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LisaBam
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Pickpick

Enjoyed this fantastic story about an ordinary woman transforming to a rebel overnight. For me, the book is about the surge for belonging and oneness with sth bigger, in a world that is actually characterized by hyperindustrialization, societal norms and social alienation.

IuliaC Great review! I enjoyed this one too 1w
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rwmg
Love in the Big City | Sang Young Park
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Mehso-so

From his mid/late 30s Young looks back on his relationships as a young-ish gay man in Seoul.

Rather rambling narrative that frequently left me waiting for something to happen but even when it did, it didn't make much impact and was referred to so obliquely that it took me a while to realise what he meant.

No idea why it was longlisted for the International Booker.

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rwmg
Love in the Big City | Sang Young Park
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#koreanbook #koreanfood (bulgogi dosirak)

BarbaraBB I love those bento boxes 2w
Ruthiella Nice matching the book to the meal! 👍 2w
rwmg @Ruthiella - it was more a case of matching the meal to the book 😁 1w
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rwmg
Love in the Big City | Sang Young Park
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rwmg
Love in the Big City | Sang Young Park
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"I took the elevator to the third floor of the hotel and went into the Emerald Hall."

#FirstLineFridays
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Chavelafab
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Pickpick

Yeong-hye stops eating meat and her story is told through the eyes of her husband, brother in law and sister (no spoiler). I can‘t say more yet digesting but I was surprised shocked moved…

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Eggs
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“As for children, every woman knows the fears and sorrows. Joy is a delicious luxury that we experience most cautiously, for tragedy conceals itself around every corner.”

#CoverStories #Sea

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 🩵💙 3w
Cathythoughts Great quote ❤️ 3w
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩵 🌊 🩵 3w
Eggs @Cathythoughts 🙌🏻 3w
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BookishTrish
Greek Lessons | Han Kang
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Panpan

I can‘t lie - I didn‘t get it. I started in print and ended in audio. Both formats were a miss for me, but the audio was slightly better.

Hooked_on_books I hear you. This book was impenetrable to me. 4w
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anushareflects
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Mehso-so

A strange little novel about resisting dominant social structures through a female protagonist who decides to stop eating meat and gradually
"devolves" further until she eventually wastes away, wishing to return to the earth as a tree. Graphic, violent descriptions, visually evocative. But overall didn‘t land as powerfully for me, perhaps something to do with the translation or because it leans toward fantastical which I typically don‘t enjoy.

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AbstractMonica
White Book | Han Kang
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Pickpick

Interesting book of living a life vicariously after a sibling‘s death. This exploration of feelings & reflections is taken even further when adding thoughts/ideas only related to the color white. Loved it‘s uniqueness.