a door

The book's title comes from "Shutting a Door, Opening a Door," a piece inspired one day by a "door wanted" notice that a neighbor had posted at the stairwell. The origins of this door, however, lie with Apple Daily...

Most of the articles in this book were written in response to current events, so when read together now, there is naturally a time lag. This brings to mind Paul Ricoeur's concept of "double eclipses," which uses this rare astronomical phenomenon to vividly explain that texts are destined to break free from their spatiotemporal context, and this is not only not a bad thing but actually beneficial: when writing, the reader is obscured, and the author does not know how their work will be interpreted; when reading, the author disappears, and their original intention may not be important. Thus, a text always hovers under these two veils, written into and read from a void, yet this is precisely its opportunity to speak for itself, free from its immediate circumstances. An essay collection is especially destined to be like a fisherman casting a net, never knowing which piece will touch whom at what time, making them feel "a bit funny" or find it meaningful. But once it has been cast into that darkness, its fate rests with the door itself.

I hope A Door can open a door for you.