책 / 한국문학
After Reading 'The Naked Tree.'
It's been a while since I wrote. I had read Park Wan-suh's writing before, but a novella-length work like The Naked Tree was a first for me. Moreover, this…
2018-03-12
책
책 / 한국문학
After Reading Park Wan-suh's 'The Thirsty Season'
The historical backdrop running through the novel is all too simple. It's partly because the Korean War was a long-standing theme of Park Wan-suh's, and be…
2018-02-03
책 / 논픽션
After Reading 'The Finnish Education Reform Report'
0. Until the exam, I intend to practice reading for learning within my areas of interest for the time being. The very first book among those is this book a…
2017-12-07
책 / 한국문학
On Reading Eun Hee-kyung's 'Take the Last Dance with Me'
The 'I' that becomes visible when you look at yourself from a distance is both the real me and not me. I sometimes think I'd like to be someone's last danc…
2017-11-30
책 / 한국문학
After Reading Eun Hee-kyung's 'The Bird's Gift'
The first-round exam is over, and I borrowed The Bird's Gift, one of the books I'd wanted to read. Well, my reading speed has gotten faster now, so somethi…
2017-11-28
책 / 한국문학
'Kim Ji-young, Born 1982', Cho Nam-joo, Minumsa, <Today's Young Writers 13>
- This piece contains a lot of the novel's content. - 0. A Talked-About Work "People call me a mom-roach" is the sentence written on the back of this novel…
2017-05-16
책 / 한국문학
Meditation on the Snipe and 3 Others, Kim Won-il Collected Novels Vol. 22, Gang
1. A word about the author. I know almost nothing about the author Kim Won-il. I only have a few things I picked up here and there. That he was separated f…
2017-04-11
책 / 한국문학
Lee Gyun-young, The Wind and the City and 11 Other Stories, Munhaksasangsa, 1986
0. Before getting started. As one of the new projects I'm starting this year, I planned to write about authors who won the Yi Sang Literary Award / Dongni …
2017-03-16
책 / 외국문학
On Reading 'Strait Is the Gate,' by André Gide
0. André Gide, the name of an author of French literature I haven't read much of. French literature feels somehow rather distant. I've read a few works by …
2017-03-09
책 / 논픽션
After Reading 'Why Does Half the World Go Hungry?', by Jean Ziegler
0. This is the second book in my winter-break general-knowledge reading. This time I came to read a book dealing with the refugee problem and the food prob…
2017-02-20
책 / 논픽션
After Reading 'Yoo Si-min's Special Lecture on Writing'
0. A few days ago was my birthday. Luckily, someone close gave me a book as a gift. That book is precisely 'Yoo Si-min's Special Lecture on Writing'. I rea…
2017-02-10
책 / 외국문학
After Reading 'Convenience Store Woman', written by Sayaka Murata
"Normal people enjoy putting non-normal humans on trial. But if you drive me out, people will judge you all the more. So you have no choice but to keep fee…
2017-01-01