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A good travel book; unromanticized view of Russia!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Lưu Thị Lương
Not as well-known as his some of his other novels, but his best in my opinion.
really good
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Kate DiCamillo
F Gar
James McBride has an essay in the April 2007 National Geographic about his aversion to rap and hip hop which he ultimately regrets. It was pretty good and I was surprised to hear his opinions on the genres given his relevations in the book.
Pefect! Irving wackiness set in India!! Loved it!!
I first read this book in high school, and then again in a women's lit class in college. Unfortunately, at the time, I didn't get it. Having been through a divorce, and an "awakening" of sorts (even featuring a handsome rake!), Chopin reads a lot differently. I'd argue that it should be recommended reading for any adult women who A. read fiction, and B. have found their path, but it's likely to be overly illustrative if wants, needs, and paths are still murky. Illustrative in that way that makes one say "I totally hate my life, and this relationship is a sham." Arguably, Chopin's protagonist doesn't exactly make a proactive choice, but two very different kinds of good lovin' from two very different men turns the light on...even if it's sort of dim...kind of like a New Orleans morning.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Trọng Phụng
i may be up for hanging because of this, but i don't think david sedaris is all that funny or engaging. he is just not my cup of tea, although he seems to be everyone else and their mama's cups of tea.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Thanh Thuận
Ultimately, this book was 3.5 stars for me. I have been hearing great things about it for years, and as I embark upon my own reading list on post-colonial Africa, I thought this would be a good place to start. It's clear that this is Fuller's first book, as it takes a while for her to establish a distinctive voice. The first half of the book is fairly forgettable, and can be summed up as such: her mother drinks and does something charming, thus marking her as one of those characters that populate memoir non-fiction. A Fuller baby dies in a tragic way. Something with animals. A reminder of her family's precarious position as whites living within a continent struggling to define itself after several centuries of colonialism. And yet, there really isn't much of a sense of Fuller herself, and how these memories impacted her at the time and later on in her life. I suppose I was expecting the type of introspection the characters had in one of my favorite books, also about the white experience in Africa, "The Poisonwood Bible." At about the halfway mark, however, Fuller starts to become aware of her own unique positionality, particularly in her essay regarding the changing population of her boarding school after the end of the war in Zimbabwe. Here we see her finally confront the prejudices held by the white African population. From there, things become more problematic for Fuller and her family. The most telling essay, "Touching the Ground," involves Fuller, now 14, interacting with a black familiar within their home, and becoming aware of the crushing poverty, hunger, and disease which her black compatriots must face. Unfortunately, at this point Fuller chooses to fast forward through the next four years, which could perhaps have been the most rich for the reader in terms of understanding Fuller's identity formation. I have already picked up the next book, "Cocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness," as it tells her mother's life story. Nicola is indeed the most riveting figure of the book, the type of mother figure who no doubt would have driven a daughter raised within the pathologized American culture straight into therapy for years. Fuller's appreciation of her mother, of all aspects of her, both good and bad, is loving nonetheless. I look forward to this book, and hope that Fuller's voice will be much more consistent in telling her mother's story.
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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.