穿越時空，只為放手-- 諾蘭的電影與喪子的林肯

看諾蘭的新片《敦克爾克》時剛好在讀George Saunders（喬治·桑德斯）的【Lincoln in the Bardo】（林肯在中陰）。兩個毫不相干的

2017-09-25

The Leviathan -- Reading Moby-Dick

So begins Hermann Melville\'s Moby-Dick, with perhaps American literature\'s most recognizable opening line. Arguably the

2017-09-15

滄海紅塵，任子彈飛

--讀小說 The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley，BusyBee，希臘神話里的大力神赫拉克里斯，被赫拉詛咒，在瘋狂中誤殺妻兒，為了贖罪

2017-05-18

Food for thought -- nibbling through books of love

Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro，Reading books is sometimes akin to voyeurism– we be

2017-04-23

何處是吾鄉 -- 遲到的讀后感

好友歸舟讀了Angle of Repose后十分不喜歡，寫了長長書評吐槽。我多年前讀過此書，喜歡得一塌糊涂。倒真應了蘿卜青菜各有所愛。因

2016-12-08

書，郵局，問題

美國女作家Helene Hanff1970年出版的《查令十字街84號》記述了她和英國一家舊書店的員工在二十多年間的通信。Helene喜歡的書經常

2016-08-09

When he becomes she -- lessons in grammar

\"He looks kind of cute, doesn\'t he?\" Mom said to me.\"She,\" I said, as Dee beamed.\"She looks kind of cute.\"With that, Mar

2016-07-21

御風而翔 -- 讀小說Circling the Sun

Circling the Sun by Paula McLain，\"There are things we find only at our lowest depth, the idea of wings and the wings th

2016-06-16