1 out of 2 found this helpful: to live, live hard, to face death, you know life is better
Mark Dong
Review: To Live
Yu Hua is one of the best author of China, his book can make people crying, laughting, thinking...
To Live, Yu Hua's most successful book, it told me the stories about death, when people only the meaning of death, they will know how to live.
"To Live" in Chinese, means live hard, it makes Chinese people feel powerful, people own more experience will know the true meaning of "To Live".
Fu Gui is the dramatis personae of this book, his relatives and friends dead one by one, including his father, mother wife, son, daughter, son-in-law, comrade in arms, atlast, his grandson dead for the reason eating to much. Fu Gui still to live, live hard, live hardships.
It narrates the stories about death, but it taught us how to live...
2008-04-06 19:41 | 1 comment
An eye opener!
JS(Hong Kong)
Review: The Complete Persepolis
Really an eye opener. For someone who knows so little about places outside Hong Kong, I was shocked again and again by what happens to people living in Iran. It makes me realise how lucky I am to have been born in Hong Kong and what a shame that I've always taken freedom as granted.
2008-03-22 02:21 | comment
A good read for people who are interested in art and design!
JS(Hong Kong)
Review: A Whole New Mind
Pretty good but I think the writer has oversimplified the trend a little. Be critical when you read! A must-read for anyone who's interested in design.
2008-03-22 02:15 | comment
相当不错哦啊
青蛙(Russia)
Review: The Notebook
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2008-02-23 21:35 | 2 comments
4 out of 4 found this helpful: Cry for the city,cry for our women,cry for my country...
kk(shenzhen)
Review: The Mourning for WWⅡ Comfort Women
Muting Zhang's patriotic music
"The Mourning for WWⅡ Comfort Women" —————
"War" in 1937, for those who experienced the War of the woman crying
殤 Shame
Aka: The Mourning for WW Ⅱ Comfort Women
Performers: Zhang Muting
Record: 1
Bar Code: 4719850843311
Issue: 2006-12-01
Publisher: Himalayan music career Inc.
Media: CD
Introduction
China news agency, Hong Kong, November 30-Taipei: "Sakura panes I Clothes, Lei Liu face, struggling…… unable to penetrate my chest petal, I love him, in which direction…… forever injury, as Drifting wind.
Japan claims Taiwan comfort women movement has entered the 15th year, the original 58 survivors, only 27 now.
Taiwan UNIFEM DAC, music, Zhang Muting the world today, such as comfort women theme song "War" will be translated into five languages, to the Global Voice.
According to the "United Evening News" on the 30th, February 25th, 2005, the Tokyo Supreme Court is scheduled Yan made "Taiwan comfort women asked the Japanese government to damages cases" against the major decisions, dragged from the infirm to Regenerated Japan sea litigation grandmother who could not help an old man in tears, the year Deng high Baozhu, Caguiyang, yellow End leave with regret that the world, who have forsaken the grandmother.
Reported that Taiwan University Institute of Postgraduate Muting the Nanjing Massacre to create the theme "1937" comfort women again this year launched the world's theme song "War", hopes to take advantage of "Shame" disseminated to arouse more global population, accompanied by their grandmother Fengchongcannian comfort women seeking belated justice.
MV see films grandmother passed away one after another, and this year 83-year-old Su Yin Jiao can not help crying out, she said, the same is also the sister of the comfort women have died, and their long lifetime can not expect to be compensated, the FPA poor her son to inconvenience themselves sick in the body, but the grief was revealed in her face full of wrinkles.
Muting Zhang, said that he had to find comfort women-related information, visit the surviving comfort women and sex slave by the site and found that the comfort women, the elderly per person per month has only 400 yuan relying on international assistance NT live, but the comfort women they still adhere to the Government of J...... full review
2007-12-22 23:12 | comment
Its a history book
pekkris(Beijing)
Review: The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci
But a pretty interesting one. It paints an intricate and well researched portrait of the time -- 1580-1610 in China.
Ricci was a Jesuit, and wanted to help mankind save itself. He also despised Buddhism and homosexuals. The Jesuits burned homosexuals alive at that time.
His dream of converting China to Christianity never came true. In some ways his life reminds me of George Orwell, another idealist who fought for a dream to better mankind.
In retrospect, Orwell, like Ricci, got it wrong, I think.
I wonder how many of us have it wrong too.
2007-12-16 09:22 | comment
Review
FreeAndEasy
Review: The Final Theory
Quite an eye-opener on the current state of science, with a very compelling completely alternate view of everything scientific. Claims to be the literal Theory Of Everything sought by science for centuries, and despite the dubious nature of such claims I'm finding it very difficult to dispute after reading it. Highly recommended read!
2007-11-01 16:28 | comment
goes well with a cup of coffee
Genecodes(Hong Kong)
Review: The Nanny Diaries
Nothing serious. This book is simply for killing time.
This book is recommended from one of my friends when I was planning to start my baby sitting job during this summer holiday. The fact is I just simply went through it within three hours at the starbucks yesterday afternoon, one cup of cappuccino and some puddings plus.
And it did remind me of the Devil Wears Prada. Mr X is really a big attraction in this book, anyways. A typical big mid-age barbie, blonde, stylish, cold and lifeless.
2007-09-24 01:33 | comment
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