favorite author

Although I love to read, and I believe that I spend quite a lot of time reading, I haven’t read enough books written in English in order to tell which author who writes in English is my favorite. However, there’re certain authors whom I admire to, and Peter Mayle is one of them. Books such as A Year In Provence, Toujour Provence, and A Dog’s Life are all beautifully written by Peter Mayle.

A Year In Provence, Toujour Provence are basically autobiographies of his life in Provence , French, where he met unpredictable storms and fierce when he first got there. A Dog’s Life is one of my favorites book. It’s about his dog named Boy. The entire story is seeing from Boy’s view to his host as well as the world. Peter Mayle tries to thing in his dog’s way through careful observations on Boy for countless times. In the book, Boy expresses its opinion towards events and things that seem normal to us. When I was reading this book, I could actually feel Boy’s expressions and actions and imagine what Boy’s thinking vividly. Boy even makes comments on human’s food by using its “sensitive sense of smell.” This book send the message of paying respect to not only people but also different creatures such as your dog. Sometimes we just can’t be too selfish; we have to think for others. Sometimes you may think you are doing a right thing for someone without standing on his/her point of view thinking whether he/she would like you to do this. Furthermore, this story also tells me that seeing a same thing from different perspective will surprise you a lot, especially when you’re seeing from a “dog’s point of view!”