lecturi/ citat(e) – 51

honey in the wound – jiyoung han

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“History is often what we as a society deem worth remembering,” the professor said to a surprised Rinako in Japanese, handing her a sheet of yellow paper that stuck to her fingers. “And your family is worth remembering.”

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“Your education is what you make of it. If you go into it thinking it’ll be useless, it will be. But if you go in with the intent to learn and to unlearn, to be critical of the world around you, you’ll start to pick up on how institutions work. See how beliefs are made and taught.”

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intr-un final, am plans la ultimele pagini – nu de tristete, sau de fericire; de eliberare a furiei acumulate in toate paginile cartii.
este o carte in care elemente de magic se intrepatrund cu realul, insa este o carte foarte reala, care avea nevoie de putina magie ca sa nu-ti pierzi mintile.
o carte care atarna, care nu lasa sufletul sa se aseze comod, asteptand o poveste lina, ci il nelinisteste, ii distruge reperele, si il incarca cu revolta, oroare si groaza.
intr-un alt final, este o carte despre ocupatia japoneza si “comfort girls” – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_former_comfort_women