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Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đỗ Xuân Thảo
I am in a heavy reading phase because I am away from home. Away from my husband, dog, sewing machine, housework and etc. This book was very readable.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hồ Mộng Nhã Uyển (Mina Ho Ferrante)
Probably my least favorite of his plays.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi:
This is the third of the voyeuristic readings I've been doing on these gay lovers of long ago, Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas. After reading "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" (by Gertrude) and "Staying on Alone: Letters of Alice B. Toklas" (by Alice) I got the impression that it was more of a platonic, literary partnership between the couple. I was mistaken. They did have lots of sex. Gertrude was the "husband" and Alice called her "lovey"; while Alice was the wife and Gertrude's term of endearment for her was, well, "pussy." One enduring literary mystery in the lives of these two great lovers is what "caesars" were. "Cows" are easy--they were orgasms. "Cows are very nice. They are between the legs," wrote Gertrude. Cows made both of them very pleased: "A cow has come he is pleased and she is content as a cow came and went...And now a little scene with a queen contented by the cow which has come and been sent and been seen. A dear dearest queen." "Caesars" seemed to be what cows need. Gertrude wrote in one of her stories: "Have Caesars a duty. Yes their duty is to a cow. Will they do their duty by the cow. Yes now and with pleasure." Could Caesars be the fingers and the tongue? In another piece, Gertrude wrote: "All of us worship a cow. How. By introducing and producing and extension. How. You know about pipes. A shepherd has pipes. So he has. And so have I. I do mention this and that, it is true of a pussy and a cat, that this is that and that is this and you are sleepy with a kiss. Who miss, us. Why misses us, who dismisses us. We kiss us. Very well. She is very well. And as to cow which is mentioned anyhow. A cow is mentioned anyhow. Thank you Romans Caesars and all. I say it to you and I say it to you I say it to you how I love my little jew. I say it to you and I say it to you. I say it to you and I say it to you. I say it to you." Those of you who have not read Gertrude Stein yet, or has read only her "The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas" would wonder what kind of writing is that. Well, that was the way Gertrude wrote. Before "The Autobiography...", in fact, she had had no success as a writer, getting rejection letters from publishers one after the other. One publisher even wrote back, mimicking and mocking her strange repetitive prose: "19 April 1912 Dear Madam I am only one, only one, only one. Only one being, one at the same time. Not two, not three, only one. Only one life to live, only sixty minutes in one hour. Only one pair of eyes. Only one brain. Only one being. Being only one, having only one pair of eyes, having only one time, having only one life, I cannot read your MS three or four times. Not even one time. Only one look, only one look is enough. Hardly one copy would sell here. Hardly one. Many thanks. I am returning the MS by registered post. Only one MS by one post. Sincerely yours..." Even Gertrude's brother Leo, with whom she was quite attached when they were young, considered her as a "fake intellectual...who write in Jargon because (she) can't get enough effect with decent English." The siblings died hating each other. After I read and reviewed "The Autobiography..." [the novel which made Gertrude famous, ironically written not in her usual style, but in the style she imagined Alice would have written her (Alice's) autobiography] I was so excited to read next her "The Making of Americans" and I asked my brother, who has a copy, to lend it to me. First, he said he'll read it first (as was his practice). After some time, however, he suddenly said he can't find the book anymore. That, to me, was another literary mystery. How can such a thick volume which no one has borrowed be possibly missed or misplaced? Is it not likely that he started reading it and got stranded in its infuriating Gertrudisms like the above? Indeed, how to read an unreadable book like this? Find someone who had praised it or its author. Do we have one for Gertrude? Yes, author Edmund Wilson. He had written that although Gertrude wrote NONSENSE: "One should not talk about 'nonsense' until one has decided what sense consists of...Most of us balk at her soporific rigmaroles, her echolaic incantations, her half-witted sounding catalogues of numbers. Most of us read her less and less. Yet remembering especially her early work, we are still always aware of her presence in the background of contemporary literature...And whenever we pick up her writings, however unintelligible we may find them, we are aware of a literary personality of unmistakable originality and distinction." Ah, how sweet it is to be nonsensical and unintelligible and yet be praised!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyễn Ngọc Tư
In this focused memoir, Murakami talks mostly about writing and running and manages to slide in a fair amount of (his) philosophy too. I enjoyed it the first time I read it. I enjoyed it more the second time. I had only relatively recently picked running back up the first time I read it. I'd become a relatively serious runner the second. I haven't the slightest idea how it would suit someone who does not run but I find it inspirational.
I liked the use of the different viewpoints of a number of the characters in the book,story is heart-warming and heart-breaking.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Vũ Thanh Lịch
I gave it three stars because it was a pleasurable read. I liked the style of the book; it was charming. When I stopped to think about the content it was a bit strange to read a fluffy book about the fallout of the WWII. Does that make sense? Cute read but I couldn't tell my dude to read it--it's too girly. I let my mother-in-law borrow it. :) Lauren, I think you should read it next. Thanks for the book!
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thiên Phúc
Leaf by Niggle. Excellent.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Thu Giang Nguyễn Duy Cần
I'm a big fan of recreating art with a slight spin to it. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is a perfect example of using a classic story and upgrading it with what's hot today. Zombies, an element that has been making itself at home in modern day films for the last decade, were the perfect touch, without actually destroying Jane Austen's masterpiece. Same story, but with zombies. Traditionally for teens and a clever way to introduce them to classics.
Like many young children, I grew up with the story of Noah and the Ark by heart...the flood, the fuzzy cuddly animals living two by two in the huge expanse of the Ark, the dove and the rainbow and the happily ever after. But what if it wasn't like that? What if Noah had a daughter who didn't necessarily agree with her father's actions? Most of this book is told by Timna, Noah's daughter, who is quietly cynical about knowing her place in the family ("A daughter is not the same blessing as a son, after all...They are the only ones who will be mentioned a hundred years from now when people tell our story. I know I won't figure." p.2). Other voices, including Noah's sons, their wives, even the animals on the Ark, contribute to this very dark tale. The Ark is foul and frightening at times, and just when I came to some hope in the book, despair would overtake and I found myself slamming it shut and having to walk away. I imagine this book might be very offensive to people who are staunchly fundamentalist or not strong enough in their faith to challenge it. So it's not for everyone. Nonetheless, this is a very well written story and one of my favorite books.
Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Born
I've read this book some years ago, and I loved it. I've read it two times, one for school, to show it in the classroom. This is a good book. Stargil is a mistery. Who is she? From where is she? Why is she like she is? There are lots of questions we can make about her, but there is something I guess all know about her. She changed the way the others were, in the end. In the end they liked her, after telling things about her and after cheating on her. She is a great character and she helped everyone on her school and everywhere. The story is great and is a great book to give to young adults read, so they can see that, the diference can be a gift!
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.