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卮亘蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 爻賮乇 亘賴 趩蹖賳
卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦乇賵賲賳禄 賲噩乇蹖 蹖賰蹖 丕夭 賲毓乇賵賮鈥屫臂屬� 亘乇賳丕賲賴鈥屬囏й� 鬲賱賵蹖夭蹖賵賳蹖 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 乇丕亘胤賴鈥屫й� 亘爻蹖丕乇 爻乇丿 亘丕賴賲 丿丕乇賳丿 鬲賳賴丕 賳賯胤賴 乇賵卮賳 夭賳丿诏蹖 丕賵 倬爻乇賰賵趩賰卮 芦爻丕蹖賲賵賳禄 丕爻鬲. 爻丕蹖賲賵賳 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 丕亘鬲丿丕蹖 賯氐賴 诏賲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 丕賵 賵 倬賱蹖爻 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賰賵丿讴 賲蹖鈥屭必嗀� 丕賲丕 賴蹖趩 丕孬乇蹖 丕夭 丕賵 倬蹖丿丕 賳賲蹖鈥屬冑嗁嗀�. 丨鬲蹖 噩爻丿卮 賳蹖夭 賰卮賮 賳賲蹖鈥屫促堌�. 乇賮鬲賴鈥屫辟佖� 乇賵丨 賵 噩爻賲 芦乇賵賲賳禄 乇賵 亘賴 夭賵丕賱 賲蹖鈥屫辟堌� 賵 夭賳丿诏蹖卮 丌讴賳丿賴 丕夭 噩賳賵賳 賵 丨爻乇鬲 賲蹖鈥屫促堌� 賵 賲賳夭賱鬲 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖鈥屫ж� 丕夭 丿爻鬲 賲蹖鈥屫辟堌�.
167 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
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David Gilmour
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David Gilmour is a novelist who has earned critical praise from literary figures as diverse as William Burroughs and Northrop Frye, and from publications as different as the New York Times to People magazine. The author of six novels, he also hosted the award-winning Gilmour on the Arts. In 2005, his novel A Perfect Night to Go to China won the Governor General鈥檚 Award for Fiction. His next book, The Film Club, was a finalist for the 2008 Charles Taylor Prize. It became an international bestseller, and has sold over 200,000 copies in Germany and over 100,000 copies in Brazil. He lives in Toronto with his wife.
David Gilmour is a novelist who has earned critical praise from literary figures as diverse as William Burroughs and Northrop Frye, and from publications as different as the New York Times to People magazine. The author of six novels, he also hosted the award-winning Gilmour on the Arts. In 2005, his novel A Perfect Night to Go to China won the Governor General鈥檚 Award for Fiction. His next book, The Film Club, was a finalist for the 2008 Charles Taylor Prize. It became an international bestseller, and has sold over 200,000 copies in Germany and over 100,000 copies in Brazil. He lives in Toronto with his wife.
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亘丕蹖丿 亘賱賳丿 賲蹖卮丿賲貙 亘丕蹖丿 丌卮倬夭禺丕賳賴 讴賵趩讴 丕鬲丕賯賲 乇丕 鬲賲蹖夭 賲蹖讴乇丿賲貙 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕丿丕賲賴 賲蹖丿丕丿賲 蹖丕 丕蹖賳讴賴 賲蹖乇賮鬲賲 倬丕蹖蹖賳 亘賴 爻乇爻乇丕蹖 賴鬲賱. 丕夭 賲丕賳丿賳 讴賳丕乇 夭禺賲 賴丕蹖賲 丿乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 趩蹖夭蹖 毓丕蹖丿賲 賳賲蹖卮丿. 趩蹖夭蹖 賳亘賵丿 讴賴 亘賴 丌賳 賮讴乇 讴賳賲貙 賴蹖趩 趩蹖夭 噩丿蹖丿 蹖丕 爻賵丿賲賳丿蹖 賳亘賵丿貙 賮賯胤 賴賲丕賳 賮蹖賱賲 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 賲賳 禺爻鬲賴 讴賴 亘賴 胤乇賮 倬丕蹖蹖賳 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賲蹖乇賮鬲賲貙 趩賳丿 鬲丕 丌亘噩賵 賲蹖禺賵乇丿賲貙 亘賴 丿禺鬲乇賴丕蹖 诏乇賵賴 賲賵爻蹖賯蹖 賱亘禺賳丿 賲蹖夭丿賲貙 亘賴 禺丕賳賴 亘乇賲蹖诏卮鬲賲. 亘賵蹖 丕賵 丿乇 禺丕賳賴貙 鬲禺鬲 禺丕賱蹖貙 亘賴 鬲毓丿丕丿 賱讴賴 賴丕蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖 讴賴 賲蹖鬲賵丕賳 丿乇 蹖讴 賮蹖賱賲 丿蹖丿貙 亘賴 丌賳 賲賵囟賵毓 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賴 亘賵丿賲.
卮禺氐賷鬲 丕氐賱賷 丕賷賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 乇賵賲賳貙 賲乇丿 鬲賳賴丕賷賷 丕爻鬲 賰賴 賲噩乇賷 賷賰賷 丕夭 賲毓乇賵賮鈥屫辟娰� 賵 倬乇亘賷賳賳丿賴鈥屫辟娰� 亘乇賳丕賲賴鈥屬囏з� 鬲賱賵賷夭賷賵賳賷 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 乇丕亘胤賴鈥屫з� 亘爻賷丕乇 爻乇丿 賵 賲賰丕賳賷賰賷 亘丕賴賲 丿丕乇賳丿 鬲丕 噩丕賷賷 賰賴 诏賷賱賲賵乇 賳丕賲 丕賵 乇丕 亘丕 丨乇賮 丕禺鬲氐丕乇賷 丕賵賱 丕爻賲卮 亘賷丕賳 賲賷鈥屬冑嗀�. 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 鬲賳賴丕 賳賯胤賴 乇賵卮賳 夭賳丿诏賷 丕賵 倬爻乇賰賵趩賰卮 爻丕賷賲賵賳 丕爻鬲. 爻丕賷賲賵賳 賰賵趩賰 賵 夭賷亘丕 賰賴 丿乇 丕賷賳 賳丕亘爻丕賲丕賳賷 毓賴丿賴鈥屫ж� 鬲賲丕賲 賳賯卮鈥屬囏з� 卮丕丿賷鈥屫①堌� 夭賳丿诏賷 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 卮丿賴 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 丕亘鬲丿丕賷 賯氐賴 诏賲 賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 乇賵賲賳 賱丨馗賴鈥屫з� 丕賵 乇丕 賰賴 丿乇 鬲禺鬲禺賵丕亘卮 禺賵丕亘賷丿賴 鬲賳賴丕 賲賷鈥屭柏ж必� 賵 亘賴 賰丕賮賴 乇賵亘賴鈥屫辟堎� 禺丕賳賴 賲賷鈥屫辟堌� 賵 趩賳丿 丿賯賷賯賴 亘毓丿 亘丕 賳丕亘丕賵乇賷 賲賷鈥屫ㄙ娰嗀� 賰賴 丕鬲丕賯鈥屫堌ж� 爻丕賷賲賵賳 禺丕賱賷 丕爻鬲 賵 乇丿賷 丕夭 丕賵 丿乇 噩丕賷賷 賳賷爻鬲貙 丕賵 賵 倬賱賷爻 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賰賵丿賰 賲賷鈥屭必嗀� 丕賲丕 賴賷趩 丕孬乇賷 丕夭 丕賵 倬賷丿丕 賳賲賷鈥屬冑嗁嗀� 丨鬲賷 噩爻丿卮 賳賷夭 賰卮賮 賳賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 丕賳诏丕乇 丿爻鬲賷 丕夭 睾賷亘 鬲賳賴丕 丿賱禺賵卮賷 丕賷賳 賲乇丿 鬲賳賴丕 乇丕 丕夭 丕賵 賲賷鈥屭娯必� 賵 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丕賷賳 噩乇賷丕賳 賴賲賴 丕毓鬲亘丕乇 卮睾賱賷 賵 賲丨亘賵亘賷鬲卮 丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴貙 丿乇丌賲丿卮貙 亘丕賯賷 賲丕賳丿賴 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 夭賳丕卮賵賷賷 賵 丨鬲賷 爻賱丕賲鬲賷 噩爻賲 賵 乇賵丨卮 賳賷夭 亘賴 亘丕丿 賲賷鈥屫辟堌�. 賴賲爻乇卮 (賰賴 丕賵 乇丕 賲賯氐乇 賲賷鈥屫з嗀�)鈥� 賳賲賷鈥屫堌з囏� 亘亘賷賳丿卮 賵 賰賲鈥屬冑� 賳亘賵丿 爻丕賷賲賵賳 亘乇丕賷 乇賵賲賳 噩賳賵賳賷 賲賷鈥屫促堌� 賰賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 賳丕亘賵丿賷 賲賷鈥屬冐簇з嗀�. 丕賵 亘賴 丕毓鬲賷丕丿 倬賳丕賴 賲賷鈥屫ㄘ必� 賵 丕毓鬲賷丕丿 亘丕毓孬 亘賷賰丕乇賷卮 賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 賰丕乇 亘賴 噩丕賷賷 賲賷鈥屫必池� 賰賴 丕賵 丿爻鬲 亘賴 爻乇賯鬲 賲賷 夭賳丿. 丕夭 賷賰 賲噩乇賷 爻乇卮賳丕爻 亘賴 賷賰 丕賳爻丕賳 睾賷乇丕禺賱丕賯賷 賵 睾賷乇丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 鬲亘丿賷賱 賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 乇賵賲賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲賯氐乇 賲賷鈥屫з嗀� 亘賴 賴賲丿賱賷 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賰賲賰 賲賷鈥屬冑嗀�. 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 亘禺賵亘賷 賳卮丕賳 賲賷鈥屫囏� 賰賴 噩賴丕賳 賳丕丕賲賳賷 賰賴 賲丕 乇丕 丿乇 亘乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘乇丕丨鬲賷 丿乇 趩卮賲 亘乇 賴賲 夭丿賳賷貙 賲賷鈥屸€屫堌з嗀� 鬲賲丕賲 丿賱禺賵卮賷鈥屬囏з� 賲丕 乇丕 亘诏賷乇丿. 丕賲丕 丌賳趩賴 賰賴 亘丕夭賷乇賰賷 趩賵賳 乇賵丨賷 丿乇 賰丕賱亘丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿賲賷丿賴 卮丿賴貙 鬲毓賱賷賯 賲賷丕賳 丿賵 賮囟丕賷 賲丕丿賷 賵 賲毓賳賵賷 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 賲毓賱賯 賳诏賴鈥屫ж簇� 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲賷丕賳 丕賷賳 丿賵 賮囟丕爻鬲. (丌蹖賴 讴蹖丕賳倬賵乇 鈥� 噩丕賲 噩賲)
趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 睾蹖乇 賯丕亘賱 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖 讴賳賴 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 賴賲蹖賳 胤賵乇 讴賴 賴爻鬲 亘丕賯蹖 賲蹖 賲賵賳賴 賵 丕丿丕賲賴 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖 讴賳賴. 丕賲丕 賲賳 亘賴 卮賲丕 賲蹖 诏賲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 胤賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲.
