Thoughts on Reading Camellia Stationery
The first time I saw the cover language of Camellia Stationery, I remembered another novel, Silent Confessions. Everyone in that book has a lot to say, but they all keep it in mind. They opened their hearts sadly because the little hero drowned and left. At that time, I was thinking, I must say a lot of things I want to say-"I will tell you when I have the opportunity"-without regret.
Until now, after reading this book, I suddenly realized that many words can't be said when I want to say them, and many words can't be expressed when I say them.
There is a big tea tree in front of the camellia stationery store. When the store sells some traditional stationery, it will receive a request for ghostwriting. Lushan is the manager of Camellia Stationery Store and the 1 1 generation ghostwriter of Gong Yu family. There are various reasons for coming to Camellia Stationery to entrust a ghostwriter, including condolence letters to dead pets, announcement letters announcing divorce, refusal letters refusing to borrow money, and parting letters to close friends. ...
At first, I didn't think so. Can you write something with ghostwriting? Don't just copy and don't write? But pigeons tell you that ghostwriting can really make a difference-what format, paper, pen, seal pattern, seal and details should be used for different power of attorney. The most important thing is that the ghostwriter needs to write the text and content in the customer's style, so that the recipient can feel the customer's heart.
What impressed me the most was the entrustment of a son. His mother is over 90 years old, and her mind is getting more and more blurred, but she keeps talking about coming home from the nursing home and receiving a love letter from her husband. But this client's father died many years ago. In order to free the elderly mother from the pain, the client hopes to write a letter to her mother in a father's tone. Pigeon is a soft-hearted person. So she accepted the entrustment and began to prepare this letter.
"If his father were alive, what kind of letter would he write to his mother?" It is difficult for the pigeon to finish this letter from heaven, because her father and mother are not in her life, which requires her to create great associations to write her feelings.
The author's brushwork is very delicate. By reading those words, we can feel the struggle and pain of Dove's brewing feelings, and we can also feel the joy of her sudden epiphany when she went out. "I think I tried my best"-the hero's earnest, meticulous and responsible spirit deserves admiration.
Oh, by the way, one of the highlights of this book is that each power of attorney has a sample demonstration. Attached here is the letter written by the father who replaced heaven mentioned above:
I was very moved when I first saw this sample draft. I almost finished reading the book, and then I thought: how can a Japanese write letters in pure simplified Chinese = =! This should be a copy translated by the publishing house. Camellia stationery sequel "sparkling life" is given in the original:
Bobo is the nickname of the protagonist pigeon in the book since childhood. "Shangdai" is the name given to Grandma Dim Sum by pigeons. Pigeons are the eleventh generation ghostwriters and grandmothers are the tenth generation, so they are called the last generation. From the hero's intermittent memories, we can roughly piece together such a story:
Dove has lived with her grandmother since childhood, and has never experienced parents and companionship, so she is eager to be taken care of by her grandmother. However, Dim Sum is a strict person. She did not allow Dove to call her mother or grandmother, and at the same time cultivated Dove's behavior and calligraphy from an early age. When all the students go to play, Dove can only stay at home and practice calligraphy that she doesn't like day after day. By the time Hattori was a sophomore, the rebellious period of youth broke out. Hatoko couldn't stand being interfered with, so he turned against Dim Sum, changed from a good girl to a little sister, and later went abroad to wander directly, and they broke contact. It was not until Dim Sum's grandmother died that Dove returned to the place where she grew up and took over the Camellia Stationery Store-in order to keep this place.
From beginning to end, pigeons and grandma dim sum didn't communicate well. In the memory of the book, Dove's heart is complex, with resentment, guilt and recollection. Resentment is that her grandmother planned her life since she was a child, and guilt is that she didn't see her last side and remembered the neglected warmth when she got along with her in the past. We can realize that it is difficult for Dove to accept the fact that dim sum is dead. When a person faces life, he discovers how lonely he is now, and all traces are related to her loss.
In fact, dim sum is also a selfish poor person who doesn't understand love. The relationship between Dim Sum and her daughter broke down. In order to be less lonely, she snatched the pigeon from her daughter's hand, regarded strictness as love, and her relationship with the pigeon was getting farther and farther. These unspeakable words were poured out in correspondence with Italian pen pals. Those who deal with the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren, inner remorse, hidden secrets are exposed between the lines:
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It was not until the Italian pen pal asked his grandson to send these letters that Dove began to understand the other side of Grandma Dim Sum and realized that Grandma Dim Sum took care of her a lot.
This story is sad, and you can't say anything you want to say to each other anymore. If, as ghostwriters, grandparents and grandchildren honestly exchange letters, will the result be different? I thought the same thing.
Communication is not easy, but it is necessary. No matter how difficult it is, we should work hard.
I finished reading this book in one breath in the sound of falling rain, which took 2: 48. This book is exquisitely written, with meticulous descriptions of scenery and things. Neighbors, friends, street shops and all kinds of scenery in Kamakura era have become vivid pictures, and the dull life in the book also gives people a very real and quiet feeling, which makes people unconsciously spend a year with the protagonist pigeon.
However, after reading this book, I am still a little disappointed. It seems that life is always difficult to be complete, and there is always a past that becomes regret. Over time, these memories have become another heavy burden of life. Like a pigeon living in memories, she always lacks a little interest in life. On the other hand, Mrs. Barbara, the neighbor, is still full of energy when she is old. She has rich daily activities, often going dancing, dating, eating, shopping and so on, and her life is very fulfilling. Happily, the book has a good ending. At the end, Dove wrote a letter to grandma to bid farewell to the past. Although this letter will never be sent, it is still a brand-new beginning.
Regret is inevitable, the past has happened, mourning continues, and nostalgia continues, but don't let it be the bondage of future life. Well, I'm a little out of words. In short, I am an evergreen tree in my thoughts and life. I want to seize the people and things that make you happy in front of me-this is an idea that I can't get rid of after reading the whole book.
* * * Encourage.
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When reading this book, I remembered the days when I was in junior high school and senior high school and excitedly corresponded with my pen pal. At the beginning, I contacted a lot of pen pals, who came from all over the country, but slowly, it seems that everyone's life is very busy and they gradually lost contact. When I was in college, only two pen pals kept in touch. One year later, when I was a sophomore, my school life was particularly full, and because I met many good friends, I had completely forgotten my pen pal and who would not reply first under the background of eating, drinking and studying. In short, we haven't written to each other for a long time today.
I decided to start writing to say hello.