Flos Selected Books - "The Record Shop on the Corner"

It's a story of waiting, loss, and what's lost, but also of solidarity, forgiveness, and courage.

Story (I have jump steps to help you protect against mines)

There was a record store at the end of a run-down shopping street that was decrepit, a record store that only sold vinyl. The owner of the shop is the male owner Frank, who every day finds the records they need, not the records they want but the records they need. And usually the male protagonist can't go wrong, because he has the ability to hear the music of others. In a way, he has been doing music therapy for everyone in his life, while living a peaceful little life. But such a small day is not without wind and waves. A woman in green affects the painful memory in his heart, and the appearance of the CD brings Frank a problem again and again. Before I could make up my mind, another lazy rebuilder appeared. The male protagonist barely maintained the block, but people slowly left.

Our male protagonist has survived, but the woman who has been disturbing his heart left after she was uselessly afraid to confess her love. At this time, he encountered his hard work again - the fire of the record store, and everything collapsed. Just like the man's life before the store opened many years ago, everything was taken away. Under the overlapping of memories, the male protagonist finally couldn't hold it any longer. Even with the support of the second girl, he gave up and closed himself, and even repeatedly hurt the second girl's heart and pushed everyone away.

And the heroine who went back to her hometown to take care of her mother suddenly rushed back 21 years later because of a song "Spring" that recalled all kinds of things in the old streets of England. Of course, the street scene of that year was full of people and people, and of course the man she wanted to see was no longer there. She felt lost because of this, only to realize that she was so innocent and so natural. She tried to find the past, of course, the first one she found was our poor second female, and then she found the male trainee who is now a DJ through the radio. Then the theater scene suddenly went fast, but the three core members of the block except Frank gathered together, and then they did a big thing for the male protagonist together to wake him up. Finally, our hero and heroine walked together in front of the poor second girl.

structure

The story is divided into two parts, one is the childhood story of the male protagonist Frank, and the other is the life story of the current Frank. To tell the story, the main line of men and women is very similar to the [["Perfect Year"]] I read earlier. It is two broken hearts that finally come together under the catalysis of others. The difference is that in this novel, even the little helpers are all broken and have things to let go, and the whole scene is more lively when there are many people in disguise.

The other difference is that there are a lot of waiting and helplessness in life. It can be said that the male protagonist lost everything and went to a dilapidated place to start again with the last blood. With genius and affinity, he slowly found his life in the old street, but was taken away by a fire, lost everything and finally found love with the help of everyone.

The heroine is a violinist who separated from her fiancé and slowly lost her music due to arthritis. With the help of the male protagonist, I found the music and the warmth in the block. She waited for a word from the male protagonist, but waited until she refused to be angry and left the old street. After thinking of the old street a few years later, she realized that she could not find the past. With the help of the second female lead, the people in the old street were found, so that the male protagonist regained the courage and the feelings of the female protagonist.

But among them, I feel the most helpless is the second female, who has been waiting for an opportunity and waiting for the feelings of the male lead. Can't wait for love, only wait for the brotherhood of the male protagonist. But she still protects the male protagonist, even when the male protagonist loses everything and shuts himself up, she still doesn't change her concern. The female protagonist wanted to find the male protagonist suddenly after a few years, and she also strongly assisted. Such a person is more profound than the heroine.

Although the author writes about the people in the entire neighborhood, everyone is very stereoscopic and everyone has the opportunity to stand in the spotlight. The characters aren't all positive either, but everyone has weaknesses and moments of vulnerability. It will persist, but there will also be times when it will be overwhelmed, and at this time other residents will complement each other and support each other. Coupled with a good description of the scene, while reading it, it seems to be living in this dilapidated but very united and warm neighborhood, and living for decades quickly. I haven't read a novel so deeply in a long time.