卮禺氐賷鬲 丕氐賱賷 丕賷賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳貙 乇賵賲賳貙 賲乇丿 鬲賳賴丕賷賷 丕爻鬲 賰賴 賲噩乇賷 賷賰賷 丕夭 賲毓乇賵賮鈥屫辟娰� 賵 倬乇亘賷賳賳丿賴鈥屫辟娰� 亘乇賳丕賲賴鈥屬囏з� 鬲賱賵賷夭賷賵賳賷 丕爻鬲. 丕賵 賵 賴賲爻乇卮 乇丕亘胤賴鈥屫з� 亘爻賷丕乇 爻乇丿 賵 賲賰丕賳賷賰賷 亘丕賴賲 丿丕乇賳丿 鬲丕 噩丕賷賷 賰賴 诏賷賱賲賵乇 賳丕賲 丕賵 乇丕 亘丕 丨乇賮 丕禺鬲氐丕乇賷 丕賵賱 丕爻賲卮 亘賷丕賳 賲賷鈥屬冑嗀�. 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 鬲賳賴丕 賳賯胤賴 乇賵卮賳 夭賳丿诏賷 丕賵 倬爻乇賰賵趩賰卮 爻丕賷賲賵賳 丕爻鬲. 爻丕賷賲賵賳 賰賵趩賰 賵 夭賷亘丕 賰賴 丿乇 丕賷賳 賳丕亘爻丕賲丕賳賷 毓賴丿賴鈥屫ж� 鬲賲丕賲 賳賯卮鈥屬囏з� 卮丕丿賷鈥屫①堌� 夭賳丿诏賷 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 卮丿賴 丿乇 賴賲丕賳 丕亘鬲丿丕賷 賯氐賴 诏賲 賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 乇賵賲賳 賱丨馗賴鈥屫з� 丕賵 乇丕 賰賴 丿乇 鬲禺鬲禺賵丕亘卮 禺賵丕亘賷丿賴 鬲賳賴丕 賲賷鈥屭柏ж必� 賵 亘賴 賰丕賮賴 乇賵亘賴鈥屫辟堎� 禺丕賳賴 賲賷鈥屫辟堌� 賵 趩賳丿 丿賯賷賯賴 亘毓丿 亘丕 賳丕亘丕賵乇賷 賲賷鈥屫ㄙ娰嗀� 賰賴 丕鬲丕賯鈥屫堌ж� 爻丕賷賲賵賳 禺丕賱賷 丕爻鬲 賵 乇丿賷 丕夭 丕賵 丿乇 噩丕賷賷 賳賷爻鬲貙 丕賵 賵 倬賱賷爻 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 賰賵丿賰 賲賷鈥屭必嗀� 丕賲丕 賴賷趩 丕孬乇賷 丕夭 丕賵 倬賷丿丕 賳賲賷鈥屬冑嗁嗀� 丨鬲賷 噩爻丿卮 賳賷夭 賰卮賮 賳賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 丕賳诏丕乇 丿爻鬲賷 丕夭 睾賷亘 鬲賳賴丕 丿賱禺賵卮賷 丕賷賳 賲乇丿 鬲賳賴丕 乇丕 丕夭 丕賵 賲賷鈥屭娯必� 賵 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 丕賷賳 噩乇賷丕賳 賴賲賴 丕毓鬲亘丕乇 卮睾賱賷 賵 賲丨亘賵亘賷鬲卮 丿乇 噩丕賲毓賴貙 丿乇丌賲丿卮貙 亘丕賯賷 賲丕賳丿賴 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 夭賳丕卮賵賷賷 賵 丨鬲賷 爻賱丕賲鬲賷 噩爻賲 賵 乇賵丨卮 賳賷夭 亘賴 亘丕丿 賲賷鈥屫辟堌�. 賴賲爻乇卮 (賰賴 丕賵 乇丕 賲賯氐乇 賲賷鈥屫з嗀�)鈥� 賳賲賷鈥屫堌з囏� 亘亘賷賳丿卮 賵 賰賲鈥屬冑� 賳亘賵丿 爻丕賷賲賵賳 亘乇丕賷 乇賵賲賳 噩賳賵賳賷 賲賷鈥屫促堌� 賰賴 丕賵 乇丕 亘賴 賳丕亘賵丿賷 賲賷鈥屬冐簇з嗀�. 丕賵 亘賴 丕毓鬲賷丕丿 倬賳丕賴 賲賷鈥屫ㄘ必� 賵 丕毓鬲賷丕丿 亘丕毓孬 亘賷賰丕乇賷卮 賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 賰丕乇 亘賴 噩丕賷賷 賲賷鈥屫必池� 賰賴 丕賵 丿爻鬲 亘賴 爻乇賯鬲 賲賷 夭賳丿. 丕夭 賷賰 賲噩乇賷 爻乇卮賳丕爻 亘賴 賷賰 丕賳爻丕賳 睾賷乇丕禺賱丕賯賷 賵 睾賷乇丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷 鬲亘丿賷賱 賲賷鈥屫促堌�. 乇賵賲賳 禺賵丿 乇丕 賲賯氐乇 賲賷鈥屫з嗀� 亘賴 賴賲丿賱賷 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賰賲賰 賲賷鈥屬冑嗀�. 賳賵賷爻賳丿賴 亘禺賵亘賷 賳卮丕賳 賲賷鈥屫囏� 賰賴 噩賴丕賳 賳丕丕賲賳賷 賰賴 賲丕 乇丕 丿乇 亘乇 诏乇賮鬲賴 亘乇丕丨鬲賷 丿乇 趩卮賲 亘乇 賴賲 夭丿賳賷貙 賲賷鈥屸€屫堌з嗀� 鬲賲丕賲 丿賱禺賵卮賷鈥屬囏з� 賲丕 乇丕 亘诏賷乇丿. 丕賲丕 丌賳趩賴 賰賴 亘丕夭賷乇賰賷 趩賵賳 乇賵丨賷 丿乇 賰丕賱亘丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丿賲賷丿賴 卮丿賴貙 鬲毓賱賷賯 賲賷丕賳 丿賵 賮囟丕賷 賲丕丿賷 賵 賲毓賳賵賷 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 賵 賲毓賱賯 賳诏賴鈥屫ж簇� 禺賵丕賳賳丿賴 賲賷丕賳 丕賷賳 丿賵 賮囟丕爻鬲. (丌蹖賴 讴蹖丕賳倬賵乇 鈥� 噩丕賲 噩賲)
趩蹖夭蹖 讴賴 夭賳丿诏蹖 乇賵 睾蹖乇 賯丕亘賱 鬲丨賲賱 賲蹖 讴賳賴 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 鬲氐賵乇 讴賳蹖 賴賲賴 趩蹖夭 賴賲蹖賳 胤賵乇 讴賴 賴爻鬲 亘丕賯蹖 賲蹖 賲賵賳賴 賵 丕丿丕賲賴 倬蹖丿丕 賲蹖 讴賳賴. 丕賲丕 賲賳 亘賴 卮賲丕 賲蹖 诏賲 讴賴 丕蹖賳 胤賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲.
