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Emmanuel 2022-04-09 09:01:09
If you happen to pass by 84 Charing Cross Road, kiss it for me
There are very few movies like this now. There is no earth-shattering love, no story of ups and downs, and no grand climax. It is just a story of decades of mail-order second-hand books between a New York writer Helen and a London bookstore. There are the streets of London, the poetry of Ye Ci, and...
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Johnnie 2022-04-10 09:01:09
Some things about book lovers (Ai Xiaoke)
I especially doubt that the little book "84 Charing Street" can be adapted into a good movie, because it is not narrative at all, but a loose combination of some letters, some people on both sides of the world have some friendship for a few books, no I've met, I've never called, and I haven't had...
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