The imperial couple is sitting inside the palace on the left.the warrior-guardians are standing and the manservants are by the fire in the garden
The court ladies are table setting on the corridor.
the ladies are playing the
fan tossing game.
The imperial couple is sitting inside the palace on the left.
The court ladies are table setting on the corridor.
the ladies are playing the
fan tossing game.
Hey, how's everything going? I have almost finished the book, Super Sad True Love Story. The novel is exceptional and I have been enthralled by all the writer's expressions and words. Gary Shteyngart also entertains readers with his Jewish humor, which can be self-deprecating.
ReplyDeleteI have also realized, as a new immigrant, that compared to full-blooded American literature, immigrant American literature can be much more colorful and realistic, such as multi-cuture, for example, the differences between Korean and Jewish cultures. Also, the author sprinkles Korean, Yiddish and Hebrew expressions throughout the book. I liked it a lot.
How did you find this book, by the way? What made you read the story? Have you ever thought about majorities and minorities? I am a double, maybe triple, minority in the United States because I am not white, non-native English speaker, nor Christian. It could be that the novel wants to explain that the duty of all human beings, including you and me, is to try to understand what others experience. I have met some Japanese who are xenophobic when I lived there and I felt extremely empathetic toward them. Why wouldn't they attempt to open their minds and learn other cultures? It is too easy to dismiss others, to think, "our story is the most important," most terrible. That is not a good way to live together. However, history is important, too. It's continuous, not closed door. It lives inside all of us, whether we want to admit it or not. We need to respect each other, and that includes respect for people of the past. Literature is part of that, a small but important part. Teaching is part of that, for some people like you. For others it's political action. For others it's personal acts of kindness, like what you do sometimes for me. Literature also includes giving people a break, giving books a break, not judging other people's experience so quickly. That's what I learned from the book..........
so what are you reading now???
glad you liked it :)
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