December 12, 2013
噩匕亘賲 讴乇丿 賵 胤賵乇蹖 倬蹖卮 乇賮鬲 讴賴 鬲丕 丨丿賵丿蹖 丕夭 卮禺氐蹖鬲 禺賵丿 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 亘賴 丿賵乇 卮丿賲 賵 禺賵丿賲 乇丕 亘賴鈥屫ж� 鬲氐賵乇 讴乇丿賲. 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賱丨馗賴鈥屬囏й� 賲禺鬲賱賮 乇丕 丿乇 睾丕賱亘 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 蹖讴爻丕賳 丕賲丕 亘賴 馗丕賴乇 賲鬲賮丕賵鬲 賳卮丕賳 賲蹖鈥屫ж� 讴賴 亘丕毓孬 賲蹖鈥屫簇� 禺賵丿鬲 乇賵 丿乇 蹖讴爻乇蹖 賳亘賵丿賳 亘亘蹖賳蹖 讴賴 丿蹖诏賴 丿賱蹖賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 毓丿賲 賵噩賵丿卮 賳蹖爻鬲.
-"賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲 丕诏乇 丕賵 丿蹖诏乇 禺亘乇蹖 丕夭 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 賳賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿賱卮 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳鈥屬囏� 鬲賳诏 賳卮丿賴貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 倬乇爻蹖丿賳 丿蹖诏乇 賮丕蹖丿賴鈥屫й� 賳丿丕乇丿. 丕賵 倬爻乇 亘丕賴賵卮蹖 丕爻鬲. 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 趩胤賵乇 亘蹖鈥屫壁┴� 丿乇丕夭 亘讴卮丿 賵 賲賳鬲馗乇 亘賲丕賳丿."
-"亘丕 禺賵丿賲 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲貙 亘賴 禺賵丿鬲 賮卮丕乇 賳蹖丕賵乇貙 毓噩賱賴鈥屫й� 賳蹖爻鬲貙 丕賲卮亘 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘乇诏乇丿貙 賮乇丿丕 卮亘 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘乇诏乇丿. 賮乇賯蹖 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 趩乇丕睾 禺賵丕亘 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賲. 賳夭丿蹖讴 爻倬蹖丿賴 亘賵丿. 丌賳 賳賵乇 賯賵蹖 乇丕 讴賴 乇賵蹖 卮賴乇 賲蹖鈥屫槽屫� 賮賯胤 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 丕夭 倬賳噩乇賴鈥屰� 賴鬲賱鈥屬囏� 亘亘蹖賳蹖. 賳賵乇 乇賵蹖 賲蹖丿丕賳 賲爻丕亘賯賴鈥屰� 丿賵 倬禺卮 卮丿貙 乇賵蹖 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴貙 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 賲噩賱爻貙 丿丕卮鬲 亘賴 胤乇賮 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 卮賴乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 讴賴 夭蹖丕丿 亘丕 丌賳 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賲貙 賲賳胤賯賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 诏丕賴蹖 乇賵蹖 倬蹖丕丿賴鈥屫辟堎囏й屫� 禺賵賳 丿蹖丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 蹖讴 丿賵賳丿賴 乇賵蹖 賲爻蹖乇 亘蹖囟蹖 卮讴賱 賲蹖丿丕賳 賲爻丕亘賯賴 賲蹖鈥屫堐屫� 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫藏� 賵 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫藏� 賵 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫藏�. (夭賳丿诏蹖 趩賴鈥屬傌� 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲) 賲賳 亘丿賵賳 賱亘丕爻 噩賱賵賽 倬賳噩乇賴 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿賲. 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必呚� 丿賱蹖賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 毓氐亘丕賳蹖鬲 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿貙 禺賵丕亘 亘賴 爻乇丕睾鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿貙 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿貙 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿."
-"賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲 丕诏乇 丕賵 丿蹖诏乇 禺亘乇蹖 丕夭 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇卮 賳賲蹖鈥屭屫必� 亘乇丕蹖 丕蹖賳 賳蹖爻鬲 讴賴 丿賱卮 亘乇丕蹖 丌賳鈥屬囏� 鬲賳诏 賳卮丿賴貙 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 倬乇爻蹖丿賳 丿蹖诏乇 賮丕蹖丿賴鈥屫й� 賳丿丕乇丿. 丕賵 倬爻乇 亘丕賴賵卮蹖 丕爻鬲. 賲蹖鈥屫з嗀� 趩胤賵乇 亘蹖鈥屫壁┴� 丿乇丕夭 亘讴卮丿 賵 賲賳鬲馗乇 亘賲丕賳丿."
-"亘丕 禺賵丿賲 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賲貙 亘賴 禺賵丿鬲 賮卮丕乇 賳蹖丕賵乇貙 毓噩賱賴鈥屫й� 賳蹖爻鬲貙 丕賲卮亘 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘乇诏乇丿貙 賮乇丿丕 卮亘 丿賵亘丕乇賴 亘乇诏乇丿. 賮乇賯蹖 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屭┵嗀�. 趩乇丕睾 禺賵丕亘 乇丕 禺丕賲賵卮 讴乇丿賲. 賳夭丿蹖讴 爻倬蹖丿賴 亘賵丿. 丌賳 賳賵乇 賯賵蹖 乇丕 讴賴 乇賵蹖 卮賴乇 賲蹖鈥屫槽屫� 賮賯胤 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 丕夭 倬賳噩乇賴鈥屰� 賴鬲賱鈥屬囏� 亘亘蹖賳蹖. 賳賵乇 乇賵蹖 賲蹖丿丕賳 賲爻丕亘賯賴鈥屰� 丿賵 倬禺卮 卮丿貙 乇賵蹖 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 丿丕賳卮诏丕賴貙 爻丕禺鬲賲丕賳 賲噩賱爻貙 丿丕卮鬲 亘賴 胤乇賮 賯爻賲鬲蹖 丕夭 卮賴乇 賲蹖鈥屫辟佖� 讴賴 夭蹖丕丿 亘丕 丌賳 丌卮賳丕蹖蹖 賳丿丕卮鬲賲貙 賲賳胤賯賴鈥屫й� 讴賴 诏丕賴蹖 乇賵蹖 倬蹖丕丿賴鈥屫辟堎囏й屫� 禺賵賳 丿蹖丿賴 賲蹖鈥屫簇�. 蹖讴 丿賵賳丿賴 乇賵蹖 賲爻蹖乇 亘蹖囟蹖 卮讴賱 賲蹖丿丕賳 賲爻丕亘賯賴 賲蹖鈥屫堐屫� 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫藏� 賵 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫藏� 賵 丿賵乇 賲蹖鈥屫藏�. (夭賳丿诏蹖 趩賴鈥屬傌� 鬲讴乇丕乇蹖 丕爻鬲) 賲賳 亘丿賵賳 賱亘丕爻 噩賱賵賽 倬賳噩乇賴 丕蹖爻鬲丕丿賴 亘賵丿賲. 亘丕 禺賵丿賲 賮讴乇 賲蹖鈥屭┴必呚� 丿賱蹖賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 毓氐亘丕賳蹖鬲 賵噩賵丿 賳丿丕乇丿貙 禺賵丕亘 亘賴 爻乇丕睾鬲 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿貙 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿貙 禺賵丕賴丿 丌賲丿."
April 20, 2018
This has nothing to do with China, in case you're wondering. Not that anyone's wondering about this book anymore.
If you put books in a pile of books you want to get rid of, maybe don't casually pick them up and read a couple of pages. You might realize that there aren't very many pages, and on those pages there aren't very many words. You might quickly read the first 30 and think "Well I've made it this far, might as well finish". So you'll read the whole thing.
And then you'll be wondering if there were no other books published in Canada in 2005, because there's no way this won The Governor General's Award on its own merit, right? Especially given how many 3-star and 2-star reviews there are for it.
Well, here's another.
The protagonist is so unlikable and the objective is unclear. It doesn't really end, it just cuts off. It doesn't really begin, it just cuts in. I mean, it's not even about the guy's missing child really, is it? I kind of liked the basic writing style though.
If you put books in a pile of books you want to get rid of, maybe don't casually pick them up and read a couple of pages. You might realize that there aren't very many pages, and on those pages there aren't very many words. You might quickly read the first 30 and think "Well I've made it this far, might as well finish". So you'll read the whole thing.
And then you'll be wondering if there were no other books published in Canada in 2005, because there's no way this won The Governor General's Award on its own merit, right? Especially given how many 3-star and 2-star reviews there are for it.
Well, here's another.
The protagonist is so unlikable and the objective is unclear. It doesn't really end, it just cuts off. It doesn't really begin, it just cuts in. I mean, it's not even about the guy's missing child really, is it? I kind of liked the basic writing style though.
