Human Acts
Written by Amy Badenhorst I never fully understood the sadness, violence, and blood shed that occurred during the 5.18 Gwangju uprising until I read Human Acts by Han Kang. This … Read More
Category: Book Review
We Should All Be Feminists
Written by Sashai Yhukutwana “We Should All Be Feminists is a brief and amusing book. You can bank on it being highly educational, too. One cannot help but have “Aha” … Read More
Shantaram by Gregory Roberts
Written by Maddy Miller There are some things easily distinguishable as fact or fiction – that two plus two equals four, how much kimchi is too much kimchi, that twelve … Read More
“Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov
“When you read Vladimir Nabokov’s novel Lolita, you are guaranteed to experience a process of guilt as you uncover the sordid actions of the narrator Humbert Humbert as he forms an obsessive desire for his landlady’s 12-year-old daughter, Lolita.”
The Vegetarian by Han Kang
Written by Maddy Miller As foreigners, there are lots of things we implicitly observe without really understanding. One of these is the typical Korean response to mental health issues. I’ve … Read More
Slade House by David Mitchell
Words by Rachel Johnstone This Twitter-experiment-turned-novel is truly creepy. While David Mitchell uses established elements of the scary story genre, he also manages to combine these with a kind of … Read More
Korean Literature Review – My Innocent Uncle
Elton LaClare’s latest review is on “My Innocent Uncle” by Ch’ae Man Shik.
Korean Literature Review – The Other Side of Dark Remembrance
“The shared agony of history is an essential aspect of the bond that exists among Koreans.” Elton LaClare reviews “The Other Side of Dark Remembrance” by Lee Kyun Young.