Dreaming in English is a book that leaves the reader as enchanted as if dropped into a fairytale. Like all good stories it starts long ago (well, in the late 1960s) and far away (rural South Korea). The author shows us what life was like for a young girl with a traditional Korean upbringing. She
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Monthly Archive: October 2011
October 29th, 2011
Dreaming In English review
Posted in Book Reviews | Tags: Dreaming In English, immigrants in America, Jeannie Johng-Nishikawa, memoir, South Korea
October 12th, 2011
Review of Emily Alone: A Novel
Emily Alone: A Novel by Stewart O’Nan This is an old fashioned novel without fancy flashbacks or varying points of view, common to a lot of contemporary fiction. The author has managed to tell the story of an elderly woman from an all knowing perspective. It makes you realize how infrequently any writer, much
October 29th, 2011
Dreaming In English review
Posted in Book Reviews | Tags: Dreaming In English, immigrants in America, Jeannie Johng-Nishikawa, memoir, South Korea
October 12th, 2011
Review of Emily Alone: A Novel
Emily Alone: A Novel by Stewart O’Nan This is an old fashioned novel without fancy flashbacks or varying points of view, common to a lot of contemporary fiction. The author has managed to tell the story of an elderly woman from an all knowing perspective. It makes you realize how infrequently any writer, much
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