April 15, 2016
讴鬲丕亘 "卮亘蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 爻賮乇 亘賴 趩蹖賳" 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 蹖丕丿丌賵乇 讴丕賲賵 (賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 丕夭 賳馗乇 爻亘讴 貙 賲賵丿蹖丕賳賵) 亘賵丿: 賵賱诏乇丿蹖 賴丕蹖 匕賴賳蹖賽 亘蹖鈥� 倬丕蹖丕賳賽 丕賳爻丕賳蹖 诏賲鈥屫簇�. 鬲賮丕賵鬲 亘蹖诏丕賳賴鈥� 蹖 讴丕賲賵 亘丕 丕蹖賳 丕孬乇 丿乇 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿 讴賴 卮禺氐蹖鬲 丕氐賱蹖 讴丕賲賵 賵 賲賵丿蹖丕賳賵 亘蹖鈥屬嗃屫ж� 丕夭 賴蹖趩 卮賵讴 蹖丕 囟乇亘賴鈥� 蹖 丕賵賱蹖賴鈥� 丕蹖 乇賵丕蹖鬲 匕賴賳蹖 乇丕 卮乇賵毓 賲蹖鈥� 讴賳賳丿. 诏蹖賱賲賵乇 賲丕賳賳丿 賲賵丿蹖丕賳賵 蹖丕 讴丕賲賵 賴乇诏夭 爻毓蹖 賳賲蹖鈥� 讴賳丿 卮禺氐蹖鬲卮 乇丕 丿丕賵乇蹖 讴賳丿 賵 亘賴 賲丨讴 禺賵亘 蹖丕 亘丿 亘賵丿賳 丕夭 賳馗乇 丕噩鬲賲丕毓蹖 蹖丕 卮禺氐蹖貙 亘夭賳丿. 亘賱讴賴 亘賴 賳馗乇賽 賲賳 賯氐丿 丿丕乇丿 丕夭 乇丕賴賽 倬乇爻賵賳丕跇賽 丕氐賱蹖貙 亘蹖鈥� 賲丕蹖诏蹖 賵 诏賲诏卮鬲诏蹖 噩丕賲毓賴 賵 丿乇鈥屭┵� 亘卮乇 乇丕 賳卮丕賳 亘丿賴丿. 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 夭蹖亘丕蹖蹖 讴鬲丕亘 丿乇 爻亘讴 乇賵丕賳 賵 胤賳夭丌賲蹖夭 丕孬乇 賵 賴賲趩賳蹖賳 爻讴賵賳 賵 亘蹖鈥屫壁┷� 丌賳 亘賵丿.
May 24, 2017
賲賳 賯亘賱丕 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 蹖賴 讴鬲丕亘 丿蹖诏賴 丕蹖 禺賵賳丿賴 亘丿賲 讴賴 毓卮賯 亘賴 蹖賴 倬爻乇 亘趩賴 乇賵 亘賴 鬲氐賵蹖乇 讴卮蹖丿賴 亘賵丿.亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 夭蹖丕丿 丕蹖賳 賯爻賲鬲 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 诏蹖賱賲賵乇 亘乇丕賲 噩匕丕亘 亘賴 賳馗乇 賳蹖賵賲丿 ..丕賲丕 爻亘讴 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘乇丕賲 噩丕賱亘 亘賵丿.蹖賴 噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 "讴丕賲賵" 胤賵乇蹖 亘賵丿.蹖賴 噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 卮亘蹖賴 丌丿賲丕蹖蹖 賲蹖賳賵蹖爻賴 讴賴 鬲賵 丕鬲丕賯卮賵賳 倬賵爻鬲乇 丌賱 倬丕趩蹖賳賵 丿丕乇賳.
丕夭 丕蹖賳 賵賱诏乇丿蹖 賴丕 貙丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘蹖 賴丿賮 亘賵丿賳 貙丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賴丕蹖蹖 禺丕氐 禺賵卮賲 賲蹖賵賲丿.亘賴 賳馗乇賲 蹖賴 賲賯丿丕乇 睾蹖乇 賯丕亘賱 丕賲讴丕賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 毓氐乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳蹖賲..丕賲丕 卮丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 趩賳丿 賱禺馗賴 讴賴 亘鬲賵賳蹖 丨爻卮 讴賳蹖 貙 丨爻 禺賵亘蹖 亘賴鬲 丿爻鬲 賲蹖丿賴 !
丕蹖賳讴賴 乇丕賴 亘蹖賮鬲蹖 亘乇蹖 賮乇賵丿诏丕賴 貙亘丿賵賳 賴蹖趩 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賯亘賱蹖 貙賵 賮賯胤 蹖賴 賲賯氐丿 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳蹖...
丕夭 丕蹖賳 賵賱诏乇丿蹖 賴丕 貙丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘蹖 賴丿賮 亘賵丿賳 貙丕夭 丕蹖賳 乇賴丕蹖蹖 禺丕氐 禺賵卮賲 賲蹖賵賲丿.亘賴 賳馗乇賲 蹖賴 賲賯丿丕乇 睾蹖乇 賯丕亘賱 丕賲讴丕賳賴 亘乇丕蹖 賲丕蹖蹖 讴賴 鬲賵 丕蹖賳 毓氐乇 夭賳丿诏蹖 賲蹖讴賳蹖賲..丕賲丕 卮丿賴 亘乇丕蹖 趩賳丿 賱禺馗賴 讴賴 亘鬲賵賳蹖 丨爻卮 讴賳蹖 貙 丨爻 禺賵亘蹖 亘賴鬲 丿爻鬲 賲蹖丿賴 !
丕蹖賳讴賴 乇丕賴 亘蹖賮鬲蹖 亘乇蹖 賮乇賵丿诏丕賴 貙亘丿賵賳 賴蹖趩 鬲氐賲蹖賲 賯亘賱蹖 貙賵 賮賯胤 蹖賴 賲賯氐丿 丕賳鬲禺丕亘 讴賳蹖...
September 7, 2010
丿丕卮鬲賳 賳孬乇蹖 爻丕丿賴 賵 乇賵丕賳 賵 倬乇 丕夭 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲蹖 讴賴 亘賴 乇丕丨鬲蹖 亘蹖丕賳 卮丿賴 亘賵丿貙 丕夭 賵蹖跇诏蹖 賴丕蹖 丕氐賱蹖 讴鬲丕亘 亘賵丿.
May 28, 2019
卮亘蹖 毓丕賱蹖 亘乇丕蹖 爻賮乇 亘賴 趩蹖賳..
丕賳鬲馗丕乇賲 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴賲蹖 亘蹖卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿.
賯賱賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵丕賯毓丕 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 鬲賲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 賴丕 賵 乇賵丕賳 倬乇蹖卮蹖 賴丕蹖 蹖讴 倬丿乇 丿乇 丕孬乇 诏賲 卮丿賳 倬爻乇卮 亘賵丿 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴 賲 賳趩爻亘蹖丿. 囟賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 賴蹖趩 噩丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺胤 爻蹖乇 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕卮丕乇賴 丕蹖 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿.
讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴丕賳丕丿丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿貙 丕賲丕 亘蹖卮 鬲乇 丨丕賱 賵 賴賵丕蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賴 乇賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖 賮乇丕賳爻賴 丿丕卮鬲貙 鬲丕 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 卮賲丕賱蹖.
丿乇 賲噩賲賵毓 禺賵亘 賵 禺賵卮禺賵丕賳 亘賵丿貙 賵賱蹖 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 賳亘賵丿.
賳賲乇賴 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲賳 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 爻賴 賵 賳蹖賲賴.
丕賳鬲馗丕乇賲 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘 讴賲蹖 亘蹖卮 丕夭 丕蹖賳 亘賵丿.
賯賱賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賵丕賯毓丕 禺賵亘 亘賵丿 賵賱蹖 鬲賲 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 讴賴 賳诏乇丕賳蹖 賴丕 賵 乇賵丕賳 倬乇蹖卮蹖 賴丕蹖 蹖讴 倬丿乇 丿乇 丕孬乇 诏賲 卮丿賳 倬爻乇卮 亘賵丿 禺蹖賱蹖 亘賴 賲 賳趩爻亘蹖丿. 囟賲賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 賴蹖趩 噩丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 禺胤 爻蹖乇 丕氐賱蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 丕卮丕乇賴 丕蹖 賳卮丿賴 亘賵丿.
讴鬲丕亘 亘丕 丕蹖賳 讴賴 讴丕賳丕丿丕蹖蹖 亘賵丿貙 丕賲丕 亘蹖卮 鬲乇 丨丕賱 賵 賴賵丕蹖 賳夭丿蹖讴 亘賴 乇賲丕賳 賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖 賮乇丕賳爻賴 丿丕卮鬲貙 鬲丕 讴鬲丕亘 賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 卮賲丕賱蹖.
丿乇 賲噩賲賵毓 禺賵亘 賵 禺賵卮禺賵丕賳 亘賵丿貙 賵賱蹖 賮賵賯鈥屫з勜关ж� 賳亘賵丿.
