The Story of Langdon The Story of the Bible

Author: (American) Hans Brinker translated by Zhang Ji
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: The Rooman series books are one of the greatest gifts ever offered to a tragic world. What was once dry and tedious scientific knowledge, through Rooman's magical touch, captivated both adults and children effortlessly, making them lose track of time. In the 1990s, the psychological climate of Chinese people had shifted from the fervent atmosphere of the 1980s, where emotions and ideals intertwined, to a pragmatic and ambitious era. Reading trends leaned towards knowledge and entertainment. In 1996, Rooman's "The Arts of Man," "Conversations with World Greats," and "The Life of Bach" were translated and published, instantly sparking a sales frenzy. As the planner of this series, I was deeply inspired. The readers praised the books overwhelmingly, with reviews focusing on two main points: one was nostalgia for Rooman, recalling the of reading his works in the 1980s; the other was the intellectual joy and light-hearted reading pleasure brought by the new translations. Reflecting on it, another publisher had published Rooman's "The Arts of Man" in the late 1980s, but it sold almost no copies. The stark contrast between the two publications etches the traces of readers' changing reading tastes in the annals of time.