Jesús Rodríguez từ Kazimierz, Poland

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05/23/2024

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2018-12-10 04:30

Chuyện Của Tuệ Tử (BV) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nghiêm Ca Linh

the writing and "oh i forgot, now i remember" plot are forgettable but i still think the first three chapters should be commended for sparking me to continue reading through the drivel and sludge that followed.

2018-12-10 05:30

Tiếng Chim Hót Trong Bụi Mận Gai (Trí Việt) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

re-reading this series for the first time. still so good!

2018-12-10 06:30

Những Giá Trị Tinh Thần - Chân Tình Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hoàng Mai

I started this book because I wanted to get a basic overview of existentialism, and get a glimpse into leading existentialists’ lives and ideas. I found this book at a used booksale for 50 cents, and it’s been buried on my shelves…UNTIL NOW! Feel the suspense? Anyway, I thought the Introduction and Part 1 of this book was a great overview of the rise of existentialism, it’s strengths and defects, and its effectiveness in balancing out western rationalism. I love the summary of existentialism as ‘the protest of life against reason’; which is to say, our reason did not give birth to reality, or ‘life’; but reality gave birth to our reason. Our logical structures do not determine real structures, but only help us to grasp those structures. Patka emphasizes that truth is both “ontologogical and logical”, meaning that we must remember that what we think is true (logic) and what actually exists (ontology) are two facets of what is muddled and bandied in the term ‘truth’. I also loved what was obviously Patka’s pet topic—the depersonalization of the individual in mass society—even though his 4-page rant was a bit soapboxy. Part two primarily dealt with 5 prominent existentialists: Kierkegaard, Heidegger, Jaspers, Sartre, and Marcel. These chapters (essays) felt a bit disjoined because they were written by different authors, using different writing styles, and covering different details of their topics. Some were more biographical, others ideological summaries, and others were more editorial critique. It was fun, though, reading about whatever the author thought was most read-worthy of their assigned thinker. I most enjoyed reading about Sartre. It was a rather odd feeling to finally realize, especially at the end of the book, that the authors were closet Catholics, or, that’s the way it seemed to me. Initially, there were few indications of their philosophical orientation other than a droning criticism of any atheistic/agnostic tendencies in the existentialists surveyed. The last existentialist to be surveyed in the book was Gabriel Marcel. His theistic views were regarded in a much more favorable light, but his Thomistic shortcomings were exaggerated with almost a final appeal to existentialist sympathizers to recognize the value of Thomism, and applaud it. The last paragraph felt like a eulogy to Aquinas. Did I miss something? The editor himself didn’t seem biased in the introduction or the first part of the book in which existentialism as a subject was treated impartially. The only other sign-post of religious bias that I found (even in my research on the web), was the preface by a Sister of Holy Family College, where our editor apparently taught, which begins with tracing man’s philosophical pursuit back to the “’Why?’ divinely spoken in paradise…”

2018-12-10 07:30

Chuyện Xứ Lang Biang - Tập 2 (Tặng Kèm Sổ Thần Chú) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Nhật Ánh

Yep, I'm rolling my eyes. A cousin to Jane Austin's work, in other words: not my thing.

2018-12-10 08:30

Bài Tập Tiếng Anh 6 - Không Đáp Án (Ấn Bản 2017) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Mai Lan Hương & Nguyễn Thanh Loan

