At the beginning of the story, Patty is dead. Film director Richard Lees embarks on a long journey of mourning. He meets another lost soul. During the journey, Florence, a magical 12-year-old child, walked into the sludge of dirty reality. What connects Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Rilke, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, North, South, East, West, a man mourning a lost era, a woman trapped in the modern age? Spring. Great connection. Ally Smith looks at how stories change over time and uses one of Shakespeare's most intriguing works, Pericles of Tire, to tell an impossible story set in incredible times. Between the wall and the blockade, Smith opened - the door. We live in an era that is changing nature. Will it change the nature of the story? Hope lasts forever.
Reader comments
This book is like spring, full of vitality and hope. Through wonderful description and unique perspective, the author allows us to see the beauty and complexity of human nature. The famous quotes of the characters in the book are also thought-provoking, such as "Time will swallow everything, but hope will last forever." This sentence made me more determined when facing difficulties. I recommend you to read it and feel the warmth and power in the book.
Because this running with hope despite the daily hardships that trouble people's minds is love.
This book is like spring, full of vitality and hope. Through wonderful description and unique perspective, the author allows us to see the beauty and complexity of human nature. The famous quotes of the characters in the book are also thought-provoking, such as "Time will swallow everything, but hope will last forever." This sentence made me more determined when facing difficulties. I recommend you to read it and feel the warmth and power in the book.
Because this running with hope despite the daily hardships that trouble people's minds is love.