April/China Reading: Buying a Fishing Rod for My Grandfather: Stories by Gao Xingjian

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04-24-2008, 09:29 AM
NickAdams

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Originally Posted by papayahed

I just read Buying a fishing rod for my grandfather. I was following it until he started with the soccor game in the middle of the story. what's up with that?

What is up with that?:lol:

I assume he was showing how background events influences a narrator as he tells a story. I guess Keyser Söze was telling the story.;) Soccer doesn't interest me, or the story. A radio broadcast might have worked better for me.
05-03-2008, 10:14 PM
Chesterfield

I was looking at the synopsis for this book, researching and whatnot, and it seems like a good purchase; Is this worth buying?
05-04-2008, 10:27 AM
papayahed

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Originally Posted by NickAdams

What is up with that?:lol:

I assume he was showing how background events influences a narrator as he tells a story. I guess Keyser Söze was telling the story.;) Soccer doesn't interest me, or the story. A radio broadcast might have worked better for me.

I read the synopsis of the story, and that makes sense. How different and seemingly random memories pop up when telling stories.

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Originally Posted by Chesterfield

I was looking at the synopsis for this book, researching and whatnot, and it seems like a good purchase; Is this worth buying?

All I can say is that I would rather have gotten the book from the library.