Archive for the ‘memoir’ Category
Chinese Cinderella
Fabulous book. Enough said. Yeah, like I could ever leave a book review at that. So, let me jabber on about it for a bit. I have a tendency to feel a bit ho-hum about memoirs. They are generally very interesting, but I usually can’t get over the poor writing. I feel like I’ve gotten [...]
January 23, 2008
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Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution
I couldn’t put this one down. Like most autobiographies, the prose lacks sophistication, but you hardly notice that here–the story itself is just too powerful, so far outside of our own experiences. Here are a few examples, just to peak your interest: “I worried about An Yi’s mother, too. Teacher Wei’s situation was very bad. [...]
July 25, 2007
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Night by Elie Wiesel
The New York Times calls it “a slim volume of terrifying power” and I have to agree. I couldn’t stand to leave a bookmark in it for more than two days–I just had to get it over with. At the same time I felt a need to grieve, like I should read it once a [...]
July 1, 2007
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