If you're not crying when you're reading at the climax of this volume are you even human? Hm... Considering our two protagonists, maybe not!
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tinebeest finished reading The Debt of Tears by Cao Xueqin (The Story of the Stone, #04)
tinebeest finished reading The Dreamer Wakes by Cao Xueqin (The Story of the Stone, #05)
Yes, Gao E finishes things in a way that not everybody may be happy with. Did Cao Xueqin set the book up to end in this way or did Gao E egg on the allegory too much? I dunno, but darn it, I still like this 120 chapter edition and how Bao-yu gets to where he supposedly needs to be.
tinebeest reviewed The Golden Days by Cao Xueqin (The Story of the Stone, #01)
Part 1 of 5 -- still a classic
5 stars
I read this when I started my Chinese Studies degree many years ago, used a few chapters in teaching, re-read the whole first volume (this one) a few years back and just keep being floored by the quality of the writing and translation. Best novel ever? Happy to give it this accolade if it gets you reading the thing. Four more volumes of thickening plot after this one!
tinebeest finished reading Ergens waar je niet wil zijn by Brecht Evens
Ergens waar je niet wil zijn by Brecht Evens
Ballonstrip.
tinebeest finished reading Buddha, Vol. 3: Devadatta (Buddha, #3) by Osamu Tezuka
tinebeest finished reading Buddha, Vol. 2 by Osamu Tezuka
Buddha, Vol. 2 by Osamu Tezuka
Osamu Tezuka's vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of …
tinebeest finished reading Is links gewoon slimmer? Ideologie aan onze universiteiten by Andreas De Block
Interesting ideas to engage with but still thinking there is something more to why leftist ideas are more prevalent at unis and probably has something to do with class/background as the professorate is shifting. Older colleagues often were less left (even outspoken right wing) but they also were of the male pale and stale variety so have more to lose by giving up the status quo. I need to think a bit more through this.