Mario Kay từ Aglipay, Quirino, Philippines

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2018-08-08 12:31

Cuốn Sách Số 1 Về Làm Việc Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: James Innes

In an early review of Steve Church’s book, one critic, while giving it overall decent marks, ruminates at length on the author’s note, musings charged with skepticism, concern—even alarm—at implications he thinks the note points to—he goes so far as to question whether the death of Church’s brother actually happened (the line, “This is not a book of fact. This is a story,” really freaks him out). He needn’t have taken umbrage at Church’s cavalier dismissal of objectivity, however: the note merely serves as a funny disclaimer as to the fallibility of a subjective rendition of the “truth.” Church circumvents the problem of unknowable or fuzzy facets of nonfiction via speculation, a euphemism for "making stuff up, however ridiculous or improbable." Church uses speculation to open up creative potential and get at larger issues of truth. He essentially employs fiction within nonfiction, but he’s very above-board with it: in other words, he alerts the reader, not just with the author’s note at the beginning, but also with qualifiers within the text (“I wonder if…” or “Sometimes I imagine…” etc.). He’s able to address much through this technique, from wild, fantastical flights for creative effect to heartfelt questing for meaning. The Guiness Book riffs serve as organizing elements (literary glue, if you will) as well as thematic augmenters (e.g. Steve’s awkwardness and difficulty in coming to terms with the world are reflected in his musings on the freaks of Guiness). What might prove gimmicky in the hands of someone else acts as an interesting portal into the psyche of the author. The book is organized around the central chapter, “Danger Boys, World’s Greatest,” wherein the emotional heft of the story resides in Church’s efforts to deal with the death of his brother as well as the complicated dynamic between his brother, father, and himself. Ambiguity remains at the end of his search for meaning, but for Church, it’s the questing that’s important—any answers he stumbles across are gravy.

Người đọc Mario Kay từ Aglipay, Quirino, Philippines

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.