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<책> 책을 지키려는 고양이 - 나쓰카와 소스케 책을 좋아하는 모든 이에게 묻는다. “책이 정말 세상을 바꿀 수 있다고 생각해?” 여기 한 외톨이 소년이 있다. 이 소년의 이름은 나쓰키 린타로. 린타로는 책을 아주 좋아하는 지극히 평범한 소년이다. 나쓰키 고서점이라는 옛, 희귀한(?) 책들을 많이 보관하고 있는 곳을 운영하는 할아버지와 함께 살고 있다. 평범하고 소중한 일상들도 잠시, 갑작스럽게 할아버지가 돌아가시게 되면서 린타로의 일상은 흔들리기 시작한다. 아직 청소년인 린타로라서 혼자 생활할 수 없기에 고모와 함께 살기 위해 고서점을 정리하고 이사하기 위한 준비를 한다. 그러던 어느 날, 빽빽한 책장들의 벽 너머에서 고양이 얼룩이가 찾아온다. 사람 말을 하는 얼룩이는 미궁 속에 많은 책이 갇혀있고 그 책들을 구하기 위해 책을 좋아하는 린타로, 2대.. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 14일차 "What are we eating?" "Black beans and rice, fried bananas, and some stew." The boy had brought them in a two-decker metal container from the Terrace. The two sets of knives and forks and spoons were in his pocket with a paper napkin wrapped around each set. "Who gave this to you?" "Martin. The owner." "I must thank him." "I thanked him already, " the boy said. "You don't need to thank him." "I'.. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 13일차 "Wake up old man," the boy said and put his hand on one of the old man's knees. The old man opened his eyes and for a moment he was coming back from a long way away. Then he smiled. "What have you got?" he asked. "Supper," said the boy. "We're going to have supper." "I'm not very hungry." "Come on and eat. You can't fish and not eat." "I have," the old man said getting up and taking the newspape.. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 12일차 When the boy came back the old man was asleep in the chair and the sun was down. The boy took the old army blanket off the bed and spread it over the back of the chair and over the old man's shoulders. They were strange shoulers, still strong too and the creases did not show so much when the old man was asleep and his head fallen forward. His shirt had been patched so many times that it was like.. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 11일차 "Do you think we should buy a terminal of the lottery with an eighty-five? Tomorrow is the eighty-fifth day." "We can do that, " the boy said. "But what about the eighty-seven of your great record?" "It could not happen twice. Do you think you can find an eighty-five?" "I can order one." "One sheet. That's two dollars and a half. Who can we borrow that from?" "That's easy. I can always borrow tw.. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 10일차 The boy did not know whether yesterday's paper was a fiction too. But the old man brought it ouf from under the bed. "Perico gave it to me at the bodega," he explained. "I'll be back when I have the sardines. I'll keep yours and mine together on ice and we can share them in the morning. When I come back you can tell me about the baseball." "The Yankees cannot lose." "But I fear the Indians of Cl.. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 9일차 "What do you have to eat?" the boy asked. "A pot of yellow rice with fish. Do you want some?" "No. I will eat at home. Do you want me to make the fire?" "No. I will make it later on. Or I may eat the rice cold." "May I take the cast net?" "Of course." There was no cast net and the boy remembered when they had sold it. But they went through this fiction every day. There was no pot of yellow rice .. 더보기
<책> The Old Man and the Sea 8일차 They walked up the road together to the old man's shack and went in through its open door. The old man leaned the mast with its wrapped sail against the wall and the boy put the box and the other gear beside it. The mast was nearly as long as the one room of the shack. The shack was made of the tough budshields of the royal palm which are called guano and in it there was a bed, a table, one chai.. 더보기