这晚的《厨房》除了刘姥姥，电影迷，老牛等带来的美食外，还有紫罗兰准备的水果。大家对贴在网上有关《厨房》的“替菜”进行了“研”、“犟”、“暴吵”或“稍考”。Alice ，雪和老牛出手利索让新手潇竹大长见识。善于张罗的水竹抽空将中华食文化“热了热”；竹林子帮大家“择理干净”了心理学上的一些观点和性学上的几条“熟鱼”。电影迷分享了她的大陆，台湾及香港旅游见闻。紫罗兰和刘姥姥清闲自在地享受着大雁的作品“厨房交响乐”。大家都知道兰是不会在厨房露面的，因为“她经不起厨房的烟熏火燎”。
经过对《厨房》的讨论我们应该知道作者利用“死”作为故事的主脉。由Mikage外婆的死使她搬去Tanabe的家，由此有了Mikage，Eriko和Yuichi三个非常独立人物之间非常独特的亲密关系；从Eriko妻子的死演化出他的变性，俊男成靓女。从一个被人收养嫌弃的穷小子，到一个受人喜爱为人提供避难所的夜总会业主；再由Eriko的死将Mikage和Yuichi拉近，使彼此均失去所有亲人，情人的爱之后又找到了属于他们自己的爱。
作者让我们看到死亡是件自然的事情，不是因果的报应。书中主人翁在面对人生的困境及死亡时的哭泣、痛苦、挣扎、绝望、忧郁、甚至轻生等没有与常人有所不同。他们三人看似心理不健全却是那么的坚强、阳光、赋人以生命力。
民以食为天，厨房是生命的供给所。
“If a person wants to stand on her own two feet, I recommend undertaking the care and feeding something. It could be children, or it could be house plants, you know? By doing that you come to understand your own limitations. That’s where it starts.” –Eriko P41
自强、自立人之根本。
“There are many days when all the awful things that happen make you sick at heart, when the path before you is so steep you can’t bear to look. Not even love can rescue a person from that.” –Eriko P42
“When was it I realized that, on the truly dark and solitary path we all walk, the only way we can light is our own?” –Mikage P21
“Truly great people emit a light that warms the hearts of those around them. When that light has put out, a heavy shadow of despair descends. Perhaps Eriko’s was only a minor kind of greatness, but her light was sorely missed.” –Mikage P55
“As I grow older, much older, I will experience many things, and I will hit rock bottom again and again. Again and again I will suffer; again and again I will get back on my feet. I will not be defeated. I won’t let my spirit be destroyed.” - Mikage P42
灾难可以夺去你的一切，你的亲人、财产、健康和以致生命，但它无法夺取你面对人生的态度。
Friday, March 26, 2010
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Discussion questions for "Kitchen
Hi ladies, wakeup! Let’s get “kitchen” ready for the reunion with our professor after her “Fat” Chinese Spring Festival vacation. We all know the limits in our kitchen compare to the ones she had seen in China. However we could still satisfy her taste buds if we have the essence.
Here are few questions to serve as “Bricks” hopping to attract “Jade”. I’d appreciate your generosity for posting more questions.
1. What Tanabes’ Kitchen looks like? What is it different from kitchen we normally see?
2. What impression you have on Tanabes’ personalities after saw their kitchen?
3. How the author described Yuichi and Eriko when using of “Light”? How would you relate it to their personality?
4. What do you think Eriko’s transsexuality adds to this story? Explain how you think Mikage’s and Yuichi’s love affair would have been different if Eriko had just been a mother who worked at a nightclub.
5. What are the scenes surprised you through the book? Will you please mark the pages and share with the rest when we meet?
6. In the book, few deaths are mentioned, what are the emotions you see in the book? What are not?
Here are few questions to serve as “Bricks” hopping to attract “Jade”. I’d appreciate your generosity for posting more questions.
1. What Tanabes’ Kitchen looks like? What is it different from kitchen we normally see?
2. What impression you have on Tanabes’ personalities after saw their kitchen?
3. How the author described Yuichi and Eriko when using of “Light”? How would you relate it to their personality?
4. What do you think Eriko’s transsexuality adds to this story? Explain how you think Mikage’s and Yuichi’s love affair would have been different if Eriko had just been a mother who worked at a nightclub.
5. What are the scenes surprised you through the book? Will you please mark the pages and share with the rest when we meet?
6. In the book, few deaths are mentioned, what are the emotions you see in the book? What are not?
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
二月一日读书会
昨晚的聚会以阿金的故事开始, 以Alice教授宣布”到此为止”而结束, 整个晚上大家分享了老牛, Alice, 雪等准备的丰盛美食. 我们畅所欲言, 有发自肺腑的倾诉, 也有冷眼向洋看世界的点评.
紫罗兰的缺席是小小的遗憾, 但是她在网上讲述的阿金故事让我们看到了一个活生生的女性, 阿金多次婚姻不幸并没有让她失去美好人生的追求. 读完了紫罗兰的叙述我觉得阿金仿佛就在眼前. 感谢紫罗兰, 你的作业让我们许多人汗颜, 紫罗兰得了一个满分.
这是一次难得的机会, 能和大家再次读《在德黑兰读洛丽塔》, 并和大家一同走过这段艰难的四个月的历程. 一开始我很有顾虑, 每读过一个章节我都要打退堂鼓, 怀疑继续读下去的可行性, 是大家的热情执着, 尤其是竹林子的鼓励和支持, 让我们成功地演绎一场在梦露湖畔读洛丽塔的故事.
