woman in desperation

Priscilla 2022-03-27 09:01:09

A woman in desperation. When you wake up, the memory only lasts until the moment of youth. Opening his eyes, he thought that he was still a young girl, and the man sleeping beside him was just a drunken and confused encounter last night. Then he got up, tiptoed into the bathroom, and prepared to leave quietly as he did every time before, escaping without leaving a trace. But suddenly raising his head, the person in the mirror was actually an old face, a slack body, sculpted wrinkles and white hair mixed with his head. It was terrifying to discover that he had already passed countless years without realizing it, and lost all his youth, leaving only the remnant body and a long blank memory. Then, in terror and despair, madly wanting to know the truth, to know what has been through so many years, what has been missed, what has been gained, what has been hurt or been hurt, who is the man around you, who is your lover, who It is your enemy, who abandons you, and who accompanies you. Through photos, texts, objects, notifications from people around you, and explanations from strangers, I slowly learned the truth, retrieved my memories, and began to know what I should have remembered, everything I have experienced over the years. However, the time is too short, only one day is not enough to understand everything. What is even more tragic is that when you are doomed to fall asleep at night, the fateful sleep has ruthlessly reformatted the storage space of your own brain, waiting for the next morning, it is a completely blank memory in the middle, when you were young. Awakened from memory, looked at confused and helpless, the old self in the mirror. This is "before i go to Watson's novel exploring memory, although the rhythm is too slow and the text procrastinated, but when I turn my head and think about it, as a novel of psychological description, this kind of long and detailed description of psychological activities, I am afraid it is also Necessary, this forms the most important factor for a successful novel: atmosphere and sense of substitution. The language of the whole book is very straightforward, and the number of new words is very small, which is the type that is easy to read in the original book. After reading the book, I habitually searched for the adapted film, and it actually exists, and the main actors are Nicole Kidman/Colin Firth, two old actors. Except for some fine cuts, the film basically retains the original work The setting, a cup of tea, two hours, is a special feeling and memory.

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Before I Go to Sleep quotes

  • [first lines]

    Christine: Who are you?

    Ben: I'm your husband... Ben.

    Christine: What?

    Ben: We got married in 1999. That was 14 years ago. Christine, you're 40.

    [hands her her clothes]

    Ben: You had an accident. It was a bad accident. You had head injuries. And you have problems remembering things.

    Christine: What things? What...?

    Ben: Everything. You store up information for a day, and when you wake up in the morning, it's all gone. You're back to your early 20s. You'll be okay. Just... trust me.

    Christine: I'm scared.

  • [last lines]

    Adam: Hi. I'm Adam.

    Christine: Adam... When you wake up in the morning, Pooh, what's the first thing you say to yourself?

    Adam: I say, "What's for breakfast?" What do you say, Piglet?

    Christine: I say... I say... "I wonder what's going to happen exciting today."

    Adam: [sitting on her hospital bed] You remembered.

    Christine: Oh, Adam. Adam. I remember. I remember. I remember... Adam. My Adam.