Старая шутка

но у меня почему-то каждый раз вызывает приступ счастливого детского смеха
http://community.livejournal.com/polska/217452.html

Старая шутка

но у меня почему-то каждый раз вызывает приступ счастливого детского смеха
http://community.livejournal.com/polska/217452.html

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Hardboiled and Hard Luck

Banana Yoshimoto

 

Начало книги завораживает. Вроде ничего особенного не происходит, но пробирает мороз по коже, как в начальном эпизоде "Spirited away". Посмотрим, что дальше будет.  (show more)

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Banana Yoshimoto's depiction of the lives of Japanese youth has changed her country's literature and earned international acclaim. In Hardboiled & Hard Luck, this internationally best-selling author delivers two tales of resonant grace, of young women coming to terms with change and heartbreak. In "Hardboiled," the narrator is hiking in the mountains on an anniversary she has forgotten about, the anniversary of her ex-lover's death. As she nears her hotel, a sense of haunting falls over her. That night she dreams of her ex-lover, and is visited by a woman who may not exist-perhaps these eerie events will help her make peace with her loss. "Hard Luck" features a young woman whose sister is dying and lies in a coma. Her fiancé left her after the accident, but his brother continues to visit, and as the two of them make peace with the impending loss of their loved one, they seem to find new hope for the future in their own new bond. Hardboiled & Hard Luck is a small jewel of a book, a work of resilient sweetness that will move readers deeply. (show less)

 

 

Current reading (test)

Hardboiled and Hard Luck

Banana Yoshimoto

 

Начало книги завораживает. Вроде ничего особенного не происходит, но пробирает мороз по коже, как в начальном эпизоде "Spirited away". Посмотрим, что дальше будет.  (show more)

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Banana Yoshimoto's depiction of the lives of Japanese youth has changed her country's literature and earned international acclaim. In Hardboiled & Hard Luck, this internationally best-selling author delivers two tales of resonant grace, of young women coming to terms with change and heartbreak. In "Hardboiled," the narrator is hiking in the mountains on an anniversary she has forgotten about, the anniversary of her ex-lover's death. As she nears her hotel, a sense of haunting falls over her. That night she dreams of her ex-lover, and is visited by a woman who may not exist-perhaps these eerie events will help her make peace with her loss. "Hard Luck" features a young woman whose sister is dying and lies in a coma. Her fiancé left her after the accident, but his brother continues to visit, and as the two of them make peace with the impending loss of their loved one, they seem to find new hope for the future in their own new bond. Hardboiled & Hard Luck is a small jewel of a book, a work of resilient sweetness that will move readers deeply. (show less)

 

 

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What Jane Austen Taught Me About Love and Romance

Debra White Smith

A few trivialities (i.e., Fanny Price is thoroughly good and meek, while Elisabeth Bennett is somewhat prideful) diluted with anecdotes from the author's own life and quotes from the Bible. You will like it if you need to justify some light reading for the reason of it "being good for your soul", or if you are a huge fan of Jane Austen and will read anything with her name on the cover.





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What Jane Austen Taught Me About Love and Romance

Debra White Smith

A few trivialities (i.e., Fanny Price is thoroughly good and meek, while Elisabeth Bennett is somewhat prideful) diluted with anecdotes from the author's own life and quotes from the Bible. You will like it if you need to justify some light reading for the reason of it "being good for your soul", or if you are a huge fan of Jane Austen and will read anything with her name on the cover.





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Schild's Ladder : A Novel 

Greg Egan





Не понравилось. Может быть, физика мира, придуманного автором, и крута, но персонажи слишком картонные. Его же "Distress" гораздо лучше, там, по крайней мере, люди похожи на людей, а не на дубоватых взаимозаменяемых персонажей компьютерной игры.

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Рецензия на прочитанное

Schild's Ladder : A Novel 

Greg Egan





Не понравилось. Может быть, физика мира, придуманного автором, и крута, но персонажи слишком картонные. Его же "Distress" гораздо лучше, там, по крайней мере, люди похожи на людей, а не на дубоватых взаимозаменяемых персонажей компьютерной игры.

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Peter Jones Kahkewaquonaby



Peter Jones (1802-56), known in Ojibwa as Kahkewaquonaby, son of surveyor Augustus Jones and Tuhbenahneequay, a Mississauga Indian, was ordained a Methodist minister in 1833.

Peter Jones (January 1, 1802 – June 29, 1856) was an Ojibwa Methodist minister, translator, chief and author from Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. His Ojibwa name was Kahkewāquonāby (Gakiiwegwanebi in the Fiero spelling), which means "[Sacred] Waving Feathers". In Mohawk, he was called Desagondensta, meaning "he stands people on their feet". In his youth his band of Mississaugas had been on the verge of destruction. As a preacher and a chieftain, as a role model and as a liaison to governments, his leadership helped his people survive contact with Europeans.

Peter Jones Kahkewaquonaby on Wikipedia

Просто так - картинка из истории Канады

Peter Jones Kahkewaquonaby



Peter Jones (1802-56), known in Ojibwa as Kahkewaquonaby, son of surveyor Augustus Jones and Tuhbenahneequay, a Mississauga Indian, was ordained a Methodist minister in 1833.

Peter Jones (January 1, 1802 – June 29, 1856) was an Ojibwa Methodist minister, translator, chief and author from Burlington Heights, Upper Canada. His Ojibwa name was Kahkewāquonāby (Gakiiwegwanebi in the Fiero spelling), which means "[Sacred] Waving Feathers". In Mohawk, he was called Desagondensta, meaning "he stands people on their feet". In his youth his band of Mississaugas had been on the verge of destruction. As a preacher and a chieftain, as a role model and as a liaison to governments, his leadership helped his people survive contact with Europeans.

Peter Jones Kahkewaquonaby on Wikipedia