Ananta Dianti từ Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, France

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2018-10-17 20:31

Giữa Dòng Chảy Lạc - Tái bản 24/03/2015 Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Danh Lam

Given to me by a Book Club friend whose taste in books is one I respect. This is somewhat of a soap opera about a Korean immigrant family living in a poor suburb of NYC. The parents struggle to send their 2 daughters to college & then the father throws the elder daughter out when she resists the usual Manhattan investment banker career track after graduating from Princeton. Lots of drama along the way - parental abuse, homelessness, eviction, casual sex, abortion, unplanned pregnancy, miscarriage, adultery, infidelity, gambling, credit card debt etc, etc. Basically it's an indictment of the fast track lifestyle of the stereotypical Manhattanite who works hard, plays hard & makes & spends lots of money. Every character is flawed to some extent - even the virtuous fail through being too long suffering. The author loves Middlemarch by George Eliot & the main character reads & rereads this book in the novel. However, I am a big fan of Eliot's work & this fails to live up to that lofty standard. It is an entertaining book & gives an interesting insight into the experience of some Korean families, starting with the tragedy of a divided country, immigration, hard work with varying success & the keeping of old traditions in a new country. There is even a significant church episode involving the mother & a new choir director. Enjoyable, soap opera like, but with greater depth. You really do care when various characters finally work out what they want & try to live their lives accordingly. The need for large sums of money drives everything!

Người đọc Ananta Dianti từ Saint-Martin-le-Nœud, France

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.