《在德黑兰读洛丽塔》不是一本轻松的读物，它既是一本回忆录，又包括社会评论和文学批评等多方面的元素. 我相信, 不管每人对此书的看法不同，大家掩卷之后，或多或少地从中得到一点儿收获. 把大雁 “她们读书会到底得到了什么?” 的主语换一下, 就成了“我们读书会到底得到了什么?” 我会说: 我们得到是文学对我们的潜移默化.
雪在最后提到读小说不要把自己搅和进去. 是的, 用纳菲西教授的话说“無論什麼情況，千萬別把小說當成現實人生的翻版，因而小看了它。我們在小說中探求的並非現實，而是對真相的頓悟。”
紫罗兰的缺席是小小的遗憾, 但是她在网上讲述的阿金故事让我们看到了一个活生生的女性, 阿金多次婚姻不幸并没有让她失去美好人生的追求. 读完了紫罗兰的叙述我觉得阿金仿佛就在眼前. 感谢紫罗兰, 你的作业让我们许多人汗颜, 紫罗兰得了一个满分.
这是一次难得的机会, 能和大家再次读《在德黑兰读洛丽塔》, 并和大家一同走过这段艰难的四个月的历程. 一开始我很有顾虑, 每读过一个章节我都要打退堂鼓, 怀疑继续读下去的可行性, 是大家的热情执着, 尤其是竹林子的鼓励和支持, 让我们成功地演绎一场在梦露湖畔读洛丽塔的故事.
《在德黑兰读洛丽塔》不是一本轻松的读物，它既是一本回忆录，又包括社会评论和文学批评等多方面的元素. 我相信, 不管每人对此书的看法不同，大家掩卷之后，或多或少地从中得到一点儿收获. 把大雁 “她们读书会到底得到了什么?” 的主语换一下, 就成了“我们读书会到底得到了什么?” 我会说: 我们得到是文学对我们的潜移默化.
雪在最后提到读小说不要把自己搅和进去. 是的, 用纳菲西教授的话说“無論什麼情況，千萬別把小說當成現實人生的翻版，因而小看了它。我們在小說中探求的並非現實，而是對真相的頓悟。”
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Life after Reading Lolita in Tehran
Coming to the end of RLIT I have to say I feel a little sad in prospects of having to part with it. It has sustained us for about half a year.
Anyway, it is high time we work out a reading list for the new season and beyond. We still have 4 books to read, 3 of which having already leaders, while the 4th one is begging for a leader. They are:
1. Kitchen -- Mar. 24th, 2010 -- 潇竹
2. Bonesetter's daughter -- ., 2010 -- 紫罗兰
3. The Reader -- May, 2010 -- 老牛
4. Three cup of tea -- June, 2010 -- 雪
In other words we are fine till summer but we have few choices after it. Please recommend any books you have read/heard of that might be of interest to the group.
Your contribution is greatly appreciate.
Anyway, it is high time we work out a reading list for the new season and beyond. We still have 4 books to read, 3 of which having already leaders, while the 4th one is begging for a leader. They are:
1. Kitchen -- Mar. 24th, 2010 -- 潇竹
2. Bonesetter's daughter -- ., 2010 -- 紫罗兰
3. The Reader -- May, 2010 -- 老牛
4. Three cup of tea -- June, 2010 -- 雪
In other words we are fine till summer but we have few choices after it. Please recommend any books you have read/heard of that might be of interest to the group.
Your contribution is greatly appreciate.
Monday, January 18, 2010
The due date for question is this Friday
在<德黑兰读洛丽塔>最后一章问题: 每人一题. 最好指出书中出处.
Alice --
Alan --
大雁 --这些学生聚集在老师家读书的目的是什么？ 他们都达到目的了吗？ -- What is Nassrin's plan to leave Iran for London?
老牛 --
水竹 -- 书中姑娘们谁的结局最好?
萤火虫 -- (chapter 7 , p. 278) 你能指出Sanza boyfriend rejected her"这一细节和Austen的哪本书中细节相似?
潇竹 --
雪 --
竹林子 -- There are a few Persian expressions used by the author. on page 317, Chapter 19, "patient stone" was used. What does it mean?
紫罗兰 --第8章，教授的丈夫比姜想要留在伊朗的理由是什么？
姥姥 --
Alice --
Alan --
大雁 --这些学生聚集在老师家读书的目的是什么？ 他们都达到目的了吗？ -- What is Nassrin's plan to leave Iran for London?
老牛 --
水竹 -- 书中姑娘们谁的结局最好?
萤火虫 -- (chapter 7 , p. 278) 你能指出Sanza boyfriend rejected her"这一细节和Austen的哪本书中细节相似?
潇竹 --
雪 --
竹林子 -- There are a few Persian expressions used by the author. on page 317, Chapter 19, "patient stone" was used. What does it mean?
紫罗兰 --第8章，教授的丈夫比姜想要留在伊朗的理由是什么？
姥姥 --
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Homework and quesiong for the last chapter in RLIT
Friday, January 8, 2010
who is who?
Can you identify the names of the movies and TV series?
Top line from the left: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6?
Second line line: 1, 2, 3, 4?
Third line: 1, 2, 3, 4a, 4b, 5, 6?
Bottow line: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5?
Have fun!
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