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Have yet to see the movie though.


tragic - her own body, soul and life a battlefield between forces that defy any label, like right or wrong. the movie enhances the physical strain of the character, which is perceptible in the pages already.
the beauty of her desire and love shines - this book tattooes itself on the reader's skin.
on mine it did - like a last kiss.
the beauty of her desire and love shines - this book tattooes itself on the reader's skin.
on mine it did - like a last kiss.

hehe, yes, she should have done it.

True that, but her catholic upbringing as well as the knowledge that Kincaid was in inconstant lover likely hindered her, so she rather traded a uncertain future and possible freedom in for economic security and a little freedom.






I did too. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie and have it as a keepsake!

I did too. Thoroughly enjoyed the movie and have it as a keepsake!"
Same here. I just watched the move last week. I call it my bedtime movie, because it's so quiet and relaxing.
The soundtrack alone is brilliant.


http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/49...
I've been wanting to get it for the longest time but it's never in any bookstore I visit. I need to order it online.






Hey, the children grew into ungrateful brats anyway, and the four day love affaire was better than the married years afore... :)

"There are songs that come free from the blue-eyed grass, from the dust of a thousand country roads. This is one of them. In late afternoon, in the autumn of 1989, I'm at my desk, looking at a blinking cursor on the computer screen before me, and the telephone rings." // 从开满蝴蝶花的草丛里,从一千条乡村土路的灰尘中,常有关不住的歌逸出。这个故事,便是其中之一。
In the first translated Chinese version, they translated "a thousand country roads" into the meaning of "many country roads", which seems to me is not so good. I guess that a Western story-teller/writer may like a specific, vivid expression such as "a thousand country roads." So in my translation attempt, I kept the original style.

I believe that Francesca does her best not let the affair actually hurt her family. That's what a good mother does, right?


Ok, Judy, got your point. No hard feelings :)
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