You told me he wanted to see a return to the old world, hospitals and schools, care, love and peace.
Parents and children gathered on the square to pose for the cameras they see as a lifeline to the outside world.
It was seen as well written and presented with a unique feel to the world it is set in.
Children learn it by rote to pass examinations, and they don't see its relevance to the world around them.
That would mark a sharp change from a decade ago, when China saw no problems with the spread of nuclear weapons to the developing world.
Blacks, who were beginning a historic migration north, saw him as a bridge to the urban white world.
This year saw profound losses to the world of art.
"Tell what you see to the world," said a young man in French, his face red with emotion.
Let us pray that this new life means we've not seen the end of Hollander's great gift to the world.
"Some of these books changed with the way people saw their relationship to the world."