What would you do if one day, life pushed you into a corner?
When your lover and your boss get along, you didn't get any compensation and were fired, the house at home only has the other party's name written, you can only leave the house, you do everything possible to rent a house, but you don't know where to get next month's rent, the lawyer said that if you don't have a fixed residence, don't think about the custody of your two daughters, at this time, what should you do? This desperate middle-aged man chose to rob the bank "with a gun" on the day before the New Year, as long as a month's rent, a mere 6,500 crowns (equivalent to 4,300 yuan), but who knows, the times have developed to this point? The teller said that here, it is a cashless bank ......Without a single banknote, what to rob?
The hapless "bank robbers" had no choice but to flee in a hurry and hide in the apartment building opposite, only to run into a group of potential buyers who were looking at the property. The "bank robbery" turned into a "hostage-taking", and although the kidnappers quickly agreed to release them, when the police rushed into the apartment, they found a pool ......of blood on the ground, and the robbers were nowhere to be seen
The story of all kinds of characters unfolds, such as Zara, a banker who lingers in a cheap apartment, Roger and Annalena, a middle-aged couple who keeps buying and selling properties, young lesbian couples Luau and Julia, an elderly person who claims to be looking at a house for her daughter, Lennart, an actor who specializes in sabotage property viewings, a confused and socially phobic real estate agent, and the two police officers who investigate the case are also father and son Jim and Jack ......
A robber, nine hostages, two police officers, plus the man who jumped off a building ten years ago and Zara's psychiatrist, each of them represents the typical anxiety of their different identities, and each of them is an "anxious person". Different identities, different ages, different genders, and sexual orientations, the painful struggles, entanglements, anxieties, and troubles of life experienced by everyone are all connected through the "bank robbery". From not knowing each other at the beginning to getting to know each other, opening up to each other, and then becoming friends with each other, and finally they decide to help the "bank robbers" escape. It's like a microcosm of society, in which the shadow of you and me is hidden.
This is the Swedish ** homeFrederick Backman's modern suspenseful mystery work "The Anxious Man".
1 This book is written in a unique way. Occasional third-person scene narration and section.
In the interview record of one or two people, the author slowly unfolds the story in front of the reader from the perspective of different characters. It's like throwing out pieces of a puzzle before putting together a complete picture, and this work also dissects the characters one by one, gradually unfolding the story behind each character, so that the whole story can be clarified at the last moment. For example, if you don't look at the second half of the work, you can't even guess whether the gender of the "bank robber" is male or female.
2 The plot of this book is quite cleverly set. For example, the book is interspersed with a story about bridges: ten years ago, a man who went bankrupt in the midst of a financial crisis jumped off a bridge and ended his life. That week, on the same bridge, a depressed girl was rescued by someone who was holding on to her when she jumped off the bridge. The boy witnessed the man's death and was powerless, but managed to save the girl's life. The boy becomes a police officer, hoping to save more people – even if the person is a robber. The boy's father, who was also a police officer, said to him, "A lot of times I really feel like you haven't come back from that bridge, dear. The depressed girl became a psychiatrist, and her first official patient was a banker. The banker rejected the man's loan ten years ago. The man gave her a letter before jumping off the bridge. For ten years, the banker had been afraid to open the letter, and she lingered in the cheap apartments, the common denominator being that the bridge could be seen from every room. The letter sat in the banker's bag for a decade until recently when a psychiatrist opened it for her — and it read "It's not your fault." These details are handled unfortunately, and every time they are revealed, people can't help but sigh: "Ah, it's him!" No wonder! The same is true of the plot of the whole book, which unfolds in one coincidence after another, forming a magical and wonderful story.
1 The scary thing about coming into adulthood is that we are forced to realize that absolutely no one cares about us.
2 If you want to make a mockery of God, show him your plan.
3 There are many paths in life, but most of them are wrong.
4 When you are young, you want to grow up and decide everything for yourself, but once you grow up, you realize that "making decisions" is the most terrible task an adult faces.
5 We don't want our children to pursue our own dreams at our own pace, but we want them to pursue our dreams at their own pace.
Although the name of "Anxious People" is "anxiety", its main purpose is to "anti-anxiety", this work encourages people to break anxiety, cherish the present, and find the beauty in life from the perspective of reflecting on the anxiety of modern people. This work amazes readers with flexible and vivid techniques, hits people's hearts with realistic and humble phenomena, and gives people warmth and strength with stories of kindness and love.
Every anxious person is not only under the pressure of society, but also competing with themselves. When you're feeling anxious, don't push yourself to overwork, don't care about other people's eyes, and don't think about everything in the worst way. There are so many people in this world, there will always be someone who opens a door for you, who is willing to help you and love you. People's stories are intertwined, spanning space and time. Many times, you don't realize how much a small act can have on others. Kindness you don't remember can change a person's life forever.
Even though I knew that the world was going to end tomorrow, today I would plant a little apple tree. "I hope that we who have taken a detour will have a smooth road in the world from now on, and we will stay until the clear sky and tomorrow, which is the time when the world meets. February** Dynamic Incentive Program