imron Posted February 1, 2008 at 04:06 AM Report Share Posted February 1, 2008 at 04:06 AM Ok, Book of the Month for February is 《停车暂借问》by 钟晓阳 An online version can be found in 3 parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muyongshi Posted February 3, 2008 at 12:16 AM Report Share Posted February 3, 2008 at 12:16 AM Wow is it February already?? Guess I should get started...except the page isn't loading for me. I'll check later tonight when I get back to China. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muyongshi Posted February 4, 2008 at 01:21 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 01:21 AM Anyone else having a problem with the links??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gougou Posted February 4, 2008 at 01:45 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 01:45 AM Can't open white-collar from here either. Which is strange, as I just went there a couple of days ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 4, 2008 at 01:59 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 01:59 AM Same problem here - was working late last week though. I read about a third of part one, haven't really formed any opinions yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 4, 2008 at 02:14 AM Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 02:14 AM Maybe the site admin has gone home for the spring festival and doesn't realise his machine's crashed They were working fine for me too, but not any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentyoung Posted February 4, 2008 at 08:59 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 08:59 AM 看看这个网行不行-> http://www.xici.net/b225406/d10651593.htm 《停车暂借问》 Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muyongshi Posted February 4, 2008 at 09:18 AM Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 09:18 AM studentyoung 真的很感谢你了！ 第一部分 第二部分 第三部分 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roddy Posted February 4, 2008 at 03:57 PM Report Share Posted February 4, 2008 at 03:57 PM In case they're of any use, the attached archive has the entire text from studentyoung's links in both .doc and mobipocket format. In my experience Mobipocket won't handle Chinese files on Palm, but does on PPC and desktop. Just under 90,000 characters in this one, so aim for about 3,000 per day, statistics fans! Feb BOTM doc and mobi.rar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhwj Posted February 23, 2008 at 05:16 AM Report Share Posted February 23, 2008 at 05:16 AM I had some time this morning so I read Part I, the story of the ill-fated romance between Zhao Ningjing (赵宁静) and Yoshida Chie (I believe that's his name: 吉田千重) in 1944, shortly before Japan withdraws from China. This part of the book apparently didn't make it into the 2001 screen adaptation A Pinwheel Without Wind that starred Zhou Xun and Jeff Chang. Some notes: - The overall narrative style reminded me of traditional fiction - I enjoyed the realistic details of life in the northeast - the local dialect, foods, and characterization. But not much else specific. I think it works as a tragic love story, and I'm interested in reading about Ningjing's next romantic escapade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 29, 2008 at 03:20 PM Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 at 03:20 PM *sigh* epic fail for me this month. I didn't even get the first part finished. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylee Posted February 29, 2008 at 03:40 PM Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 at 03:40 PM What a pity. But why? It is not your type of story? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted February 29, 2008 at 04:42 PM Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 at 04:42 PM More a matter of other things taking precedence, and not finding the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monto Posted February 29, 2008 at 04:59 PM Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 at 04:59 PM Is that so interesting? I forced myself to read one page and had no taste for another. And there are quite a number of mistypings there. Maybe, everyone has different stomach even for reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowdh Posted February 29, 2008 at 11:39 PM Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 at 11:39 PM Is that so interesting? perhaps some suggestions regarding books to read? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muyongshi Posted February 29, 2008 at 11:46 PM Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 at 11:46 PM If we actually are able to find a book that EVERYBODY likes I will be amazed!!! It's impossible for everyone to like every book. So in that sense it is good that we have a very wide variety so that in the end there is at least something that will grab on or two peoples attention. I personally didn't get past the first two paragraphs this month for pretty much the same reasons as Imron. School starts up on Monday so then I should have more time to read (it sounds like an oxymoron I know!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studentyoung Posted March 1, 2008 at 03:38 AM Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 at 03:38 AM But not much else specific. I think it works as a tragic love story, and I'm interested in reading about Ningjing's next romantic escapade. Perhaps because I finished the whole book, I think there is at least two tragic love stories in Miss Zhao’s life, one was with 吉田千重, the other was with 林爽然. (I like these two boys, too, especially 吉田千重, whose characters seem quite familiar to me. Hehe. ) In my opinion, the book shows how hard a girl chose her true love in a war time and how deeply her choices on love affected her life-time. Hehe, I think the book is more suitable for girls than boys. Hehe. Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monto Posted March 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM Report Share Posted March 2, 2008 at 12:06 PM Shadowdh:perhaps some suggestions regarding books to read? read classics 1) Chinese classics They may be difficult to read for the beginners and intemediate learners. that doesn't matter, as there are siplified versions for teenages of the native Chinese. Some of them are even with Pinyin. 2) World -wide classics Almost all the famous classics of the world have the Chinese version. You might have read same of them in your native language, then choose these books in Chinese. The dvantages of doing so are obvious, first it them are easier to understand because you know the story already, secondly it quickly offers you means to express idea or knowledge you already have. In my view, learning a language by an adult should be basically different from the mastering of mother longue by a native child. The idea that one should learn a language the way a child learn his/her mother tongue is totally a misleading one. Extra suggestion for those who are particularly fond of the story: Do read romance books by Qiong Yao (A lady in Taiwan who wrote many love stories that earned a lot of tears from teenage girls all over the Chinese circle) which should be more formal in grammer and with less mistakes there, thus more helpful to your Chinese. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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