; drove a speedboat across the Atlantic Ocean; and successfully flew into space at the age of 71, completing the first human commercial space flight!
The Sunday Post commented, "Anyone who wants to start a business should read this book, this man's experience is worthy of admiration." ”