#foreign lit

[annafromuni]

We Do Not Part - Han Kang's Newest Literary Masterpiece

We Do Not Part, Han Kang’s most recent literary fiction release, is rich with sharp detail, evocative imagery, and that particular tone she is known for, a blend between ominous and hauntingly beautiful that sticks in your mind for days, and your heart for longer. I think I may have found my favourite of her works, and let me convince you it will be yours too. Han Kang’s most revelatory book…

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[annafromuni]

The White Book By Han Kang - Stunning Poetic Prose

If you are finding your tbr list is looking a little repetitive, then here is some prose to liven it up. The White Book by Han Kang contains many beautiful passages and poems that flow and sing on the page, making the novel a breeze to get through. The themes, imagery, characters, and ideas breath life into this short story and are well worth a couple hours of your time. While on a writer’s…

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[sleepiestpoet]

One of the best things about reading foreign novels is seeing what English novels/ writers they mention. It's almost never who you'd expect

[intoreading]

Then he went with Sara into her little sitting room and they bade each other goodbye. Sara sat on his knee and held the lapels of his coat in her small hands and looked long and hard at his face. "Are you learning me by heart, little Sara?" he said, stroking her hair. "No," she answered. "I know you by heart. You are inside my heart." And they kissed as if they would never let each other go.

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Life. Moving, growing, changing, never the same two minutes together. --Tuck Everlasting

[cactusandmango-blog]

She reflected to herself that women are so strange; a woman can understand other people perfectly, but can never completely understand herself.

"Raise the Red Lantern" Su Tong