Story Convenience Store

Highlights★ This is a convenience store dedicated solely to stories. Manager: Luo Yijun, one of the most eloquent storytellers in Chinese literature. Products: 40 stories, 40 magical moments, 40 life lessons. Hours: Open 24 hours a day, year-round. Slogan: Stories while away sleepless nights. — Enter this "Story Convenience Store" and take away your own life story: The Glowing Room, Dreams Within Dreams, A Small, Beautiful Thing, White Tears, A Confession of Love, A Honeymoon Trapped in a Strange Situation, A Ride-Through Game That Turns Fake into Reality, A Young Dream-Eating Tapir, A Bone-Shrinking Strange Person, A Newlywed Husband Lost in Paris, The Magic Box from Eileen Chang's Novels, The Swindler Monk at Baiyun Airport, The Awkward and Hilarious Iowa Trip, The Science Fictional 30th Chapter of "Dream of the Red Chamber," The "Future Ancestor" Wandering South, The Story of the Cuckolded Husband, The Story of the Monkey King, The Story of the Fleeting Love, The Story of the Train... Stories unlock the tiny secret chambers within our hearts, hidden only by ourselves. Stories preserve our best moments. 40 heartwarming and hilarious stories, like a train with 40 carriages, can provide us with temporary shelter, take us to wander to unknown distant places, and accompany us during sleepless nights and days.
Stories save those who listen. This is the "One Thousand and One Nights" of this era. This book, inspired by the audio program of the same name, "Kanlixiang," has been beloved by countless listeners since its premiere, saying, "I'll never have the chance to hear stories like this again when I grow up." — An indescribably beautiful storytelling experience, a guide to self-rescue through storytelling in the AI ​​era. Luo Yijun, known as the "gentle and violent storyteller," uses rare humor and playfulness, honesty and tenderness to tell tales that are as enchanting, sentimental, heartwarming and hilarious as creeping plants, captivating and yet indescribably moving. One radiant story after another, like a dream we can traverse endlessly, transports us back to the blissful days of storytelling. Stories remind us of the vastness of the universe, the infinity of time, and the insignificance of humankind. In the AI ​​era, stories are the last line of defense for human civilization. "We use stories to carry the source of our existence and reflect the face of humanity itself. In the midst of terror, nightmares, and sorrow that humans cannot bear, when God has abandoned us and there is no glimmer of redemption, stories often unintentionally redeem us who listen to them."
★ Novelist Luo Yijun's 40 storywriting lessons, gathering the essence of a lifetime of storytelling and showcasing eight million ways to tell a story, are also 40 classic novel and film appreciation lessons, revealing Luo Yijun's most comprehensive personal book and film list. A dazzling array of storytelling merchandise: "2666," "The Three-Body Problem," "Dream of the Red Chamber," "Journey to the West," "The Catcher in the Rye," "Too Loud a Solitude," "The Castle of the Crossed Fates," "One Hundred Years of Solitude," "Heart," "Family Heirloom," "Unparalleled Legend," "The Peony Pavilion," "The End of Love," "Snow Country," "Betrayal," "Perfume," "Ice Wall," "Cinnamon Shop," "The Tongue of the Redeemed," "Other Feet," "Showing Mercy," "The Ten Commandments," "Black Mirror," "Blade Runner," "Spirited Away," "The Lives of Others," "Source Code," "Flowers and Alice," "The Moomins," "The Kid Who Wanted to Be a Bear," and more. These stories feature stories from world-class novels and films, as well as real-life stories the novelist has personally experienced or heard. Luo Yijun, with his unique "story alchemy," summons memories and weaves narratives, turning inside out, light into shadow, until life becomes a dream and a myriad of flowers fills the eye. By the end, you'll discover that story is, in fact, time itself.
★ Recommended by customers Liang Wendao and Xu Zidong. At this "Story Convenience Store," we can rediscover our original ears and hearts for storytelling and tell our own stories. ——"The scope of life is as broad as the scope of stories. Luo Yijun's "Story Convenience Store" gives us the infinite inspiration contained in moving stories, as well as the methods for telling these stories. After reading this book, perhaps we can all become better storytellers, or even better storytellers. And through listening and telling stories, we can finally understand those things in life and the world that we cannot normally understand or express in other forms." (Liang Wendao) "Luo Yijun sees stories that others cannot. The same thing that seems like one thing to us becomes a story when he tells it. This is not just the art of speaking, but more importantly, his keen observation. Luo Yijun has this ability." (Xu Zidong)
This is a convenience store dedicated solely to stories. Its owner is Luo Yijun, one of the most eloquent storytellers in the Chinese literary world. In this "story convenience store," he presents 40 themed stories and the boundless revelations within these captivating tales: The Glowing Room, Dreams Within Dreams, A Small, Beautiful Thing, White Tears, A Strange Honeymoon, A Ride-Through Game That Turns Fake into Reality, The Dream-Eating Tapir, The Shortest Love Story, Stories of the South, and Train Stories... These stories draw on classic novels and films, as well as true stories the novelist has personally experienced or heard. They touch upon universal human experiences, such as fathers, love, death, regret, comfort, sympathy, wishes, the body, madness, and dreams. They unlock the secret chambers within our hearts, evoking a knowing smile or a heartfelt laugh, leaving us with a warm, melancholic, and enduring aftertaste.
Stories are the last line of defense for human civilization. "Story Convenience Store" is a collection of 40 storywriting lessons by novelist Luo Yijun, gathering the essence of a lifetime of storytelling and showcasing eight million different ways to tell a story. He employs his unique "story alchemy," employing rare humor and playfulness, candor and tenderness, to tell tales that are as enchanting, sentimental, heartwarming, and hilarious as creeping plants. These stories ignite magical moments, bridging the boundaries between reality and fiction, and restoring the inherent charm of story, which is indescribable and yet deeply moving. We use stories to carry the source of our existence and reflect the face of humanity itself. Amidst unbearable terror, nightmares, and sorrow, when God has abandoned us and there is no glimmer of redemption, stories often unintentionally redeem us, the listeners.
The scope of life is as broad as the scope of stories. Step into this "story convenience store" and take away your own life story.
◎ Celebrity Recommendation: The breadth of life is as vast as the breadth of storytelling. Luo Yijun's "Story Convenience Store" offers us the boundless revelations contained within moving stories and the methods for telling them. After reading this book, perhaps we can all become better listeners and even better storytellers. And through listening and telling stories, we can finally understand things in life and the world that are normally incomprehensible and inexpressible.
— Liang Wendao: Luo Yijun sees stories that others don't. What may seem like one thing to us becomes a story when told by him. This isn't just about the art of speaking; more importantly, it's about his keen observation. Luo Yijun simply possesses this skill.
When Luo Yijun begins to recount life, he taps into his imagination, not his memory. He enjoys the broken, the rotten, the unlucky, the short-lived, the animalistic, the barbaric, the ignorant, the uncivilized. Every word is covered in hair.
——Zhang Yueran

2022-01-01

河南文艺出版社

Ideal Country

488

9787555912170