Anthony Leung Leung itibaren Cimanggu, Ngamprah, West Bandung Regency, West Java, Endonezya
I didn't find this book entirely believable, yet I did enjoy reading it.
In essence, this is a story of two lives tainted by a moment. A story of the pettiness of human nature and the heartbreak of what might have been. At heart, it's a detailed character study, of two disparate people who come together and married, almost accidentally. Would it have been better for them both if they’d never met? If they’d handled each other differently? If each had been able to swallow their pride and forgive each other's weakness? Another of those very short novels (I seem to have read a lot of these lately) where very little happens and yet the tale is so beautifully told, it hardly seems to matter.
I read this on the plane while my mom took me to Vegas for my 21st birthday. Not one of Big D's best works, but it's really fucking short. And it got me in the gambling mood ...
This is a fun, thorough, entertaining, sad biography of a blaring, raging, tragic (and quite funny) man.
i was looking at possible books for teachers to teach, and i came across this title, so i did what i always do when i'm unfamiliar with a title, i went to amazon.com and looked at it's summary. much to my surprise, there were great reviews along with some really negative ones with real specific beefs. i'm finding that the beefs are pretty well founded.... this book wasn't bad, but if it's taught without a little history, the koreans look like total barbarians. it's unfortunate that at the end of the book, there is a note saying that it's not important to know of the history of korea to understand the book. that's kinda true, but also very false. it's a little strange that this book has been accepted and is even compared to "night" (bad bad comparison) by some. i think that guilt about the atomic bombs may have something to do with this. that's just my personal opinion though.
Peer pressure and hazing during a club initiation lead to a tragic end.