Diary of a Villain (collector's Edition)
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"Diary of a Villain": In a city occupied by foreign troops, due to food shortages, people's lives were difficult and difficult. A young woman had to take her twin sons to seek refuge with their mother who lived in the countryside. This "grandma" is not only illiterate, dirty, stingy, vicious, and even a murderer. The two brothers grew up in a difficult environment. In order to become stronger, they exercised their survival skills in various ways such as beating and scolding each other, going on hunger strikes, etc. Every day. They carefully recorded what happened every day in a large notebook. As the pages of the diary were opened, a cold nightmare-like fable gradually emerged. "Evidence of Two": The twins separated. One of them crossed the border into another country and the other stayed. The man who stayed was named Lucas. From then on, he lived alone. He is dedicated to helping those less fortunate around him. He took in Yasmina and his illegitimate son Mathias; he would bring food to the priest's house in the town for every meal; he tried to comfort Crola who was hanged because her husband was convicted of collaborating with the enemy; he listened to the stationery store owner Vito's long-standing dream of being a writer... However, in the context of war, behind these things, it points directly to the original primitive nature of human beings. The other twin brother, Klaus, brings a sudden turn of events to the entire narrative, almost overturning the original structure. "The Third Lie" Fifty years after separation, the twin brothers finally meet. After looking forward to each other for many years, the distance between them has not shortened because of the passage of time. In the narration of "Lucas" and "Klaus", the truth of that childhood is gradually revealed. What happened to each of them during the years of separation? From the entanglement in "Diary of a Villain" to "Two People's Evidence" to "The Third Lie", the truth is finally revealed.
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Not a bad boy, he practices cruelty and indifference on his own, forcing himself to adapt. In this kind of world, perhaps survival is more important than morality
The author says this is real life, and reality is crueler than fiction. Are they considered villains? Said they weren't, they killed their dad. Indirectly killed the maid, even though it was the poison Grandma asked them to feed... They said they were, but they helped the little rabbit and her mother. Take care of grandma.
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Not a bad boy, he practices cruelty and indifference on his own, forcing himself to adapt. In this kind of world, perhaps survival is more important than morality
The author says this is real life, and reality is crueler than fiction. Are they considered villains? Said they weren't, they killed their dad. Indirectly killed the maid, even though it was the poison Grandma asked them to feed... They said they were, but they helped the little rabbit and her mother. Take care of grandma.
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Yagota Christophe uses brushstrokes as cold as steel to create this dark Bible that tortures human instincts. When the final chapter reveals "who is narrating the twins," readers will realize: There are these two brothers living in each of us - one calculating survival, the other longing for destruction.
Innocence crushed by war, survival rules constructed with lies! A dark growth epic of a pair of twins. When childhood becomes the cruelest battlefield, every sentence in the diary is a bloody lie.
