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135th out of 179 books
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92 voters
When I Whistle
by
Shūsaku Endō
"Builds up pressure and suspense on the strength of its subject, and at one level it can indeed be read as a thriller". Anthony Thwaite, -- The New York Times Book Review
Paperback, 273 pages
Published
December 1st 1980
by Taplinger Publishing Company
(first published 1979)
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Earlier this year, I read Silence, and when I came across another Endo I was eager to check it out. When I Whistle alternates between the stories of a man and his son. Ozu is now a middle-aged under-achiever in post-war Japan. He is prompted to reminisce about a friendship in his youth just before and during the Second World War. Ozu's son Eiichi is a ruthlessly self-promoting young physician, resentful of his father's inability to assist him in fulfilling his ambitions. The translation is perio...more
The story in When I Whistle alternates between the present–in which Ozu and his son are constantly at odds because of the differences in their values–and Ozu’s past. While Ozu’s son is busy working and scheming about ways to make himself a name in the hospital where he works, Ozu has been reminded of his past and can’t stop thinking about Flatfish, his best childhood friend. By telling the story using two different threads, Endo is able to highlight the chasm that exists between two generations...more
Buku ini saya dapat dari Book Fair tahunannya anak-anak Fakultas Ekonomi Unpar setahunan yang lalu. Saya membelinya dari stand Periplus Bookstore. Terjemahan novel Jepang ke bahasa Inggris dengan kondisi lumayan dibandrol seharga 5000 perak saja, siapa yang mampu melewatkannya?
Harga yang murah itu ternyata membuat saya cukup lama menunda-nunda membaca When I Whistle. Namun, begitu saya melakukannya ternyata buku ini tidak mengecewakan. Shusaku Endo ternyata adalah seorang penulis yang telah mend...more
Harga yang murah itu ternyata membuat saya cukup lama menunda-nunda membaca When I Whistle. Namun, begitu saya melakukannya ternyata buku ini tidak mengecewakan. Shusaku Endo ternyata adalah seorang penulis yang telah mend...more
The way he bounces from old to new, from the now to the gone and back is simply ingenious! It's an interesting read with a lot to show for the itsy bitsies, and the moral message he gives is a strong one. The language, had me at times and then at times it didn't, but the fact that he makes it an easy read at strategic moments of the plot makes that all the more fun! (If you're a literary quirk).
Not nearly as good as Silence, but very different. It felt modern, yet it was not repulsive. It deals with problems and brokenness head-on, but doesn't justify them. Nice rhythm... I liked it.
Jan 12, 2008
Elena Mooney Graham
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
the patient among us
Ok this was pretty good, very good actually. It had that whole "I totally cant relate to either Japanese generational zeitgeist compared and contrasted here, and lets face it most Japanese literature is crazy as a bag of cats, and Wow how come Japanese stuff is smarter than our stuff and I wonder if its true when Kevin says guys who like asian chicks are really gay, and what does that mean for me because I do like asians?" feeling that everyone gets when they read Japanese Lit.
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I read this book to help my friend's final assignment in college. Never heard of Shusaku Endo or his books. But when I've finished it, I totally love it. It tells simple story but something we can relate to (well at least for me). A story about friendship, perseverance, innocent, diligent and gaps between generation. The Themes may have been told many time before but in this book it's funny, touching and memorable.
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I enjoyed reading this book which highlighted cultural and generational differences but was still completely relatable as the human experience.
Very impressive
OZu and Flatfish...hahaha
FUnny
OZu and Flatfish...hahaha
FUnny
When I Whistle by Shusaku End-O (1980)
it's about culture shock.
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Shusaku Endo, born in Tokyo in 1923, was raised by his mother and an aunt in Kobe where he converted to Roman Catholicism at the age of eleven. At Tokyo's Keio University he majored in French literature, graduating BA in 1949, before furthering his studies in French Catholic literature at the University of Lyon in France between 1950 and 1953. A major theme running through his books, which have be...more
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