Jens Hofenbitzer từ Corese Terra RI, Italy

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05/18/2024

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2019-01-04 22:30

Cửa Hàng Dành Cho Những Kẻ Ngán Sống Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Jean Teulé

Although the love for jazz comes through page after page, where a reader can hear the music through Allen’s words, Chasing the Dragon is not just a jazz history, though you could do worse to read it as such. It is also a love story--whether love of the art one creates, despite the toll it takes, or the love of another person, romantic or otherwise. Nick Flynn’s love for Wardell Gray, a man he previously considered just short of a close friend, is as real and deep as his love for Sarah, the woman he meets and falls for, against what he believed to be his way of life, otherwise, the burning need to redeem Wardell could never have rooted. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that the love comes first from Wardell’s art, and then from the realization that there must have been something special in the life, and something dark and untoward in the death. It is then also a first class mystery, with crooked cops and unreliable witnesses, dead-ends and shocking revelations--some large, some as small as can be contained in a living room, in hard talk between family. There’s a breathtaking range and quality to Allen’s writing, veering from smooth flowing narrative to the colloquial speech of the interludes that appear throughout the book. These interludes capture the personalities, passions, pettiness, ambitions and fears of these musicians--some in the voices of the musicians themselves--with someone like Charles Mingus it could be no other way--but the ones that are not monologues do their work just as well. This could easily become one big jazz blur--there are dozens of artists portrayed in Chasing the Dragon, and for someone who does not have a particular knowledge of jazz and its history, the danger would be that the players would merge into one indefinable ball. But they don’t. Allen creates perfect moments--the first interlude with Art Pepper, wasted and pathetic, terrifies. The interlude with Coltrane is vibrantly emotional, and precariously hopeful, the moments after his deciding to kick, where we still fear for him, for relapse, and yet--there’s a sense of oncoming recovery, and a movement toward peace through the struggle that inspires. The players’ unique qualities come easily to the fore, allowing us to hone in on their specific story, while their insertion into the larger frame moves the central story forward. In the main narrative, there’s the quest for belonging, of being an outsider, whether it be because of one’s skin color--for Nick, being a white man, and a non-musician who to a large degree loves jazz music as much as the artists performing it, or the musicians themselves, predominantly black, during a time where race relations in the country were at their nadir, pre or just immediately post-Brown, where a black musician, no matter what level of genius, was still considered less than a person in much of the 48 states, north and south. This book, as with so much of Allen’s non-prose writing, does many things, and does them all amazingly well. It takes chances with form and style, and nails them on all counts. For me, it is like watching a great athlete whose skills are not limited to one aspect of a game. Or, better yet, like hearing a musician whose innate talent, honed by untold hard work and continuous effort, have made him formidable, in every aspect of his art.

2019-01-04 23:30

Truyện Tranh Lịch Sử - Tô Hiến Thành - Vị Quan Thanh Liêm, Chính Trực Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Mạnh Thái

Review taken from my blog, The Haunting of Orchid Forsythia. What really caught my eye on A Certain Scientific Railgun was the title. It was intriguing to say the least and the cover was awesome looking. Story: I can pretty much Tell from the first page if a manga is going to appeal to me, and A Certain Scientific Railgun is no exception. I knew I was definitely going to enjoy this one since it started out with one of the characters apprehending a miscreant and putting some serious hurt on him. I really enjoy the mystery aspect of A Certain Scientific Railgun and how they had to figure out who was targeting the members of Judgment. I liked how the plot for it was laid out and that it opened up the storyline for the next volume as the characters realized that they've only just seen the beginning of their troubles. As for the school "guardians/disciplinarians" Judgment, I thought it was an interesting why to give certain characters a bigger role in the manga. I liked that the first volume didn't feel like a complete set up for the rest of the series, and that you got a decent amount of back story on the characters. Okay, hands-down my favorite part of A Certain Scientific Railgun 1 would have to be how Misaka and Kamijou would end up fighting every time they met. Mainly because he would try to run away and she just wanted to annihilate him, it was just plain funny especially since they ended up kind of working together later on in the volume. Content (may contain spoilers, highlight to see): ACSR, does have some nudity (girls shower) and one image of groping. As for language, there is a bit of swearing but not a whole lot of it. Character(s): Misaka, was definitely the most interesting character, which is a good thing since she's the MC for A Certain Scientific Railgun and it would be just horrible if she wasn't. What I really liked about her, besides her awesome power of electromaster, that she was pretty kick-butt and she was unintentionally funny and the way she would react to certain things. As of right now, I'm not too sure how I feel about Kuroko and Uiharu. While they were there quite frequently I haven't really had a chance to decide whether I find them funny or annoying, but I do feel bad for Uiharu because her best friend is kind of weird and keeps embarrassing her. Artwork: I found the art of A Certain Scientific Railgun to be quite enjoyable. I think my favorite part visually would have to be the panels were the characters look flustered, angry, or just whenever they showed any facial emotion that could be exaggerated. It tended to leave me smirking, especially since they seemed to always be blushing for one reason or another. I really think that Motoi Fuyukawa did an excellent job of bringing the characters to life, and absolutely loved the way each of the main characters (or those that played bigger roles) were depicted. Definitely looking forward to seeing what will happen next visually in volume 2. Final verdict: A Certain Scientific Railgun 1 definitely a must read for fans of Fullmetal Alchemist. A Certain Scientific Railgun 1 earns 4 out of 5 pineapples.

Người đọc Jens Hofenbitzer từ Corese Terra RI, Italy

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.