![]() Strangely, though, I felt happy while I was reading it. Chinaski, the weary protagonist, is also going through a hard time. I read it at a very difficult time, personally. I was already middle-aged when I read this book for the first time. And while that truth was very disappointing, it was also oddly a relief. What I realised when I read this novel at 18 was that, for the most part, not much happens in life. ![]() Stories about adventure and romance, hardship and adversity, struggle and triumph. ![]() I can’t pretend to understand how this book affected my consciousness and sensibilities, but I can’t deny this book’s literary influence on me as a fiction writer, many years later.īefore this, the books I read when I was young followed remarkable lives. ![]() I read this book so many times when I was in school! I don’t remember any other reading experience that was so powerful and overwhelming. Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong ![]()
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