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Han Kang, Human Acts, translated by Deborah Smith
In 1980, students and workers in Gwangju, South Korea protested about the ‘increasingly repressive measures’ introduced by Park Chung-hee and continued by his successor Chun Doo-hwan after his death (p1). Doo-hwan shut universities, made political activities illegal and silenced the press. He then ordered his soldiers to suppress the pro-democracy uprising in as brutal a…
Prize Draw
Behold a video of the promised prize draw for subscribers to my email newsletter, which links to this blog. It was filmed by my husband in my office (excuse the shut eyes and disappearing act). I’ll be in touch with the winners personally soon. Forthcoming: more reviews, news about my part-time job as Creative…
Spill, Simmer, Falter, Wither, Sara Baume
If I were to create an elevator pitch for this novel, I’d go for: Man talks to a traumatised dog in order to talk about his traumatised self. The dog One Eye reminds me of an early 20th century children’s story my granny used to read me about a Bowiesque dog that had one green…