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galitonwu -
I suggest you could read some fairy tale.
Just like Zheng Yuan Jie's '''PiPiLu and LuXiXi"". It is fit of adult.
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Jamie -
I'm reading a book called Chinese Lives : An Oral History of Contemporary China. It's a neat
glimpse into the private lives of a variety of people, written in the mid 80's.
skylee -
Lu, I think the Chinese version "ni hao ..." gives me much room of imagination of what she is
trying to say (though definitely not hello). I think the English version is as good as a
translation can be (it doesn't convey enough hatred though, as "hao" could be taken for 反话
meaning disagreement/dissatisfaction).
Thanks a lot for replying.
BeijingSlacker -
Plague -- by Albert Camus
I am reading it in Chinese, and the translation sucks as hell.
Jamie -
I like Albert Camus.
Question: has anyone read the book The Ugly Chinaman and the Crisis of Chinese Culture by Po Yang,
and have an opinion on it to share?
skylee -
I have not read any of 柏楊's books yet, but I have always intended to read his 中國人史綱,
which I've heard is very good.
Lu -
Still reading the Hongloumeng, and Dostoyevski's The Karamazov Brothers. Liked Dostojevski it at
first, then detested it more and more as it dragged on and on and became very boring, but now I'm
near the end and it's getting more interesting again. I don't think the old Russian authors are
really my thing, though. As Tolstoy in War and Peace, Dostoyevski is actually writing two books at
the same time, which doesn't do good to either. IMHO He should have written one book about his
ideas on faith and christianity, and one murder story.
Also reading 韩少功 Han Shaogong's 马桥词典 Maqiao cidian, I'm leaving for Taiwan in about
four weeks and I don't expect to finish it before then, but in the meantime it's good practice.
Just finished a Dutch book called Een stad van boeren (A city of farmers), very good book about
the migrants in the Chinese cities, where they come from, what they do, why they leave, what their
life in the city is like. Very good.
Yau -
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i have just finished reading "圍城" written by 錢鍾書 and cannot understand why people rave
about it
哎, 怎能這樣說.
it's one of the best novels i read. It goes deep into studying human nature and the loss of
intellectual, well-written, with huge sense of humour. No wonder why it always appears on the
complied list of the best novels in century, rated by different publications and scholars.
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Question: has anyone read the book The Ugly Chinaman and the Crisis of Chinese Culture by Po Yang,
and have an opinion on it to share?
I finished reading The Ugly Chinese when i was young. A piece of critcal study in the nature of
distorted chinese living today. It's worth reading to see how chinese views themselve.
In fact, there're a few highly famous writers that earned their reputation by criticisming chinese
nature, including the god-like type 魯迅, 陶傑, 龍應台. While 魯迅 is outdated to me, i
personally prefer to read books from the latter two writers. It may be a challenging read to
chinese learners but it's worth reading.
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I'm reading a book called Chinese Lives : An Oral History of Contemporary China. It's a neat
glimpse into the private lives of a variety of people, written in the mid 80's
Oxford published a few oral china history books, in english and chinese, that covers a few major
events and figures in hongkong, macao and mainland china. They touch my heart. I feel like walking
together with all the contributors, to witness the history by sharing their happiness and sorrow.
Quote:
I've just finished Soul Mountain by Gao Xingjian (in English). I don't think I'll attempt the
Chinese version any time soon! I've moved onto an anthology of classic short stories by various
writers.
Is it really worth a nobel prize? I bought it , spent one day on reading a few pages, and left it
in my bookselves for more than a year.
skylee -
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哎, 怎能這樣說.
當然我可以這樣說，因為我看過了，個人意見嘛 ...
I agree it has a great sense of humour (bordering on sarcasm). And I do like that character
趙辛楣. I find it over-rated, though ...
I have just finished 張愛玲's 對照記. If I can't find another book to read, I might have to
go back to 鹿鼎記, or start re-reading Henry James' "The American".
wushijiao -
I just finished "The Bridegroom" by Ha Jin. As usual, it was a good book (of short stories),
mixing dark humor, tales of apathy towards justice, revenge, while at the same time having a
bright "joie de vivre" of sorts. Amazing.
I'm also reading Wang Shuo's "我是你爸爸", which is also pretty funny.
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