Hi guys! My name's Jenny, i'm 24 and live with my family and mental animals! I'm a bit of a shopah...
Hi guys! My name's Jenny, i'm 24 and live with my family and mental animals! I'm a bit of a shopaholic and I'm looking forward to sharing my experiences with other Ciao members and hope it helps!! I'm just doing this for a bit of fun!
Member since:16.03.2009
Reviews:8
I bought this book a couple of months ago after reading a positive review in a magazine. However, there was something slightly important that the review left out. But first;
'Buddha Da tells the endearing story of a working-class Glaswegian man who discovers Buddhism, rejects old habits and seeks a life more meaningful, only to alienate his immediate family in the process'
So all sounds good, I was interested in this because I recently studied the Dalai Lama and found Buddhism and everything surrounding the DL fascinating. The book arrived, nice looking cover, 344 pages so not too long, then I read the first page.
Now, I read A LOT - but this totally threw me. The book is written in Galswegian dialect, here's an example;
"He'd dae anythin for a laugh so he wid; went doon the shops wi a perra knickers on his heid, tellt the wifie next door we'd won the lottery ans were flittin tae Barbados, but that wis daft stuff compared tae whit he's went and done noo. He's turned intae a Buddhist".
Ok, so it's easy enough to figure out what they're saying here, but in parts, even after reading and re-reading, I still couldn't figure out what they were saying. It gave me a headache and I didn't make it to the second chapter.
Therfore, I can't really review the story. It sounds good enough, but I'm just warning you, it may take some work in figuring out what they're saying.
The Sunday Times described the book as "deliciously corkscrewed"; well that's one way of putting it...
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Advantages: A fscinating insight into someone search for answers - in a most unusual place Disadvantages: Some people might struggle with the dialect at first
Advantages: A fscinating insight into someone search for answers - in a most unusual place Disadvantages: Some people might struggle with the dialect at first