A literary film I saw in a bookstore some time ago. A film adapted from a novel, the story takes place in a seaside town in England after 1959. The woman lost her husband because of the war. After her widow, she tried to open the first local bookstore in the town, but the power took away the facade of the bookstore. Later, she sadly closed the store and left the island city by boat.
"She realized her dream and was taken away, but there is a character in her that they can never take away, and that is courage." What impressed me more was the little girl who did odd jobs, with short curly hair, like an angel on earth, who was the narrator of this story. Precocious, she seems to have an insight into the beautiful human nature of this small town, spoke some adult words and intuitively expressed her views and comments on various adults.
At the end of the movie, the woman who closed the shop was on the boat with her book box ready to leave the island, and the little curly girl came to say goodbye to her. The courage the little girl learned from the bookstore owner made her burn the bookstore that was taken away with a torch. The line about courage, the firm expression of the little girl staring at the hostess on the boat not far away, and the expression of surprise when the hostess saw the smoke coming from the bookstore in the distance, suddenly, I couldn't help but burst into tears.
If a long movie story in front is a lyric poem that flows slowly, the story behind will ignite and ignite the inner restlessness. The only bookstore in this town was taken away, and the only bookstore in this town was destroyed in the fire. Idealists failed, and realists didn't win so much dignity. A lose-lose situation.
I still remember the day when the bookstore was about to open. The hostess stood alone in the rain, looking at and stroking her bookstore from a distance. The nameplate of the bookstore shone in the rain. She covered her face and smiled excitedly, as if she were crying with joy.
Little curly-haired girls who work in bookstores will also work in modern bookstores when they grow up. In the bookstore, people will never feel lonely. Reading also gives people the courage to live. The seeds planted that year are spreading. ...
Recently, I also read an article in a reading class on WeChat official account, "She died alone in COVID-19, childless and unmarried, and her story even dared not make a movie! ”！ The story of a real bookstore hostess.
"Hrga Weeher, the last German bookkeeper. Helga's bookstore is located in a quiet town called Salzweid in Germany. Bookstore was founded in 1840, which is older than Germany itself. Helga has been inheriting this bookstore for three generations. During the period, I experienced countless wars and riots, but her family never thought about giving up this bookstore. "
When the epidemic in COVID-19 was serious, she also kept the bookstore open and stuck to it. Although no one entered the bookstore, she posted various quotations on the window of the bookstore to encourage people to fight for the convenience of passers-by. In a glass corner, she wrote this passage: "Reading is a silent resistance."
She read all the books in the bookstore and sold all kinds of famous books, which severely rejected the current fast food literature. She said that only when she had read it could she introduce it to others.
At the age of 98, she had already left. Helga himself said, "I have never been in love in my life, but books have allowed me to travel through countless lives." She lived a full and busy, profound and meaningful life and never regretted it.
I was really shocked when I read her story. This is the big life and small life of ordinary people. Stick to books, stick to your heart, and stick to a calm and nourishing life.
Seeing that the bookstore around us is slowly shrinking, there is a wordless sadness.
When the COVID-19 epidemic raged last year, a large bookstore in the bustling business district not too far from the former company closed. I often went to that bookstore for nearly a year, with convenient transportation, large scale and many bookstore activities. Later, I saw in the group that the bookstore would be temporarily closed for renovation. Later, I learned that temporary decoration is basically to close the store.
It may be because the bookstore in the downtown bustling business district is too big and the cost of storefront is too high. The epidemic has hit the physical store particularly hard. The operation of the bookstore is already in decline. So I said goodbye to this bookstore with a little heartache. Some things that happened in this bookstore have also become distant memories, and revisiting can only repair the pictures in memory.
Recently, I learned in the group that two or three bookstores have closed down one after another, and some say that they are currently closed for renovation. We also know that it is basically impossible to temporarily close the store for renovation. Come on, cheer up. Hold on!
A workplace education and training company similar to a bookstore, as far as I know, I heard that someone wanted to invest in the campus, and other friends advised her that she really didn't make money. To do this, she has to rely on her faith and love, and she has a selfless education heart. They also revealed that a campus store that they joined a few years ago is now seeking to get rid of it. I'm a little embarrassed myself.
It's a little comforting to see someone reading with a book on the subway. Bookstores may shrink slowly, but reading is bound to exist. Whether it is a paper book or an e-book, whether you read it yourself or listen to the book APP.
Perhaps nostalgia, we still like the immersive bookstore experience, a feeling of spiritual refuge.
It also gives people in the city a place to temporarily put their bodies and minds. ...