The Onion Lady
By Francesca Duong When I think of onions, I think of their stinging flavor and ability to make people’s eyes overflow with tears. Personally, I have no use for onions; … Read More
Category: Arts & Culture
The Years by Annie Ernaux
Reviewed by Michael Attard “All the images will disappear.” These words comprise the only sentence in the opening paragraph of Annie Ernaux’s book, The Years. Set as they are on … Read More
TwoFive – Gwangju’s Hardest-Working Punk Band Turns It Up to Eleven
By Jon Dunbar Yes, there’s punk in Gwangju. It’s just hard to find sometimes. After interviewing Dirty Rockhon for the Gwangju News’ January issue (and Monkey Pee Quartet in January … Read More
Crossword Puzzle Answers for April 2023
Check out the answer for Crossword Puzzle April 2023!
Up the Mountain and into the Fog
I was assured by my friend that hiking through the Mudeungsan National Park (무등산국립공원) would be a gradual incline.
“It will be perfect for your first time hiking,” she said. “We will take it slow.”
I was lied to.
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez was born in Colombia in 1927. He wrote sixteen novels during his lifetime and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. His novel, Love in the Time of Cholera, was published in 1985. It is not generally considered to be his best work, but it has been acclaimed as his most romantic novel.
The setting is a coastal city in Colombia, and the timeframe covers about sixty years from the later 19th century to the early 20th century. The premise involves the question, “What happens when a young man’s unrequited love is unable to break his spirit?”
Crossword Puzzle Answer for March 2023
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The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
In the story, it becomes clear early that the narrator is “Death.” This distinctive form of storytelling creates a magical atmosphere which transcends what readers normally expect. The book is a war story, and Death is an appropriate entity to tell it. But the author does not paint Death as omniscient; rather, Death is an onlooker, puzzled and amazed by the extreme duality people exhibit. Death perceives human uniqueness in the thousands of colors that he sees in the sky, marking the places where he must go to gather the soul.