Since we 'd
better choose the Canadian author books, I asked my homestay for some
suggestions. She recommends Life of Pi and The English Patient.Compared to
religion I want to have a deeper understanding of war through love, or I can
say I want to have a special understanding of love through war. And The English
Patient is a book talks a lot about war
and love.
The story deals
with the gradually revealed histories of a critically burned English accented
Hungarian man, his Canadian nurse, a Canadian-Italian thief, and an Indian
sapper in the British Army as they live out the end of World War II in an
Italian villa. To be honest, I do know the history of war, but probably just in
terms of some historical facts. It's necessary for me to know more
about wars personally and emotionally.In this story, Four people seem to be
unrelated to each other live together for some reason. It makes me interested
to get involve their life during the “nightmare”. I believe that every person
has a special story of their own .What is the English patient’s true identity?
Why does Hana would be so insist to save this patient? Why does Kip -- an India
man defuse bombs for the British forces?
Another
significant reason is fairly simple, just because of this quote:
“My darling. I'm waiting for you. How long is a day in the dark? Or a
week? The fire is gone now. And I'm cold, horribly cold. I really want to drag
myself outside but then there'd be the sun. I'm afraid I waste the light on the
paintings, and I'm not writing these words. We die. We die,we die rich with
lovers and tribes, tastes we have swallowed, bodies we have...entered and swum
up like rivers. Fears we have hidden in ---- like this wretched cave. I want
all this marked on my body. We're the real countries, not the boundaries drawn
on maps with the names of powerful men. I know you'll come and carry me out
into the Palace of Winds. That's what I've wanted: to walk in such a place with
you, with friends, on the earth without maps. The lamp has gone out and I'm
writing in the darkness. “This is what Katharine says before her death.
Thought I haven’t cover this paragraph, but I was deeply touched by this
so that I know I have to read this book.