賳賲乇賴 賵丕賯毓蹖 賲賳 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 爻賴 賵 賳蹖賲賴.
June 18, 2011
卮丕蹖丿 亘賴鬲乇 亘賵丿 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 乇丕 蹖讴 卮亘賴 亘禺賵丕賳賲 ! 鬲丕 丨爻 爻賮乇 讴乇丿賳 亘賴 趩蹖賳 丌賳 賴賲 丿乇 卮亘蹖 毓丕賱蹖 乇丕 丿丕卮鬲賴 亘丕卮賲 !
賴乇 趩賳丿 "卮亘蹖 毓丕賱蹖 ..." 亘丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賮囟丕賴丕 丕夭 鬲賵賴賲丕鬲 亘賴 賵丕賯毓蹖丕鬲 賵 丕夭 賵丕賯毓蹖丕鬲 亘賴 鬲賵賴賲丕鬲 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 丌賳蹖 貙 丕亘鬲丿丕 讴賲蹖 賳丕賲賮賴賵賲 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖 乇爻丿 貙 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 丌賳讴賴 丿乇 趩賳丿 賯爻賲鬲 賳禺爻鬲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 乇賵蹖賴 毓丕丿鬲 讴賳蹖丿 趩賳丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵丕賳 賲蹖卮賵丿 讴賴 丨鬲賲丕 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丌賳 賵 賲鬲賵賴賲 卮丿賳 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 鬲賳賴丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賵 乇丕賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 賱匕鬲 禺賵丕賴蹖丿 亘乇丿...
亘賴 賳馗乇 賳诏丕乇賳丿賴 賲丨鬲乇賲! 丕卮禺丕氐 夭蹖乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賱匕鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺賵丕賳丿 亘乇丿!
亘蹖賲丕乇丕賳 乇賵丕賳蹖 . 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 匕賴賳 亘蹖賲丕乇 丿丕乇賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 讴賴 禺爻鬲賴 賵 丿乇賲丕賳丿賴 賵 卮讴爻鬲賴 賵 ... 賴爻鬲賳丿 .
- 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 毓丕丿鬲 賴賲蹖卮诏蹖 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 賯丿蹖賲蹖 賵 賲賳爻賵禺 亘賴 爻乇丕睾賲 丌賲丿 貙 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 乇丕賴 亘乇賵賲 賵 爻毓蹖 讴賳賲 倬丕賴丕蹖賲 乇丕 乇賵蹖 禺胤 爻賳诏 賮乇卮 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賴丕 賳诏匕丕乇賲 賵 亘蹖賳 丌賳賴丕 亘诏匕丕乇賲 ! 賵 賲乇丿賲 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳賲 賵 讴賲蹖 賴賲 丿乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 丕卮讴 亘乇蹖夭賲 ...
賴乇 趩賳丿 "卮亘蹖 毓丕賱蹖 ..." 亘丕 鬲睾蹖蹖乇 賮囟丕賴丕 丕夭 鬲賵賴賲丕鬲 亘賴 賵丕賯毓蹖丕鬲 賵 丕夭 賵丕賯毓蹖丕鬲 亘賴 鬲賵賴賲丕鬲 亘賴 氐賵乇鬲 丌賳蹖 貙 丕亘鬲丿丕 讴賲蹖 賳丕賲賮賴賵賲 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲蹖 乇爻丿 貙 丕賲丕 亘毓丿 丕夭 丌賳讴賴 丿乇 趩賳丿 賯爻賲鬲 賳禺爻鬲 亘賴 丕蹖賳 乇賵蹖賴 毓丕丿鬲 讴賳蹖丿 趩賳丕賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵丕賳 賲蹖卮賵丿 讴賴 丨鬲賲丕 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丌賳 賵 賲鬲賵賴賲 卮丿賳 亘賴 賴賲乇丕賴 鬲賳賴丕 卮禺氐蹖鬲 賵 乇丕賵蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 貙 賱匕鬲 禺賵丕賴蹖丿 亘乇丿...
亘賴 賳馗乇 賳诏丕乇賳丿賴 賲丨鬲乇賲! 丕卮禺丕氐 夭蹖乇 丕夭 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 賱匕鬲 亘蹖卮鬲乇 禺賵丕賳丿 亘乇丿!
亘蹖賲丕乇丕賳 乇賵丕賳蹖 . 丌賳賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 匕賴賳 亘蹖賲丕乇 丿丕乇賳丿. 丌賳賴丕 讴賴 禺爻鬲賴 賵 丿乇賲丕賳丿賴 賵 卮讴爻鬲賴 賵 ... 賴爻鬲賳丿 .
- 亘毓丿 丕夭 禺賵丕賳丿賳 丕蹖賳 讴鬲丕亘 毓丕丿鬲 賴賲蹖卮诏蹖 賵 丕賱亘鬲賴 賯丿蹖賲蹖 賵 賲賳爻賵禺 亘賴 爻乇丕睾賲 丌賲丿 貙 丕蹖賳讴賴 丿乇 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 乇丕賴 亘乇賵賲 賵 爻毓蹖 讴賳賲 倬丕賴丕蹖賲 乇丕 乇賵蹖 禺胤 爻賳诏 賮乇卮 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 賴丕 賳诏匕丕乇賲 賵 亘蹖賳 丌賳賴丕 亘诏匕丕乇賲 ! 賵 賲乇丿賲 乇丕 亘亘蹖賳賲 賵 讴賲蹖 賴賲 丿乇 鬲丕乇蹖讴蹖 禺蹖丕亘丕賳 丕卮讴 亘乇蹖夭賲 ...
October 7, 2010
Drilling,sensational and outstanding.
An intellectual journey through labyrinth of a mind preoccupied with morbid visions.
The backfire of bitter old memories,the constant torment of an overactive imagination,and a life rushing to an ambigous appaling closure,all lead to the protagonist's self-destruction.
One of the best images in contemporary literature depicting the sense of apathy .A pathetic image of a depressed man who searches for redemption in hallucinations,But it seems even by altered perception, peace remains far out of his reach.
An intellectual journey through labyrinth of a mind preoccupied with morbid visions.
The backfire of bitter old memories,the constant torment of an overactive imagination,and a life rushing to an ambigous appaling closure,all lead to the protagonist's self-destruction.
One of the best images in contemporary literature depicting the sense of apathy .A pathetic image of a depressed man who searches for redemption in hallucinations,But it seems even by altered perception, peace remains far out of his reach.
December 21, 2009
The GG's must have had slim pickings the year Gilmour won the award for this (very) short novel.
While I empathize with the protagonist, Roman, for losing his son due to bad timing, he does not come across as a likeable man. He is famous, but he has no friends. He is estranged from his wife. He does not give a shit about his job. The only two people important to him are his mother and his son - both departed from this world, and only to be found in a dream space resembling a French-speaking Caribbean Island. And Roman is so lonely. Why? That was the piece unanswered. Does Roman symbolize the loneliness and isolation that plagues our media crazed universe?
Roman drifts about the Toronto landscape in search of his son: into the home of an immigrant, into a graveyard, a lumberyard, an old coffeehouse, his TV studio, a church, a strip joint, a greasy spoon, hotels - no place or person leaves an imprint on him. He reminded me of Leopold Bloom walking the streets of Dublin, but at least old Leo kept his hands busy during his peregrinations. Roman even dumps the attractive woman trying to seduce him on the Caribbean Island (Heaven?) and embraces a bottle of tranquilizers instead. The only interesting character to me was the police investigator who mysteriously turns up everywhere and who is convinced that Roman has spirited away his own son. Has he?
I have difficulty with novels that do not offer hope. And Roman's trajectory is overtly hopeless; he can't even kill himself. Or does he?
Giving the author the benefit, that he indeed has written a hopeful story, albeit disguised from the understanding of us mortal plebes, I surmised in the end that Roman did indeed spirit his son away to the island via that immigrant chap who's house he invaded (at the end of the novel, wasn't Roman seen stepping through a door into a house on the island where he had just seen a little boy?), and by faking his death has foiled the cops and his wife who goes by the rather James Bond'ish name of M. Hey - if you write an open-ended novel, the reader will come up with a myriad possibilities! Maybe that was Gilmour's motive after all!
While I empathize with the protagonist, Roman, for losing his son due to bad timing, he does not come across as a likeable man. He is famous, but he has no friends. He is estranged from his wife. He does not give a shit about his job. The only two people important to him are his mother and his son - both departed from this world, and only to be found in a dream space resembling a French-speaking Caribbean Island. And Roman is so lonely. Why? That was the piece unanswered. Does Roman symbolize the loneliness and isolation that plagues our media crazed universe?
Roman drifts about the Toronto landscape in search of his son: into the home of an immigrant, into a graveyard, a lumberyard, an old coffeehouse, his TV studio, a church, a strip joint, a greasy spoon, hotels - no place or person leaves an imprint on him. He reminded me of Leopold Bloom walking the streets of Dublin, but at least old Leo kept his hands busy during his peregrinations. Roman even dumps the attractive woman trying to seduce him on the Caribbean Island (Heaven?) and embraces a bottle of tranquilizers instead. The only interesting character to me was the police investigator who mysteriously turns up everywhere and who is convinced that Roman has spirited away his own son. Has he?
