Recovering academic, part-time artist, fulll-time explorer of the mind
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Ongelooflijk mooie zinnen, waarmee de auteur een heel specifieke sfeer in het naoorlogse Vlaanderen weet op te roepen, en ook spanning opbouwt. Ik had constant mijn grootouders voor ogen (die een andere ervaring hadden van WWII), en hoe het dorpsleven er aantoe ging gebaseerd op de verhalen die ik hoorde.
Heel veel blijft open voor de fantasie van de lezer, net zoals ik het graag heb, en toch is er een afgerond einde.
Stilwell and the American Experience in China, 1911–45 is a work of history written by …
(Read the first chapter a long time ago, now settling in to read through the entire thing, slowly)
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known by the title of "The Dream …
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!
"The Story of the Stone" (c. 1760), also known as "The Dream of the Red …
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.
Divided into five volumes, The Story of the Stone charts the glory and decline of …
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!
Osamu Tezuka's vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his eight-volume epic of …
Due to various circumstances not to do with the book, it took me ages to read. It’s a classic in the field, and well worth the time, great research and a great first book from a great author/scholar.
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.
