The reason why I took a fancy to this book is largely because of its name-The Library of Paris. All the titles related to books, bookstores and libraries are irresistible to me. From 84 charing cross road, Island Bookstore to Nightingale Bookstore and Little Paris Bookstore ... I can't wait to get them all.
I was even more delighted when I saw the cover of the Paris Library. The whole book is warm pink and purple, shining with golden light. Two standing book walls are like open windows. Outside the window, it is the towering Eiffel Tower; Inside the window, there is an elegant woman holding a book in front of her desk. My favorite is a small line on the pigeon's web: "Growth is a caged bird, and every feather shines with brave light." Isn't this the best inspirational motto for yourself who is struggling?
Opening the title page, the bilingual Chinese-French book "Reading brightens life" is even more familiar, which makes me doubt that this book is customized by Fan Deng!
Turning to the back cover and stacking shelves, I have compiled golden sentences from different famous books for readers:
"Come into life, don't hesitate, don't be afraid that the flood will carry you to the other side and make you down to earth again." ? -Crime and Punishment
"I'm not afraid of storms, because I'm learning to sail my boat." ?
-Little Women
"Look with your heart, but the most important things are invisible to the naked eye."
-The Little Prince
"Life is as fragile as a dandelion's flower ball. No matter which direction you blow a small breath, it will scatter."
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The Bridge to Trebbi West Asia "Don't bother yourself, be kind-hearted and have sunny hopes. Let them fantasize about the great fear, the joy of rebirth, the ecstasy of being rescued from danger, the miraculous probation before the year, and the richness of finally returning. " ?
-villette
Look, just reading these beautiful sentences will make your teeth smell sweet.
However, the function of these sentences is by no means limited to this. They appeared in every important moment of the library girl Odell's life and became a band-aid to support her out of trouble. Every sentence, like those numbers floating on the head like stars, illuminates the darkest moments in life and becomes a beacon to "light up life".
This is a real library-the Amelia Library. It is a real person and thing: during World War II, under Nazi Germany's occupation, Paris became a bright light in the darkness of enemy-occupied areas, igniting hope and warmth in the darkness and transmitting courage and strength to people in desperate situations. Among them are Jews hunted by Nazis, exiled Russian aristocrats, lonely British ladies, frontline soldiers in trenches, prisoners of war struggling in concentration camps, and even enemies. The library has become a refuge for souls freed by war, and a garden of Eden for the spirit, which has healed the spiritual trauma brought by war and the many holes brought by life.
Like the Muslim Funeral, the narrative structure of this book is two-line parallel: French girl Odell in Paris during World War II and American girl Lily in freud, a small town in Montana in the 198s, respectively. In the Amiliga Library with Odell as the protagonist, a group of people involved in the whirlpool of war struggled in the dark. Odell, who loves reading, experienced real troubles here and also gained friendship and love. In a small town in the United States, Lily, who has experienced family changes, is faced with the confusion and rebellion of adolescence, and is deeply mired in the troubled whirlpool of miscellaneous and mediocre life. Her unexpected intrusion in the afternoon prevented Odell from committing suicide by mistake. Since then, the life trajectories of two women with different cultural backgrounds have been intertwined, leading to many past events. In the process, they have perfected and saved each other, completed their spiritual nirvana and written a spiritual growth history spanning half a century.
such a book is destined to have more than warm pink, dreamy purple and shining light. At such a dark moment in human history, no one can escape from gloom, pain, blood, betrayal and even death. Therefore, in the process of reading, you will always be cold, anxious, worried and afraid, always sigh, always sad, but never despair. Because even when there is no room for a quiet desk in the whole world, the library can still be a safe haven for people; Reading can still give people comfort, warmth, courage and strength.
Although death comes so suddenly, and more than once; Although betrayal is as close as ever, and it is cold and thorough; Although the injury is so painful and incurable. But as the words on the cover say: "Life always goes forward, only reading and freedom will never be negative." At every moment of deep pain, as long as you open a book, as long as you can still read it, there will always be a book, a person and a sentence that will comfort your heart, give you strength and finally gain spiritual freedom.
Wang Xiaobo said in The Golden Age that life is a slow process of being hammered. Odell, a Paris girl who was fed by books, experienced the heavy hammer of life again and again: the estrangement from her parents made her family a shackle; Where will you go, who is close to her twin brother Remy, has made her unable to accept colleagues and friends who share the same spirit for a long time; The lover who loves each other deeply becomes the perpetrator who hurts the innocent, so that he can no longer face himself; A moment of jealousy and resentment made her unintentionally hurt Margaret, her most loyal and close friend, pushing each other and herself into the abyss of perdition, leading to a lifetime of wandering in a foreign land ... < P > However, "growth is an caged bird, and every feather shines with brave light."
Odell's life is not perfect, but it is in this imperfect growth that she rediscovers herself, the world, the truth of life and sees the little good and evil hidden in human nature. Every knock of life has forged her feathers into brilliance, shining with brave light. It also enabled her to finally help and guide Lily out of the confusion and rebellion of adolescence, and learn to observe, accept, accept and express love like herself in those days.
When you mention the library, you will think of the old photo that was widely circulated: in the bombed London bookstore, three British gentlemen lingered in front of the bookshelf, immersed in reading as always; You will think of the famous saying of Borges, director of the National Library of Argentina and a famous writer: "If there is a paradise, it must be like a library." The Amelia Library is undoubtedly such a paradise for book lovers. Because of it, people have gained infinite freedom of the soul in the most unfettered times.