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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Trà Huy
It's a dark book, but with enough humour to keep it balanced. Provoking, but not too heavy. HEAVY, get it??? It's my first book by Kundera, I'd read more.
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Funny. Chick-lit. Love British books like this.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Văn Hiệu
What’s the weirdest book you ever read? Something like UBIK by Philip K. Dick. How about Daniel Pinkwater’s LIZARD MUSIC or THE SNARKOUT BOYS AND THE AVACADO OF DEATH or YOUNG ADULT NOVEL? Maybe it was Charles Portis’ MASTERS OF ATLANTIS? Neal Barrett, Jr.’s THE HEREAFTER GANG? Well, whatever it was, tell it to move on over. Here comes LAST DAYS. Wacked out does not begin to describe this book. Kline (no first name) has lost his job as a policeman when “the man with the hatchet” cut off his hand. To save himself, Kline cauterizes the wound and kills the man. No longer readily functional in his chosen profession, he becomes a private investigator, subsidized by two bags of money he liberated from the man with the hatchet and forgot to turn in, justifying it as compensation for appendages rendered. The notoriety of his case brings him two men who wish to hire him for a case. Both men are amputees and Kline refuses the work, feeling that something is wrong. He is eventually coerced or kidnapped into taking the case and finds himself in a Salvador Dali Cloud Coocooland, among a cult of people who worship amputation and who rate their piety by the number of body parts taken. Take a finger, it is One. Take a hand, it is also One. Take three fingers at separate times, that’s a Three. Thee are people in the group in double digits. Kline, obviously, is a One but with some cachet due to his self-cauterization. Fancy stuff tom these guys. Kline has been brought in to investigate the murder of the co-founder of the sect. He faces some problems, as the co-founder was a high number and only consorted with other high numbers. These elite members will not meet or talk with a One, even a notorious One. Nor can he view the body. However, he cannot walk away. The sect is insistent on the investigation. So, he records questions on a tape recorder and these are presented to the elite who respond. Their responses, also recorded, seem to have little bearing on the questions asked. Then things get weird. To discuss more of the plot is to disclose items best revealed slowly through Evenson’s prose. The story may not be for everyone. I found it riveting. I read this book in about three hours on a flight from San Antonio to Chicago. More fascinating that a winter storm multicar pileup on the interstate with 18 wheelers pointing rubber to heaven. It reminded me of artist Alan Clarke’s THE PAIN DOCTORS OF SUTURE SELF GENERAL. This is Underland Press’ first publication. Their next title is, I believe, THE PILO FAMILY CIRCUS, another weird novel with Clowns. I’ll be looking for it. They are also pioneering some weekly on line serials with reader voting on the direction the action flows. These are called Wovels. Fun stuff here, too. I predict an interesting future for this press and readers of discriminating taste.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Võ Anh Thơ
Except for one part of one story that I found needlessly sexually explicit, I loved this book. It's up there with the short stories of Flannery O'Connor and Ray Bradbury in my opinion.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thanh Hà
short and pleasing. and i vote, better than the movie.
I'm only into the prologue and it's a lesson in "show don't tell". Actually, I'm going to read it to my students today to give me examples of descriptive word choice. :0)
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Thị Hậu
I thought I loved the book, but my friend informs me that I just fell in love with Claire. Either way, this knocked my socks off. Innovative fantasy concept and an innovative presentation, all in a lovely voice. And this is her first book?
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Roald Dahl
Sinav zamaninda, sunum ve proje teslimi yaklastiginda okunmasi bence cok sakincali, insan elinden birakip baska birseyle ilgilenemiyor cunku...
Some brilliant quotes re how totalitarianism appeals to otherwise resistant intellectuals. Seeking parallels to fundamentalism in 2007. Wrong approach, perhaps.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: TS. Bùi Quý Huy
I don't even...
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thomas Sowell
Podría haber usado más escenas de amor, pero la historia fue bastante buena.
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.