In 2004, I was slogging through the opening pages of Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi, feeling hopelessly adrift and factually, bored. I wasn't all that sophisticated a reader seven years ago but I was trying like mad to become one. As a way to get through Nafisi's book, vaguely suspecting that I could learn a few things, I devised the plan to read all four books discussed and then return to the memoir. It was a wise decision which led me to read books I might otherwise still not have read: The Great Gatsby, Pride and Prejudice, Daisy Miller and of course Lolita. Oddly enough, none of these books turned out to be favorites of mine, but I got an education in literature that I somehow did not get in my Princeton, NJ college prep high school track, nor in two years of college literature classes. For my readers here who have not read Reading Lolita in Tehran, it is a somewhat dry but none the less fascinating account of a group of Iranian women who met secretly to read forbidden literature in the repressive days under the Ayatollah. They approached these books with the aim of understanding the oppression they were under and to breathe the fresh air of freedom from Western literature. For my readers who have not read Lolita (and I don't necessarily recommend that you do, but more about that later), Humboldt is a perverted middle-aged European man living in America. He has a thing for pre-pubescent girls. Lolita is twelve when the story opens. H H has married Lolita's mother with the main purpose of getting to Lolita. When the mother dies, Humboldt seduces Lolita. He then keeps her secretly captive as his sex slave, using fear and bribery. They travel around the United States for a year, giving Nabokov an opportunity to make mockery of cheap motels, tourist attractions, and middle class Americans. It is deadly satire at its best. Lolita finally escapes H H, but unlike other books about preyed upon teenage girls, the reader does not get Lolita's inner world except as perceived by Humboldt. So I could see how the theme of the book is about suppressor and suppressed, how that extrapolates to totalitarian regimes and authoritarian systems, one of Nabokov's concerns. I could appreciate the excellent writing, the satire, even the excruciatingly drawn out seduction of Lolita for how well it was excruciatingly drawn out. But bottom line, I found it a creepy, eerie book. If you are female and were ever subject to inappropriate advances (or worse) from an older man, just be warned that you will experience uncomfortable hours while reading Lolita. If you are male and have ever contemplated or indulged in such behavior, you should be forced to read it. If you are male or female and have teenage daughters, just go on reading the news but don't read Lolita until they make it safely to adulthood. You can read all about the rocky early years of Nabokov's book on the internet but when the first American edition was published by Knopf in 1958 it became an instant bestseller and ended the year as the #3 top selling novel. If you think I am weirdly prudish or have entirely missed the point of Lolita, you can let me have it in the comments. For now, that's my story and I am sticking to it.

2018-12-10 09:30

Tất Cả Đều Là Chuyện Nhỏ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Richard Carlson

This book was big, and at times hard to get through. It was also incredibly intresting to read about all that Lewis, Clark, and Sacajawea encounted while exploring the territories we received in the Louisianna Purchase.

2018-12-10 10:30

108 Bí Quyết Giáo Dục Con Của Cha Mẹ Thông Thái - Bồi Dưỡng Con Gái Hoàn Mĩ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi:

Not nearly as funny or as interesting as it was made out to be.

2018-12-10 11:30

Những Người Làm Nên Lịch Sử Ấn Độ Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: PGS.TS. Ngô Minh Oanh

A heart-breaking non-fiction account of the benighted region of the Congo. Butcher's travelogue through the heart of it is amazing and enlightening.

2018-12-10 12:30

Trinh Tiết - Tuyển Tập Truyện Ngắn Akutagawa Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Akutagawa Ryunosuke

Dear Enemy (Daddy-Long-Legs #2), Jean Webster عنوان: دشمن عزیز؛ نویسنده: جین وبستر؛ از سری بابا لنگ دراز، شماره 2؛ مترجم: مهرداد مهدويان؛ مشخصات نشر: تهران، قدیانی، 1377، در 343 ص، مصور، شابک: 9644171985؛ پیشتر در سال 1363 نیز این کتاب با ترجمه بانو سوسن اردکانی در انتشارات زرین چاپ و نشر شده است Characters: Jerusha "Judy" Abbott, Jervis Pendleton, Julia Pendleton, Sally McBride, Robin McRae

2018-12-10 13:30

Từ Điển Tiếng Việt Thông Dụng Dành Cho Học Sinh (Bìa Cứng Xanh) Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nhóm Việt Ngữ

Cuba. Always a mystery to me, always alluring in its forbidden status, and the romanticized atmosphere associated with the Cuba before Castro. This novel provided me a first insight into the culture and background, the American industrial presence, and the people caught up in many aspects of 1950's Cuba. Enlightening - I had no idea of the prior US entrenchment there. A gentle read about a very ungentle time. I'll be on the lookout for more Cuban tales...

Người đọc Jesús Rodríguez từ Kazimierz, Poland

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.