Every time I read Michiko Aoyama's words, I will be infected by her extremely warm brushstrokes. Even if she writes about some unsatisfactory things in our lives, she will also bring us strength, bring moving, and bring opportunities for growth.
Michiko Aoyama has already read all the Chinese books she has published, and of course I look forward to seeing more of her works with our Chinese readers. Now, her work "Red and Blue", which won the Japan Bookstore Grand Prix for the second time, has also come to China, and it is still a masterpiece that heals our body and mind.
In this novel, the author tells several very simple stories, which seem to be unrelated, but in the end, the series of stories presents us with a picture of life that lasted for 30 years, allowing us to experience the ups and downs of the world, and also let us feel the wonderful feeling of various emotions flowing between people.
Therefore, this novel can be read as several independent stories, and it can be combined into a whole story, which makes it more casual to read and easier to present an alternative feeling.
The first story, which is actually the main story of the book, is about a Japanese student who came to Australia and met a Japanese boy here, starting a story of love destined to have no ending.
On the eve of their breakup, the boy hired a painter to create a portrait of the girl as a souvenir. In this story, we also read the complete process of the boy and the girl from knowing each other and falling in love, and we also saw the painter's pursuit of the details of the girl's creation.
The girl wore a red blouse with a blue kingfisher brooch, which she wore when she and the boy first met, and the brooch was given by the boy.
In the second story, the novel tells us about the artist's painting, and the story of a painting called "Sketch" came to Japan, and there is a frame apprentice who made a frame for it. In this story, we are also presented with a personal fanaticism for the pursuit of beauty, and of course, we cannot help but wonder why such a commemorative painting could have come out of Japan and come to Japan.
The third story, which seems to be more unrelated to the main story, tells the story of a cartoonist being interviewed in a coffee shop, showing us the life path of a cartoonist.
Then we can't help but wonder how the story of our main protagonists, the two boys and girls, will develop later, will the novel ever return to them, will it show us their fate later in life? The answer is yes, in fact, all the stories are closely related to them and to the painting.
Then let us feel the impact of feelings on life through the reading of such a series of stories, and also experience the wonder of fate in our lives. #治愈小说##青山美智子##日本文学#