Chapter 55 "Ten Days That Shocked the World"
"Ten Days That Shocked the World"
Sitting at my nephew's house for a while, he took out a small book from the shelf and handed it to me, saying:
"Uncle, look, you used to store so many books in Shanghai, this is the only one I have preserved.
One of a kind. "
When I saw it, it was an English version of "Ten Days That Shocked the World" by John Reed.This is the American version,
I think I bought it in the 1930s.At that time, I was young, and I read more seriously than now, or it can be said that
Enthusiasm now.I took it in my hand and turned it over. On the first page, I wrote the date when I started reading, and when I read it.
It is also recorded on the last page, and there are many places in the book that have been marked and written down.
See, there are many slogans written on the last page.
Pointing to those slogans, the nephew said to his lover:
"Uncle was very enthusiastic when he was young."
I blushed, quickly closed the book, handed it back to him and said: "It's still up to you to keep and write it."
Commemorate it. "
I would have liked to have asked him for the book back, or bought him a new one in exchange.but thought about it
Next, I still gave it back to him.Thousands of books were lost that year, each with a story, each
There are traces of my youth in every book, and now that they are all gone, the one left by chance
Take this book back to your hands, it will increase your mental burden in vain, and you should keep it in the hands of the next generation of young people
Well, staying in their hands will be more meaningful than staying in mine.That's why I finally returned the book
Give him reasons.
John Reed was the witness of the October Revolution. He was an American journalist. In 1917, he was
Russia, therefore, had the opportunity to personally experience the shocking scene, "Ten Days That Shocked the World" is
A record of the course of the October Revolution that he personally witnessed.He is a friend of Lenin, Lenin highly respects this book,
He once wrote a preface for him, which became a classic work of revolutionary reportage.In the thirties, it was often
It was a good book that was recommended, so I read it at the time.
John Reed's book was completed in 1919, and he died of illness in the second year in Su
Lian, he was very young at the time, only thirty-four years old.Buried in Red Square after death, this is the only one buried in Red Square
of an American.He died on October 17, this year (1965) is forty-five weeks since his death
anniversary.
Moscow is commemorating the forty-eighth anniversary of the October Revolution these days. A great man like John Reed
The foresight of great internationalism is especially worth remembering.