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352 pages, Hardcover
First published August 7, 2023
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Choi Eun-young
45?books124?followersChoi Eun-young ( ???) is a South Korean writer. She began her literary career in 2013, when her short story ¡°Shokoui miso¡± (??? ??; Shoko's Smile) was selected for the quarterly literary magazine Writer's World's New Writer's Award. With the same work, she received the 5th Munhakdongne Young Writer's Award in 2014. She was awarded the 8th Heo Gyun Writer's Award in 2016, and was awarded the 8th Munhakdongne Young Writer's award in 2017.
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August 12, 2023
A collection of short stories- contains 7 stories which were all previously published through Korean literary periodicals.
All seven stories feature female characters who have been using shutting off their feeling as a means of survival and enduring big and small hurts. A lot of damages come from their own families, social injustice or wear and tear of everyday life in Korean society. For all the characters, even though they think they're accustomed to enduring by shutting off their feelings- (perhaps because of such conscious efforts) they are ironically hypersensitive with subtle changes of tone, mood of other people (and does get affected by them). Most of stories and people in the stories are sad, but at the same time, there's deep warmth weaving through the stories; in spite of everything that seems out of their hands, there's love (sometimes expressed explicitly other times disguise as something else).
The author has uncanny ways to detect and describe subtle feelings. Definitely my favorite young Korean writer.
All seven stories feature female characters who have been using shutting off their feeling as a means of survival and enduring big and small hurts. A lot of damages come from their own families, social injustice or wear and tear of everyday life in Korean society. For all the characters, even though they think they're accustomed to enduring by shutting off their feelings- (perhaps because of such conscious efforts) they are ironically hypersensitive with subtle changes of tone, mood of other people (and does get affected by them). Most of stories and people in the stories are sad, but at the same time, there's deep warmth weaving through the stories; in spite of everything that seems out of their hands, there's love (sometimes expressed explicitly other times disguise as something else).
The author has uncanny ways to detect and describe subtle feelings. Definitely my favorite young Korean writer.
January 30, 2024
really really loved this!! ?, ??, ????, ??, ????, ???? ??, in fact every short story in this, touched me in such a personal way. every character felt so real, choi eun-young just knows how to write nuanced human relationships and made me CRY. cried on public transport during both ?? and ??, damn it. really loved the theme of this book which was missing a person you can no longer see, and regretting bottling up emotions because it's too late to express them now. really hurt my heart but made me rethink how i treat those around me... and not a single dull story in this, i was enthralled and enchanted.
February 10, 2025
Throughout my life, I experience major and minor setbacks. Some setbacks threw me to the bottom, but some gave me strength to get back on my feet. Nevertheless, for such setbacks to be a driving force, some tricky conditions need to be satisfied. First, the frustration should not be too big to break my will to get back on the track, there should be at least a little hope to get back up, and above all, there should be a reason to get up.
And in many cases, the reason can be found outside of oneself. The reason may be found not only in family, friends, and loved ones, but also in people whom we cross our lives for a while in the course of our life.
In "Even in Very Faint Light," ¡®She¡¯ becomes a beacon in Hee-won¡¯s path, and Hee-young in "Share¡± broke a frame of thought of the main character. Da-hee and ¡®Senior¡¯ in "One Year" shone lights on each other for a little while Da-hee was an intern, and after many years, that dim light was still inside them.
In addition, in other stories, family members links the character to her life even if that member lost contact with them due to the tragedy of life. The longing for the nephew in "A Reply" and the memory of the uncle in "Sowing" support the lives of the characters faintly but firmly. On the other hand, Hee-jin's heart that love and hates her aunt in "To Aunty" and Ki-nam's heart that cannot reach his daughter in "Disappearing, not Disappearing" made my heart ache.
Sometimes it is harder to express love to the ones too close to you. Therefore, sometimes nephews and aunts or grandmothers and grandchildren show affection for family members who connect them by accepting each other as they are and expressing love without any strings attached.
These seven short stories express love without saying a word of love. I could feel the emotions through their gaze on each other. Few times I felt heartbroken by how vulnerable the characters in the stories are, but I was not sad because having other people in one's heart is such a precious while it might be painful. Thus, I had a faint yet inextinguishable hope that even if they look vulnerable, they will not break down.
And in many cases, the reason can be found outside of oneself. The reason may be found not only in family, friends, and loved ones, but also in people whom we cross our lives for a while in the course of our life.
In "Even in Very Faint Light," ¡®She¡¯ becomes a beacon in Hee-won¡¯s path, and Hee-young in "Share¡± broke a frame of thought of the main character. Da-hee and ¡®Senior¡¯ in "One Year" shone lights on each other for a little while Da-hee was an intern, and after many years, that dim light was still inside them.
In addition, in other stories, family members links the character to her life even if that member lost contact with them due to the tragedy of life. The longing for the nephew in "A Reply" and the memory of the uncle in "Sowing" support the lives of the characters faintly but firmly. On the other hand, Hee-jin's heart that love and hates her aunt in "To Aunty" and Ki-nam's heart that cannot reach his daughter in "Disappearing, not Disappearing" made my heart ache.
Sometimes it is harder to express love to the ones too close to you. Therefore, sometimes nephews and aunts or grandmothers and grandchildren show affection for family members who connect them by accepting each other as they are and expressing love without any strings attached.
These seven short stories express love without saying a word of love. I could feel the emotions through their gaze on each other. Few times I felt heartbroken by how vulnerable the characters in the stories are, but I was not sad because having other people in one's heart is such a precious while it might be painful. Thus, I had a faint yet inextinguishable hope that even if they look vulnerable, they will not break down.
March 12, 2025
It¡¯s been a while since I picked up a Korean book, and I¡¯m so glad I did. One review said, ¡°These seven short stories express love without saying a word of love,¡± and I couldn¡¯t agree more. The writing feels so subtle, calm, and almost detached, yet somehow carries such powerful warmth.
September 22, 2023
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