30 Days Book Challenge Day 26: A book that changed your opinion about something
My Mister Ostrich by Han Yan was the first novel I’ve read about people with disability. I wasn’t familiar with Chinese novel yet, and I didn’t know much about that topic either at the time. Normally, a fiction that was written in biography style didn’t entice me much, but the strong slice-of-life tone of this story hooked me from the beginning. I don’t know how close the description of the male lead’s condition and struggle are to those in real life, but the book clearly has interesting things to say about living with disability.
One thing that left a lasting impression for me was the female lead’s utter inability to understand why other people felt the need to qualify their compliments towards the male lead with a mention of his missing hands. Her innocent question “What does it have to do with anything?” stunned me and frankly, it raised some excellent points to think about.
gadis
August 26, 2020 at 7:20 AM
30 Days Book Challenge
Day 26: A book that changed your opinion about something
My Mister Ostrich by Han Yan was the first novel I’ve read about people with disability. I wasn’t familiar with Chinese novel yet, and I didn’t know much about that topic either at the time. Normally, a fiction that was written in biography style didn’t entice me much, but the strong slice-of-life tone of this story hooked me from the beginning. I don’t know how close the description of the male lead’s condition and struggle are to those in real life, but the book clearly has interesting things to say about living with disability.
One thing that left a lasting impression for me was the female lead’s utter inability to understand why other people felt the need to qualify their compliments towards the male lead with a mention of his missing hands. Her innocent question “What does it have to do with anything?” stunned me and frankly, it raised some excellent points to think about.
Carolina
August 26, 2020 at 1:48 PM
The cover is so pretty.