I have difficulty with novels that do not offer hope. And Roman's trajectory is overtly hopeless; he can't even kill himself. Or does he?
Giving the author the benefit, that he indeed has written a hopeful story, albeit disguised from the understanding of us mortal plebes, I surmised in the end that Roman did indeed spirit his son away to the island via that immigrant chap who's house he invaded (at the end of the novel, wasn't Roman seen stepping through a door into a house on the island where he had just seen a little boy?), and by faking his death has foiled the cops and his wife who goes by the rather James Bond'ish name of M. Hey - if you write an open-ended novel, the reader will come up with a myriad possibilities! Maybe that was Gilmour's motive after all!
April 22, 2011
How I Came To Read This Book: It was nestled in my bookshelf from unknown origins. Likely the boyfriend read it for Can Lit in school.
The Plot: Roman is a self-absorbed TV host who makes the casual mistake of going out for a drink one night, only to return home to find his six-year-old missing. The rest of the book basically follows his mental and physical deterioration as he grapples with the immense, overpowering feeling of guilt that consumes him after his son's disappearance.
The Good & The Bad: This is one of those books where you can tell every word is meant to count for something - and indeed, it does have a rather compelling, chilling, haunted feeling to it. Even though Roman is kind of a d-bag, you also feel his self-awareness, the huge amount of blame that's crushing him, and the madness that is inescapable madness that's consuming every part of his life. In short, it's very well-written, particularly in terms of the dialogue, and the dream sequences were interesting and heartbreaking as opposed to distracting.
It got a little weird by the end...and the super ambiguous ending was a little grah! But overall this was an easy read with a very complicated, painful world rooted in reality.
The Bottom Line: A sad little book that will resonate with most for emotion, if not plot.
Anything Memorable?: Nope.
50-Book Challenge?: Book #20 in 2011.
The Plot: Roman is a self-absorbed TV host who makes the casual mistake of going out for a drink one night, only to return home to find his six-year-old missing. The rest of the book basically follows his mental and physical deterioration as he grapples with the immense, overpowering feeling of guilt that consumes him after his son's disappearance.
The Good & The Bad: This is one of those books where you can tell every word is meant to count for something - and indeed, it does have a rather compelling, chilling, haunted feeling to it. Even though Roman is kind of a d-bag, you also feel his self-awareness, the huge amount of blame that's crushing him, and the madness that is inescapable madness that's consuming every part of his life. In short, it's very well-written, particularly in terms of the dialogue, and the dream sequences were interesting and heartbreaking as opposed to distracting.
It got a little weird by the end...and the super ambiguous ending was a little grah! But overall this was an easy read with a very complicated, painful world rooted in reality.
The Bottom Line: A sad little book that will resonate with most for emotion, if not plot.
Anything Memorable?: Nope.
50-Book Challenge?: Book #20 in 2011.
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January 1, 2012
I read the reviews on the book jacket of
A Perfect Night to Go to China
and most of them I completely disagree with. I didn't find it "luminous" or "refreshing" in the slightest. I agree that the "spare and darkly funny" style made it an "uncomfortably pleasurable read", but I won't say that's entirely a compliment.
I think that my first issue with the book is the premise that a young boy is kidnapped while his father goes to a bar and has several drinks. I realize this is key to later events - like the mother's inability to forgive her husband - but it also made Roman an unsympathetic character and I had a hard time caring whether he lived or died. Again, that was probably the point, but I would also say it negatively affected my reading experience. I felt detached the entire way through.
I'm not sorry that I read this book, but I'm very glad that - at 179 small pages - it was really more of a novella. IMO it could have been turned into an excellent full-length novel by changing just a couple of minor things. Like the beginning and the ending. No big whoop.
I think that my first issue with the book is the premise that a young boy is kidnapped while his father goes to a bar and has several drinks. I realize this is key to later events - like the mother's inability to forgive her husband - but it also made Roman an unsympathetic character and I had a hard time caring whether he lived or died. Again, that was probably the point, but I would also say it negatively affected my reading experience. I felt detached the entire way through.
I'm not sorry that I read this book, but I'm very glad that - at 179 small pages - it was really more of a novella. IMO it could have been turned into an excellent full-length novel by changing just a couple of minor things. Like the beginning and the ending. No big whoop.
August 18, 2015
David Gilmour, you need help! Either you've yet to regain your personal equilibrium after having endured an emotionally abusive relationship or you're under the misapprehension that readers are apt to identify with a protagonist who is preoccupied with being a victim. Have you actually experienced a marriage gone so badly wrong as that of your protagonist, Roman? His wife's degree of venom is almost beyond belief -- passages such as "I must have been pretty arrogant back then .. when I met you .. because I believed that no one could wreck my life" or "Why don't you kill yourself?" It's interesting that you only identify the wife as "M".
And how could you then dedicate this diatribe to your own wife??
Faced with a life crisis, the unexplained disappearance of his six year old son, Roman retreats into a dream world of fantasy, wandering the streets, his behavior becoming increasingly bizarre; no wonder the police suspect him of having orchestrated his child's disappearance. Where is his rage, his grief, his desperation at the lack of progress in the investigation?
I don't buy it, Mr. Gilmour.
The GG Award people blew it.
And how could you then dedicate this diatribe to your own wife??
Faced with a life crisis, the unexplained disappearance of his six year old son, Roman retreats into a dream world of fantasy, wandering the streets, his behavior becoming increasingly bizarre; no wonder the police suspect him of having orchestrated his child's disappearance. Where is his rage, his grief, his desperation at the lack of progress in the investigation?
I don't buy it, Mr. Gilmour.
The GG Award people blew it.
May 30, 2018
Guilt is an awful thing and in this case, wrought extensive psychological harm to Roman, the main character in Gilmour's book. While beating yourself up over a wrong deed done can be a natural reaction, I have to admit that I didn't have an awful lot of sympathy for him. Roman is painted as self-centred and self-serving throughout the book. He doesn't care about anyone's feelings or heed anyone's advice. And ultimately self-sabotages his life because of it.
Is this book worthy of a GG? I don't know if I would have awarded it, but who am I to judge? We all make mistakes in life. Life happens. Some of the wisest words in the book come from the lipsticked woman at customs who implores Roman to remember that life will look completely different in five years. That is so often true. And made me shake my head, when that nugget was cast aside out of hand.
Remember that when your life feels at its lowest friends!
Is this book worthy of a GG? I don't know if I would have awarded it, but who am I to judge? We all make mistakes in life. Life happens. Some of the wisest words in the book come from the lipsticked woman at customs who implores Roman to remember that life will look completely different in five years. That is so often true. And made me shake my head, when that nugget was cast aside out of hand.
Remember that when your life feels at its lowest friends!
September 29, 2016
Roman the self-centered television "personality" hosting a mid-day magazine format program. As the story begins, the mother of his child is away on business and because he wants to, Roman ventures out in the middle of the night for a drink or three. When he returns, Simon his 6-year old son is gone; police interview neighbors who report having seen the boy, outside barefoot in the snow calling for his daddy. This book tells the story of the ensuing days and months, as hope turns to dread, lucidity vanishes, and all semblance of normal life crumbles for all involved. It is astonishing, that David Gilmour is able to make this morbid premise into such a colorful, engaging read.
The only fault I found is that the boy on the cover sports a crewcut, while Simon's hair was said to be long and very blond.
The only fault I found is that the boy on the cover sports a crewcut, while Simon's hair was said to be long and very blond.
December 1, 2012
I used to become very irritated by David Gilmour's books. It seemed like he couldn't write about anything besides his obsession with sex and (usually much younger) women. This was only exacerbated by his appearances on TV, hosting shows about the arts, where i found out he was also arrogant and self-obsessed. He also used to overuse these two words - 'adore' and conversely 'loathe'. BUT. Maybe aging his done him good. His last two books, the one about watching movies with his son and this one, have really taken a turn. This one is about the disappearance of a six year old boy from the point of view of his father. Believable, readable, beautifully written, a real page turner.
September 26, 2008
Not that it is bad. it just does not have much memorable about it and there are so many i prefer.
September 29, 2015
Just awful.
July 9, 2019
I don't get it. I'm actually surprised I finished it but I kept thinking it will make sense in the end. It did not.
