Daniel Gawthrop (2) (1963–)
Autor(a) de The Rice Queen Diaries
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About the Author
Daniel Gawthrop has written articles for the Economist, the Globe and Mail, the Georgia Straight and the Vancouver Sun, and he won a Western Magazine Award in 1994. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.
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Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1963
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The Rice Queen Diaries de Daniel Gawthrop
A fun romp into the mind of a sexually-obsessed author who travels in/out of Asia. A somewhat repetitive foray that I only give five stars because I can relate to it so well. It does truly capture slices of what it's like to be a foreigner in Asia. And all the joy and frustration that that includes.
I received a free copy through Goodreads.
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I have to point out that this type of genre (religion and current affairs) is not part of my usual reads. However, I found this book to be rather fascinating and intriguing for the most part.
I admit the majority of the theologies and what not went over my head. The rest of the information that was written was very convincing and persuasive in presenting Pope Benedict XVI as a tyrant and bully to some extent. For a large chunk of the book, I was so convinced that Benedict seems to be serving himself and his ideas and was constantly 'attacking' everyone else with a remote thread of credibility in the Catholic Church or theology.
I do question the epilogue and the chapter before that where Benedict is portrayed as an old man who stood on trial for all that he had a hand in. It felt like a complete turn around from the pursuit of the author to persuade the audience that Benedict is a very controversial and tyrannical pope (to a certain extent).
The path to the papal throne is an interesting one for Benedict. Although, near the end it felt like he was being pushed to stand as a scapegoat of sorts, not that he is innocent of certain dealings nor was he as devious as he is made out to be. After all it takes a lot of people to make things happen the way it did (i.e., cover ups, etc).
I don't really have a strong liking towards the Catholic Church, but after reading this book and hearing all the stories of sexual abuse and what not makes me not a fan of the church even more. Also I do wonder how the Vatican is able to end up with so much power (becoming independent state, sitting in at the UN, etc).
Overall, a very interesting read.… (mais)
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I have to point out that this type of genre (religion and current affairs) is not part of my usual reads. However, I found this book to be rather fascinating and intriguing for the most part.
I admit the majority of the theologies and what not went over my head. The rest of the information that was written was very convincing and persuasive in presenting Pope Benedict XVI as a tyrant and bully to some extent. For a large chunk of the book, I was so convinced that Benedict seems to be serving himself and his ideas and was constantly 'attacking' everyone else with a remote thread of credibility in the Catholic Church or theology.
I do question the epilogue and the chapter before that where Benedict is portrayed as an old man who stood on trial for all that he had a hand in. It felt like a complete turn around from the pursuit of the author to persuade the audience that Benedict is a very controversial and tyrannical pope (to a certain extent).
The path to the papal throne is an interesting one for Benedict. Although, near the end it felt like he was being pushed to stand as a scapegoat of sorts, not that he is innocent of certain dealings nor was he as devious as he is made out to be. After all it takes a lot of people to make things happen the way it did (i.e., cover ups, etc).
I don't really have a strong liking towards the Catholic Church, but after reading this book and hearing all the stories of sexual abuse and what not makes me not a fan of the church even more. Also I do wonder how the Vatican is able to end up with so much power (becoming independent state, sitting in at the UN, etc).
Overall, a very interesting read.… (mais)
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