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Apr 21, 2017Marlowe rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Han offers the reader a glimpse into the horrific acts of violence surrounding the 1980 Gwangju uprising in South Korea, and their aftermath. Through multiple perspectives, the reader learns of the totalitarian violence, the omnipresence of fear, and cult of memory, that arose. The stories are separate, but usually have a connection through characters, places, or events. It can occasionally be difficult to understand the narrator's voice. The author has a unique use of the pronoun "you." This is a beautiful and sad historical fiction, about a time and place in history I was unaware of.