August 5, 2023
This is one of the most disgusting pieces of misogynistic literature that I have ever read. What makes it more ironic (or absolutely horrifying) is that the author dedicated it to his own wife. His wife!!! When the protagonist is so full of vitriol towards his wife after their son goes missing (on his watch) that all they do is viciously fight. He tells her to kill herself. He doesn't even give her a name for the entire novel - only refers to her occasionally as "M." In fact, most of the women in this novel are not even worthy of a name. They are called things like "the woman wearing lipstick" and "the German girl." Their bodies are visually dissected. A woman in her 60s is described as having an "ample bosom". He comments on their hair, their breasts, their skin, their lips, their bone structure. Criticizes their vapid stupidity and mindlessness. He says things like "His girlfriend followed him out, looking down, a dumb beast of a creature." (page 75); "There was a new makeup girl, an empty-headed chatterbox who stabbed at my face with her eyebrow pencil as if she were a pointillist." (page 109); "Showing off her crisis-solving virtues, the little cunt." (page 115). Does Gilmour just hate women? Is this style even necessary for a story about a man who descends into psychosis after his young son disappears? The novel barely examines the son's disappearance and there is no resolution. The protagonist is narcissistic and utterly absorbed within himself. How did this win Canada's Governor General's Literary Award in 2005? It's appalling. I am affronted that this was gifted to me by my father, but also thankful that it has been hidden beneath my massive stacks of TBR literature from the time I received it at 14 years old. A 14 child should not be reading this book. Even at 31, I should not be reading this book. (Did my father read it before giving it to me? Perhaps. His gifts were never appropriate for children. I would like to believe he didn't though.) At least I can cross it off and toss it from the pile. At least I now know.
January 9, 2021
A weird little book (can be read in a night or two), that left me with conflicting feelings. While the subject matter, tone and ideas are intriguing, the writing in places is so tedious I wanted to scream at it, to just get it over already. Difficult to recommend, as it is rather poorly written, but at the same time I have the feeling that the poor writing is actually a storytelling tool here, to properly shift the reader into the first-person view of the main character (i.e. the poor writing reflects this man's poor grasp of reality).
I often wondered whether the bad writing was intentional maybe, as there are plenty of nice sections... Perhaps it is meant to be illustrative of the shallowness and retardation of the main character.
The subject matter at least, in suicide, is interesting. There are slight glimpses of existential dread boiling under the shallow, stupid dialogue and monologue - again I'm wondering whether this is intentional or not. How suicidal thoughts are slowly expanded and explained here also reminded me of some of the dialogue from the excellent movie, The Sunset Limited (go watch that if existential crises interest you): there is a comparison drawn between the Professor's well-constructed ideas on the futility of existence ("them elegant reasons"), and the regular chumps', hanging from the steam pipes after some trivial life event. Well, it is safe to say our dear, retarded main character doesn't have any of those well-thought out, elegant reasons for suicide. He loses one thing tethering him to life, and just goes into a death spiral while being a shitty human being.
If you find it dirt cheap somewhere, or at the library, go ahead and read it. It is short, the perspective shift might be a useful "provoker of thoughts".
I often wondered whether the bad writing was intentional maybe, as there are plenty of nice sections... Perhaps it is meant to be illustrative of the shallowness and retardation of the main character.
The subject matter at least, in suicide, is interesting. There are slight glimpses of existential dread boiling under the shallow, stupid dialogue and monologue - again I'm wondering whether this is intentional or not. How suicidal thoughts are slowly expanded and explained here also reminded me of some of the dialogue from the excellent movie, The Sunset Limited (go watch that if existential crises interest you): there is a comparison drawn between the Professor's well-constructed ideas on the futility of existence ("them elegant reasons"), and the regular chumps', hanging from the steam pipes after some trivial life event. Well, it is safe to say our dear, retarded main character doesn't have any of those well-thought out, elegant reasons for suicide. He loses one thing tethering him to life, and just goes into a death spiral while being a shitty human being.
If you find it dirt cheap somewhere, or at the library, go ahead and read it. It is short, the perspective shift might be a useful "provoker of thoughts".
December 28, 2019
Thu is is a quick and entertaining read about a a man consumed with self-loathing and self-destructive impulses. The protagonist has a job as an interviewer on a noon time television program in Toronto. One night he leaves his apartment where his 6 year old son is sleeping to got to a bar down the street for a beer which becomes three beers. He decides to stay there to with a tough girl rock band. He arrives home to find his son missing.
The rest of the novel is an account of how a self-loathing self-destructive individual deals with a great loss. He has dream fantasies of finding he son in heaven but his primary reaction is that of anger at the world. No one can react properly to his loss and he is aggrieved with everyone. .
The novel is a quick read. At one point in teh novel, teh protagonists recounts that because of his job on television, he is often asked to hear people's CD's read their novels etc. He find most of these novels trite with a common plot being some person moving through difficulties to find redemption. This novel is about someone moving through difficulties to find self-destruction. The protagonist found the novels presented to him as trite. Whether or not this novel is trite or does have the quality to win the Governor General's Award for 2005 is a question.
Personally, I have read much better novels. This one would be a quick airplane rad for me. I read it in a few hours. I enjoyed it but it is not something that I will remember for long. I must be missing something.
The rest of the novel is an account of how a self-loathing self-destructive individual deals with a great loss. He has dream fantasies of finding he son in heaven but his primary reaction is that of anger at the world. No one can react properly to his loss and he is aggrieved with everyone. .
The novel is a quick read. At one point in teh novel, teh protagonists recounts that because of his job on television, he is often asked to hear people's CD's read their novels etc. He find most of these novels trite with a common plot being some person moving through difficulties to find redemption. This novel is about someone moving through difficulties to find self-destruction. The protagonist found the novels presented to him as trite. Whether or not this novel is trite or does have the quality to win the Governor General's Award for 2005 is a question.
Personally, I have read much better novels. This one would be a quick airplane rad for me. I read it in a few hours. I enjoyed it but it is not something that I will remember for long. I must be missing something.
May 11, 2025
丿乇 賵丕賯毓 讴丕賲賱 賳禺賵賳丿賲 賵 賮賯胤 夭丿賴鈥屬� 賲胤丕賱毓賴 卮丿賴 讴賴 亘鬲賵賳賲 乇蹖賵蹖賵 亘賳賵蹖爻賲:)
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇蹖賴 讴賴 賮乇夭賳丿卮賵賳 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 賲蹖卮賴 蹖丕 诏賲 賲蹖卮賴 蹖丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩蹖貙 趩賵賳 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲賳 禺賵賳丿賲 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 賴賳賵夭 賲卮禺氐 賳卮丿賴 趩賴 亘賱丕蹖蹖 爻乇卮 丕賵賲丿賴.
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賲孬賱丕 賲蹖乇賴 爻乇 賵 讴丕乇 賵 賲蹖丕丿 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 丿乇诏蹖乇 賴賲 賴爻鬲 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 爻乇 丕蹖賳 賲賳鬲賴丕 亘亘蹖賳 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖卮 乇賵 趩胤賵乇蹖 賲蹖诏賴:
芦卮丕蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘй屫池� 讴丕乇賲 乇丕 賵賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丕賲丕 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗀池� 鬲賲丕賲 乇賵夭 亘丿賵賳 卮睾賱 趩賴 讴丕乇 亘丕蹖丿 亘讴賳賲. 氐亘丨貙 亘毓丿 丕夭 馗賴乇 蹖丕 毓氐乇 乇賵夭 亘毓丿 蹖丕 賲丕賴 亘毓丿 蹖丕 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 亘毓丿貙 趩賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘讴賳賲. 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賳 丿乇亘丕乇賴 丌賳 賴賲賴 夭賲丕賳 賮賱噩 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿禄
賵丕! 趩乇丕 丕氐賱丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕卮丕乇賴 賳讴乇丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 鬲丕 丕賵賳 賲賵賯毓 亘趩賴鈥屫� 倬蹖丿丕 卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴責 趩乇丕 賮賯胤 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕卮丕乇賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘丕蹖丿 趩蹖 讴丕乇 讴賳賲責 丕氐賱丕 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 讴丕乇賲賳丿賴丕爻鬲 亘乇丕蹖 乇賴丕 賳讴乇丿賳 讴丕乇卮賵賳 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 亘趩賴鈥屫促堎� 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴:)
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賱丕蹖賱蹖 讴賴 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲卮 亘乇丕蹖 賲禺丕胤亘 睾蹖乇賵丕賯毓蹖賴 賴賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲毓賱賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 毓賳氐乇 夭賲丕賳 丿丕乇賴 趩蹖 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 蹖賴賵 夭賲丕賳 乇賵 毓賵囟 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賲毓賱賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲 丕賱丕賳 蹖賴賵 讴蹖 卮丿 賵 趩賯丿乇 诏匕卮鬲 賵 丕蹖賳丕.
亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘丕夭蹖卮 亘丕 夭賲丕賳 (卮丕蹖丿賲 賲爻禺乇賴鈥屫ㄘж槽屫�) 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 诏賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰屬� 讴賴 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 鬲賲乇讴夭 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丿丕乇賲 亘乇丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲:)
丕蹖賳 卮丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏賴 丕丿丕賲賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫� 賵 乇賴丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 诏蹖賱賲賵乇 噩賵賳 乇賵:)
丿丕爻鬲丕賳 倬丿乇 賵 賲丕丿乇蹖賴 讴賴 賮乇夭賳丿卮賵賳 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 賲蹖卮賴 蹖丕 诏賲 賲蹖卮賴 蹖丕 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 趩蹖貙 趩賵賳 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賲賳 禺賵賳丿賲 丿乇 賵丕賯毓 賴賳賵夭 賲卮禺氐 賳卮丿賴 趩賴 亘賱丕蹖蹖 爻乇卮 丕賵賲丿賴.
