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Because of Han Shaoxi’s kind words, this 800-page thick book has become a bestseller in South Korea. It is said that all major bookstores have sold out.
According to the publishing industry, Han Shaoxi mentioned the book “The Book of Disquiet” (“The Book of Disquiet”) by Portuguese national writer Fernando Pessoa in a recent interview with a magazine. Since then, the book has become a The best-selling work has been sold out in major online bookstores.
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In the interview at that time, Han Shaoxi revealed that she had been reading “The Record of Panic” recently, and there was a passage in it that impressed her deeply, “In addition to sleeping time, people are in a state of unease the rest of the 24 hours a day. When we sleep or exercise, Even a simple small action will make us forget our uneasiness. Uneasiness is like a piece of tissue paper, so we must be careful not to accumulate uneasiness. Today’s things are done today, and tomorrow’s uneasiness will be cleared away tomorrow. Don’t pile up. “
“The Record of Panic” has a total of more than 480 chapters. The story is set in Lisbon in the early 20th century. It witnessed the collapse of the Portuguese monarchy and the military coup in 1932. Under the turbulent politics, the protagonist is a small employee of the company, living a contented and lonely life. , expressing his panic with various philosophical reflections. Although the more than 480 chapters in the book are all independent stories, they are consistent in changes and similarities in differences. They mainly revolve around human beings, life and death, and the inner and outer world.
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After Han Shaoxi’s interview was made public, not only were hundreds of copies of “The Record of Panic” instantly sold out, many readers placed orders and made reservations, and the publisher was already in the process of urgently printing more copies.
