
Twenty Thousand Streets under the Sky
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Bob, just 25 years old, works as a waiter in a London pub. He is loved by customers, bosses and colleagues because of his intelligence, decency and neatness. He worked diligently, went to the bank on time every week to deposit money, and worked hard to plan his future... Until one night, he met the beautiful girl Jenny and fell madly in love with her. Jenny is a street girl in the neighborhood near the tavern. She is shallow, blind to her own beauty, likes to enjoy herself in time, and thinks Bob is "a little crazy" for loving her. But when love came, he was completely fascinated and couldn't extricate himself. "For such beauty, he is willing to die." Although he knew who she was, he knew that she would never change her past, find a "regular" job, and be loyal to him... He did everything he could, just hoping that she would really fall in love with him. In the end, Bob's life was completely disrupted and went out of control step by step... This is a love story, but from the moment Bob fell into obsession, parallel to his unrequited love and nowhere to place it, is the road to awakening to reality and self-salvation that he will eventually face. He is lonely, fragile, and small, and hopes that by loving and saving someone, he can become the light that illuminates the other person and himself. But when he understood what had happened and accepted his obsession, mania and stupidity, he saw the truth about love and life. At the end of the story, Bob, who lost everything, got back on his feet. This book is based on the real experience of the author Hamilton himself, and is his masterpiece of fiction. This is an urban love story, but it's not just about love. Based on this story, it shows the survival dilemma of urban youth, as well as their endurance and self-salvation in ordinary life. Every reader can find themselves in the book.
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