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vijayjohn wrote:I guess that means you finished 『金閣寺』, too? How was that?
azhong wrote:At any rate, she got her PhD degree as a doctor in British
That's what I've known so far.
vijayjohn wrote:azhong wrote:At any rate, she got her PhD degree as a doctor in British
Do you mean in Britain? (By the way, I noticed that Wikipedia just says she "studied medicine," but your phrasing is much more precise and easier to understand).
azhong wrote:This is not the focus of this book, anyway; her life experiences are. They are so unbelievably miserable.
azhong wrote:I believe some of you have also read Higashino's books ever, have you not?
azhong wrote:Malice, twice together.
Both are written by the productive Japanese writer Keigo Higashino well known mainly for his mystery novels.
The reading pleasure is mostly from the story that is developed , is twisted and finally ended in a way out of your predict.
I read them in Chinese, but I know the English translations of the two can also be free accessed on the internet,
if you are seeking some soft reads for fun, interested to understand human natures, or studying to write a story.
I believe some of you have also read Higashino's books ever, have you not?
The theme of Malice is about something dark of the mind; that of the other work, on the opposite, love.
Yasna wrote:I also watched the TV adaptation of 白夜行 (Journey Under the Midnight Sun), but haven't gotten around to reading the novel yet. Do you have a favorite Higashino novel?
vijayjohn wrote:The theme of Malice is about something dark of the mind; that of the other work, on the opposite, love.
I'm a little confused by this, especially by what you mean by "that of the other work."
azhong wrote:I give it a try again:
The theme of Malice is about something dark of the human mind. The theme of the other work, on the opposite, is about love -- not the moving love between a couple but the more selfless one between friends or even strangers.
Is it still a valuable information to anyone here that 紅樓夢 (Dream of the Red Chamber), published in the mid-18th century, is a classic Chinese novel and definitely worth reading? it's highly esteemed as one of the Four Greatest Chinese Novels. (I add this to meet the topic of this thread, so as not to get disliked by anyone of you for me revising my sentences here. ^_^)
vijayjohn wrote:I am now 3/5 of the way through 聊斋故事 because I've read the first 12 out of 20 stories. I also read the first 7 out of the 15 chapters of Practical Chinese Reader IV and am now reading chapter 7 out of 11 in മലയാള വ്യാകരണം (the grammar in Malayalam I've been reading).
I'm also in the middle of Chapter 4 in Heritage and Remembrances.
I hazard the guess that it's a humourous ending. If I'll introduce an anticlimax by asking the writer to explain his own humour, I can just leave it as a humour I don't understand because of the language gap.Rí.na.dTeangacha wrote: ...well, there go my rose-tinted glasses about a pre-fake news, sensible before-time!
Does anyone have any idea of the books the author talks about, books about one century years ago?so much of current writing outside of the sphere of exact sciences manifests so little concern with truth.
Rí.na.dTeangacha wrote:I'm currently reading How To Read A Book by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles Van Doren. It was recommended by Prof. Arguelles (I'm sure some of you are familiar with his YT channel, if not definitely chrck him out!).
The book was written 82 years ago basically as a kind of study guide. The main point of the book is to exhort the reader to try to read well, as opposed to lazily or quickly.
azhong wrote:I hazard the guess that it's a humourous ending. If I'll introduce an anticlimax by asking the writer to explain his own humour, I can just leave it as a humour I don't understand because of the language gap.Rí.na.dTeangacha wrote: ...well, there go my rose-tinted glasses about a pre-fake news, sensible before-time!
BTW, back to the theme of the quoted passage:Does anyone have any idea of the books the author talks about, books about one century years ago?so much of current writing outside of the sphere of exact sciences manifests so little concern with truth.
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