Interesting book
The day before yesterday I read a book, Hakase no aisita su-siki (loved formula by Doctor) by Ogawa Yoko. As soon as starting to read it, I was deeply absorbed; it is a funny and impressive story. The Doctor has a special memory trouble. He can’t keep anything in his memory . He can remember things for only 80 minutes. However, he has always loved mathematics. He is a Doctor of math before he gets into trouble. He is absolutely fascinated with math, which is his only friend in his mind.
One day a woman, a housekeeper, comes to his house. When she meets him, he says evey day, “Nice to meet you! Who are you?” Because he forgot her. At first is embarrassed, plus she is poor at math. But his number stories are easy to understand and mysterious. She loves them. He always talks about numbers during dinner. Except for eating, he lives only in his world where he thinks about math problems.
The housekeeper has one child. When she works in his house, her kid has to be by himself. The Doctor knows that and allows her to come with her kid. Next day the boy comes and the Doctor is happy because he likes children. He nicknames him Root and teaches him math. When Root can figure out the homework, he praises him a lot. He admires Root. His mother likes to see this scene. Although he forgets them every day, they become friends. Root and his mother love the Doctor deeply.
I think the Doctor is a very wonderful and cute man. He is in a hard situation but he does his best every time. His love is very deep. Root and his mother found it, so they like him. The Doctor taught me that it is not important to remember the past, the most imprtant thing is today. I was impressed by him.
This story has been turned into a movie—I want to see it.
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Comments (1)
Rudolf
wrote on February 03, 2006:
An English translation of the book is due to come out in July this year.
How did you learn about this book, Mayu-san? It seems to be making quite a bit of a stir with all the prizes it has won.
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