青梅のCINEMA NEKOで『野生の島のロズ』を観ました。CINEMA NEKOはとてもいい映画館でした。都内で唯一の木造の映画館だとか。映画も素敵でした。そもそも私は健気なロボットが出てきたらもう降参するしかないんですよ。昔観た『フラバー』でさえ涙が止まりませんでしたから。

An undoubted masterpiece.

is the driving force and purpose of the fictional British Empire and its indivisible colonialism. This book is about minorities, who are inevitably deprived of their lives in exchange for privileges bestowed by the Empire, and also is a coming-of-age story about both brilliance and agony of youth.

I started reading immediately after purchasing this highly praised book to avoid any spoilers, but reading took longer than I expected. What slowed me down were the weight of brutalilty of colonialism and discrimination. Magic, which defines this book a fantasy novel,