China Book

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Tue, 2009-02-24 19:17

China Book

Hello ABC forum visitors. I ask for your suggestions with regards a thing. Here's the thing: I'm moving to China tomorrow morning. I shall be teaching English, and learning kung-fu. The contract is for 6 months, and then I'll go to Japan, and travel a bit also.

I'm presently a dizzy cocktail of past anxieties, present hang-ups, future excitements, and eternal joys.

I have everything packed, but I've left out all the shite I've been addicted to in my 30 years of life - namely, books, musical discs, and movie cartridges.

But, having packed everything, I see I have room for one more object, and I plan for it to be a book. However I'm having a hard time choosing which book. So far, I've settled on Ludwig Wittgenstein's Philosophische Untersuchungen, because I was thinking it might be a good thing to learn German while teaching English in China.

But maybe that's not the right way to go about it book-wise.

Any suggestions for the book I should take with me to China are most welcome.

What should I bring with me book-wise in your opinion?

Tue, 2009-02-24 19:37

jennifer

One that reminds you of home...or a good long one for those lonely evenings far from your friends...!!

Tue, 2009-02-24 23:22

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sean mcnulty

Thanks Jennifer. Maybe Tarry Flynn by Patrick Kavanagh. You know, it's just slim enough to slip inside my copy of Philosophische Untersuchungen, so maybe I'll get away with bringing two books, and perhaps each will combat solitude in their own uniquely solitary ways.

Wed, 2009-02-25 00:32

threeleafshamrock

Ulysses! It will take 3 months to read and 3 more to decipher...at least! ;)

Wed, 2009-02-25 08:12

Ewan

Well, since you're leaping headlong into a completely alien culture, I'd recommend something diverting, but at the same time resonant of your experience. Maybe 'Stranger in a Strange Land' by Heinlein would do the trick.

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Wed, 2009-02-25 10:25

mykle

I'd take a Chinese/English phrase book as pronunciation can be tough and you can always point to the phrase. Speaking of English in foreign parts: The Nation. Italian tourist killed in Rama VIII Bridge suicide re-identified as Maurizio Tosabori Deputy police commissioner-general Jongrak Chuthanont announced Wednesday that the Italian tourist suspected to be the one killed by a hanging suicide at the Rama VIII Bridge has been found alive and police have learnt the real identity of the victim. http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30096603/Italian-tourist-ki...

Wed, 2009-02-25 13:39

tcook

If you want to learn about how the Japanese mind works then I suggest Haruki Mirakumi's Wind Up Bird Chronicle - it's one of the best books I've ever read.

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