مؤلمة تروي حكاية اختفاء أم ومحاولة أبنائها العثور عليها. .تلفت النظر إلى غفلة البعض عن نعمة من أعظم النعم التي يعيشون في ظلها.. وهي الأم. .الكثير من الأمور بت أنظر لها بوعي أكبر وبفهم أعمق بعد قراءتي للكتاب. .الأسلوب الذي كُتبتْ به الرواية مميز، كما لو أنه ضمير المرء يحدثه ويلومه.. أحب أن أسميه أ...
The family is gathered at your eldest brother Hyong-chol’s house, bouncing ideas off each other. You decide to make flyers and hand them out where Mom was last seen. The first thing to do, everyone agrees, is to draft a flyer. Of course, a flyer is an old-fashioned response to a crisis like this....
—Hwang In-suk, “Circle Dance” This alley, where snow would not melt. This alley, where a snowfall would turn into an icy path overnight. The world has many hidden alleys inside. Unlit windows. Cold telephone poles. Broken bricks. Tiny, labyrinthine rooms on the other side of the fence. Odor from ...
The list of promises I’d made to myself when I returned to the city was taped to the wall above my desk, and I thought I should take it down first. The cat came in and started exploring, as if looking for a spot of her own in this new place. She leaped onto the windowsill and curled up in a ball....