The Hero We Need: a Chinese man has been discovered reading books in a remote cave. ‹ Literary Hub
It is with delight and despair that I draw your attention to the modern-day hermit “discovered” over the weekend in a cave in Sichuan province, China, just hanging out, reading books, and smoking c…
It is with delight and despair that I draw your attention to the modern-day hermit “discovered” over the weekend in a cave in Sichuan province, China, just hanging out, reading books, and smoking cigarettes. Article continues after advertisement I am delighted, of course, that people are still just dropping out of this garbage-fire of a world to read books; I despair, though, that this particular recluse will never know another moment of peace. A group of friends were out hiking in the mountains near Neijiang when they stumbled upon one of the many caves in the area, and noticed something…
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