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![残虐記 [Zangyakuki] by Natsuo Kirino](http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1331887439s/2120103.jpg "残虐記 [Zangyakuki] by Natsuo Kirino")
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| had heard about natsuo kirino from rona. this book is definitely the suspense-thriller type, but not much to think about. supposedly about the cruelty of voyeurism. my dad and i took turns reading it in the plane from tokyo to washington dc - fun to...more | |
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mika
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| the content was dumb and unbelievable - i could identify with the main character in her escapism and quest to prove herself, but her stupidity was a little over the top. worse, the frames were consistently composed from the same perspective, that is:...more | |
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rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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Tawada describes the construction of a "tourist race" - Japanese trying to class themselves apart from other Asians, in order to approach Whiteness. With the other two stories, I'm not sure what she's ultimately trying to say or whether it works. |
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mika
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| "Then I buckled up my shoes,/ And I started." | |
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mika
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
The Magical Life of Long Tack Sam
by Ann Marie Fleming
recommended to mika by:
doreen
read in June, 2008
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| A lot of graphic novels are biographical in some way, and many have autobiographic qualities, but this is the first book I've read that inocrporates comics, sketches, primary source materials, text, and photographs to tell both history and historiogr...more | |
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mika
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| This account of the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party is more complete, more honest, and more male chauvinist than Elaine Brown's. I highly recommend that anyone who wants to get some insight into the workings, feelings, and processes of the t...more | |
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mika
rated a book 3 of 5 stars
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| i have to go back to fully appreciate the illustrations. the story itself follows a familiar pattern - a child grows into a young man and leaves his rapidly changing village. although i have never been to malaysia, the illustrations made me nostalgic...more | |
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mika
rated a book 4 of 5 stars
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| Even in this account of saintly matters on the fictional reservation of Little No Horse, sexual and romantic love play a large role, and this is something I'm trying to understand in Erdrich's work. I should read the secondary criticism... Aside from...more | |
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