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ace_in_space (38 KP) rated Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic in Books
Jul 19, 2018
Alison Bechdel gives us a brutally honest look into her family's life after her father's death, which may have been suicide. It's painful, real, and beautifully drawn. I highly recommend this novel.
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Jameela Jamil recommended A Half Baked Idea in Books (curated)
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Russian Doll in TV
Feb 4, 2019
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The White Book in Books
Jan 3, 2018
The fragility of life
This is a heartbreaking, autobiographical account surrounding the death of the author's newborn sister, and the subsequent grieving process she goes through, seeing 'white' throughout her life.
Unlike @The Vegetarian: A Novel and @Human Acts, this book is not designed to have the narrative reach of those two novels. Instead, it is a fragmented meditation on the death of the unnamed baby sister, who died two hours after her birth. Han wisely gives as much value to those heightened two hours of life as she does to her death. The story of her birth, as narrated from the point of view of the mother, who is 22 when she is obliged to deliver the premature baby herself, is simply told.
The book is structured around the white things that become part of the rituals of mourning and remembering. The dominant theme is of transience, of fleeting life and the acceptance of human fragility. It feels mysterious and abstract at time, which seems to reflect the death itself. Hats off to Han Kang and @Deborah Smith for another wonderful translation.
Unlike @The Vegetarian: A Novel and @Human Acts, this book is not designed to have the narrative reach of those two novels. Instead, it is a fragmented meditation on the death of the unnamed baby sister, who died two hours after her birth. Han wisely gives as much value to those heightened two hours of life as she does to her death. The story of her birth, as narrated from the point of view of the mother, who is 22 when she is obliged to deliver the premature baby herself, is simply told.
The book is structured around the white things that become part of the rituals of mourning and remembering. The dominant theme is of transience, of fleeting life and the acceptance of human fragility. It feels mysterious and abstract at time, which seems to reflect the death itself. Hats off to Han Kang and @Deborah Smith for another wonderful translation.
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LinseyCJ (3 KP) rated The Lovely Bones in Books
Dec 18, 2017
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Jessica Erdas (463 KP) rated Reincarnation Blues in Books
May 16, 2018
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Entertainment Editor (1988 KP) created a video about Icaros: A Vision (2016) in Movies
Nov 11, 2017
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Mike Leigh recommended Journey To The End Of The Night in Books (curated)
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Mary Gordon recommended Pale Horse, Pale Rider in Books (curated)
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lou (13 KP) rated The Green Mile (1999) in Movies
Jun 14, 2019
so sad
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got to be one of my fave films ever very sad and at the same time happy i think a man who can bring life after death what more can you ask for