A Hometown on Paper

It's been a long time since I've read such a calming book. "Hometown on Paper" is not an earth-shattering story. It is the process of a historian sewing the word "hometown" back together stitch by stitch from a pile of rotten old books about his hometown. Shen Yiwen is not using his feet to travel, but using the letters home from those border guards in the Ming Dynasty, using the wind by the Yellow River, and using the sand outside Yangguan to explain the matter of "no going back" bit by bit. What struck me most was the title of the book - "paper" and "hometown" put together, it makes people feel sour. You can't go back, you can only write it again on paper. Those old houses, old elm trees, hand-drawn maps, and broken letterheads are more powerful than any sensational words. This is not a book that you can't put down after you pick it up, it is a book that you will keep thinking about after you put it down.

Although the language is plain, the feelings are very sincere. Looking forward to it!

Now that he has been gone for ten years, the books are still there, the wicker chair is still there, and the enamel jar on the table is still there - it's just that the person is gone and everything has become a decoration. Now that he has been gone for ten years, the books are still there, the wicker chair is still there, and the enamel jar on the table is still there - it's just that the person is gone and everything has become a decoration.