賲賳 賮乇氐鬲 讴賲蹖 亘賴 讴鬲丕亘 丿丕丿賲 賵 鬲丕 噩丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賮乇氐鬲 丿丕丿賲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 賲鬲賲乇讴夭賴 乇賵蹖 鬲賵氐蹖賮 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 倬丿乇賴 賵 賴賲蹖賳 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲 乇賵 亘賴 賳馗乇 賲賳 丕氐賱丕 禺賵亘 亘丕夭鬲丕亘 賳賲蹖丿賴貙 賯丕亘賱 亘丕賵乇 賳蹖爻鬲 亘乇丕蹖 賲賳 賵 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 賴賲蹖賳 賴賲 亘丕賴丕卮 丕乇鬲亘丕胤 賳賲蹖鈥屭屫辟�.
賲孬賱丕 賲蹖乇賴 爻乇 賵 讴丕乇 賵 賲蹖丕丿 賵 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 丿乇诏蹖乇 賴賲 賴爻鬲 亘丕 禺賵丿卮 爻乇 丕蹖賳 賲賳鬲賴丕 亘亘蹖賳 丿乇诏蹖乇蹖卮 乇賵 趩胤賵乇蹖 賲蹖诏賴:
芦卮丕蹖丿 賲蹖鈥屫ㄘй屫池� 讴丕乇賲 乇丕 賵賱 賲蹖鈥屭┴必� 丕賲丕 賵丕賯毓蹖鬲 丕蹖賳 丕爻鬲 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫з嗀池� 鬲賲丕賲 乇賵夭 亘丿賵賳 卮睾賱 趩賴 讴丕乇 亘丕蹖丿 亘讴賳賲. 氐亘丨貙 亘毓丿 丕夭 馗賴乇 蹖丕 毓氐乇 乇賵夭 亘毓丿 蹖丕 賲丕賴 亘毓丿 蹖丕 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 亘毓丿貙 趩賴 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屫堌з嗀池� 亘讴賳賲. 賮讴乇 讴乇丿賳 丿乇亘丕乇賴 丌賳 賴賲賴 夭賲丕賳 賮賱噩 讴賳賳丿賴 亘賵丿禄
賵丕! 趩乇丕 丕氐賱丕 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕卮丕乇賴 賳讴乇丿 讴賴 卮丕蹖丿 鬲丕 丕賵賳 賲賵賯毓 亘趩賴鈥屫� 倬蹖丿丕 卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴責 趩乇丕 賮賯胤 亘賴 丕蹖賳 丕卮丕乇賴 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 讴賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫堎嗁� 亘丕蹖丿 趩蹖 讴丕乇 讴賳賲責 丕氐賱丕 丕蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 禺蹖賱蹖 丕夭 讴丕乇賲賳丿賴丕爻鬲 亘乇丕蹖 乇賴丕 賳讴乇丿賳 讴丕乇卮賵賳 亘丿賵賳 丕蹖賳 讴賴 亘趩賴鈥屫促堎� 丿夭丿蹖丿賴 卮丿賴 亘丕卮賴:)
蹖讴蹖 丕夭 丿賱丕蹖賱蹖 讴賴 丕丨爻丕爻丕鬲卮 亘乇丕蹖 賲禺丕胤亘 睾蹖乇賵丕賯毓蹖賴 賴賲 丕蹖賳賴 讴賴 賲毓賱賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴 亘丕 毓賳氐乇 夭賲丕賳 丿丕乇賴 趩蹖 讴丕乇 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁囏� 蹖賴賵 夭賲丕賳 乇賵 毓賵囟 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 賲毓賱賵賲 賳蹖爻鬲 丕賱丕賳 蹖賴賵 讴蹖 卮丿 賵 趩賯丿乇 诏匕卮鬲 賵 丕蹖賳丕.
亘賴 賴賲蹖賳 丿賱蹖賱 亘丕夭蹖卮 亘丕 夭賲丕賳 (卮丕蹖丿賲 賲爻禺乇賴鈥屫ㄘж槽屫�) 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 乇賵 诏賲 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 賵 丕夭 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳鈥屬囏й屰屬� 讴賴 賳蹖丕夭 亘賴 鬲賲乇讴夭 夭蹖丕丿蹖 丿丕乇賲 亘乇丕蹖 丿丕爻鬲丕賳蹖 讴賴 丕鬲賮丕賯丕 倬蹖趩蹖丿賴 賴賲 賳蹖爻鬲:)
丕蹖賳 卮丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏賴 丕丿丕賲賴 賳賲蹖鈥屫� 賵 乇賴丕 賲蹖鈥屭┵嗁� 诏蹖賱賲賵乇 噩賵賳 乇賵:)
January 13, 2022
I found this at a library discard giveaway. It is an unusual book. Maybe even disturbing. I was not keen on a few things I wont detail so as not to spoil. The writing itself however, how it is laid out, was admittedly good. The imagery was something to experience, the absurdities verging on comical, I laughed quite a few times. I sure was rooting for the main character, and didn't put the book down.
After reading it and finding out more about this author and wondering how he could write such a thing without having been in this situation himself, well, I'll bet he has felt exactly how the main character feels at times. It sounds like he might be a bit of an unhappy person who has made some big mistakes. If so, he certainly wouldn't be alone in that. I would like to know more about why or how this book won the 2005 GG award. Despite being kind of engrossing, there seems to be a few big reasons it shouldn't have. I even thought about throwing it in the trash, to try to make the world a better place. But I guess, in the end, I don't believe in censorship. And it clearly had an effect on me. Why? Positive or negative effect I can't seem to tell. Why did the library discard it?
Maybe some stories should be told just the way they are, not the way we want them to be. That must be the answer to my questions.
After reading it and finding out more about this author and wondering how he could write such a thing without having been in this situation himself, well, I'll bet he has felt exactly how the main character feels at times. It sounds like he might be a bit of an unhappy person who has made some big mistakes. If so, he certainly wouldn't be alone in that. I would like to know more about why or how this book won the 2005 GG award. Despite being kind of engrossing, there seems to be a few big reasons it shouldn't have. I even thought about throwing it in the trash, to try to make the world a better place. But I guess, in the end, I don't believe in censorship. And it clearly had an effect on me. Why? Positive or negative effect I can't seem to tell. Why did the library discard it?
Maybe some stories should be told just the way they are, not the way we want them to be. That must be the answer to my questions.
September 6, 2022
Immersive experience with the plot and the descriptions .
Beautiful use of language and figures of speech.
"Unreliable narrator" at its best.
Got me overthinking through the night trying to connect all the dots and doing a whole Sherlock show but alas the story was too artistic and mysterious to give us any determined and upfront answers ,And as much as it annoys me I loved it.
There were soooo many subliminal hints from the very first page that ironically didn't exactly lead to any ends but made you wonder and it served as perfect means to convey the melancholic feeling of the boundaries of dream and reality fading ,Roman's grieving .
The Escapism in the last few chapters was too good to be true. It made Death sound like "a world where roses bloom".
PS: isn't "going to China" slang for picking up a fight? Maybe not in Canada馃し
But anyhow the name choice was also brilliant.
Beautiful use of language and figures of speech.
"Unreliable narrator" at its best.
Got me overthinking through the night trying to connect all the dots and doing a whole Sherlock show but alas the story was too artistic and mysterious to give us any determined and upfront answers ,And as much as it annoys me I loved it.
There were soooo many subliminal hints from the very first page that ironically didn't exactly lead to any ends but made you wonder and it served as perfect means to convey the melancholic feeling of the boundaries of dream and reality fading ,Roman's grieving .
The Escapism in the last few chapters was too good to be true. It made Death sound like "a world where roses bloom".
PS: isn't "going to China" slang for picking up a fight? Maybe not in Canada馃し
But anyhow the name choice was also brilliant.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 16, 2017
I cried my heart out while reading this book. I felt all the pangs of the loss of a child on my own skin even though I myself have none. Surely enough, this means the author has reached his goal by touching the soul of the reader.
However, I felt like some parts of the story were unclear and incoherent enough. The story went in a completely different direction than what I expected at the beginning.
Nonetheless, it's a nice and fast read, but warning: if you are an anxious parent, do yourself a favour and do not read this book. It will mess with your already concerned head.
However, I felt like some parts of the story were unclear and incoherent enough. The story went in a completely different direction than what I expected at the beginning.
Nonetheless, it's a nice and fast read, but warning: if you are an anxious parent, do yourself a favour and do not read this book. It will mess with your already concerned head.
October 12, 2017
A young father leaves his young son to go down the street to the bar. After about fifteen minutes, he thinks but two, maybe three beers, he returns home to find his son gone. His wife is out of the country. The rest of the book covers the man鈥檚 downfall as the search for his son continues. An interesting book, one we read for our book club. Will be interesting to hear what our members have to say about this one!
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