Aitor Urbina Urbina itibaren Penanggalan Binanga, Salak, West Pakpak Regency, North Sumatra, インドネシア
Looking at the cover of this book, I really didn't expect the story to be so interesting! It took a bit to get hooked, but afterward I was really intrigued by the storyline and snuck away to read a page or two in between tasks. To be honest, I sometimes felt as if the tone of the story changed too often, but that's a matter of personal taste. The story was good, I cared about the characters, and in the end I was scared by the "villain." Much better than I expected! I think I like this Nicholas Sparks guy. p.s. I cried. I don't want to spoil it but if you read this book you'll know when I cried. *sniffle*
I read this picture book to my students before we read Huck Finn. It is a beautifully illustrated and clearly displays the emotions associated with slavery. Really, this is a very abridged version of the beginning of Douglass's slave narrative. Reading this together gives me an opportunity to bring up the sensitive subject of slavery and the language associated with it that is in Huck Finn.
Deleuze's section of this book is pretty good - he develops his theory that sadism and masochism are not two sides of the same coin, but separate pathologies - er, separate technologies of subversion. Sacher-Masoch's prose is beyond all help, however; it's a shame that something so hot in theory is so boring in practice, but then Deleuze, reputed to be among the most vanilla of French theorists in his own personal life, must appreciate that.