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Today‘s book mail is very exciting as I continue my deep dive into fiction from South Korea. And I have to say that the cover of the tagged book is really beautiful. 😍

Set of 8 chapbooks translated from Korean. None in the litsy system.

Published by Stranger press. "Based in Norwich, UNESCO City of Literature, Strangers Press is dedicated to publishing the finest literature in translation in collaboration with the British Centre for Literary Translation, University of East Anglia, and The National Centre for Writing"

https://www.strangers.press/#

"Spring doesn‘t retreat until it has killed the last flower. The hunger of spring is desperate and murderous."

"Parents who have birthed a child are able to kill it, and things like this happen because they think the child is their property; things like this happen whenever a child‘s overgrown secrets are found—secrets parents are unable to accept, unable to accept that a child they had borne holds secrets, that the child has overstepped its bounds."

"Once during a spelling test, she wrote *knell* instead of *kneel*. This was three or four years ago. Since that day, she doesn‘t want to risk hearing the kneel of her mother‘s anger. She knells and waits for her mother‘s anger to fade. She must always knell and make herself very small, like a dust mote, a grain, some kind of vermin."

"She wishes she could be erased. But every time she tries to erase herself, she only grows darker. Every day, she grows darker. Enough for her body to gobble up her shadow."

This book was almost a #hellogoodbye for me, meaning I wanted to bail by page 3. But something is drawing me in and motivating me to find out what the hell is happening between Mia and The Child. Made it to page 40 and still struggling, but I‘m powering through. This is from last years #tbrbingo... determined to make it happen!
#heyjune

I think I‘ll be processing this one for a bit - the second half really threw me for a loop. A strange, dark and at times downright poetic story about two girls who are opposites and the power of narrative. That‘s the best I can explain it without giving too much away! The writing style is so unique, big props to the translator (and the cover artist 😍)

Borrowed this one from a friend who absolutely loved it - if the writing is half as gorgeous as the cover I‘m sure I‘ll feel the same way!

Taking a break from the math (ugh) to read a new book I just borrowed!

I didn't know what to expect when I started THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE, but I'd read elsewhere that the story was experimental, dark, and artistic. While this story is all of these things, I didn't anticipate the novel's emotional depth. While its the nontraditional style may not be for everyone, THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE is an enriching experience in a different kind of fiction. #womenintranslation #witmonth

I didn't know what to expect when I started this. I didn't anticipate the novel's emotional depth. While its the nontraditional style may not be for everyone, THE IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE is an enriching experience in a different kind of fiction. It's a novel that asks you to slow down and read every word because each detail is important. You can hear more thoughts on the IMPOSSIBLE FAIRY TALE in our latest episode.
#WomeninTranslationMonth

I'm finishing up the book I'm reading tonight and tomorrow is my birthday and I want to read something really GOOD. I'm thinking one of these... any thoughts/ recommendations?

This one is hard for me to review. I have no idea what I read. I wish I could even explain what it was about but I don't know. The first part was easier to read and understand than the second part but not by much. Very fragmented sentences that just ran around in circles. Odd book. Just not for me.

34 pages into this one and am limping along. Maybe I should try reading this in the original Korean. I reckon it must be marvelous in it. The short fragmentary sentences make reading difficult. Things may change though.

#translated

Also, because I was in a bookstore that wasn't mine, I had to do my part and #shopindie, so these lovelies had to come home with me. This sounds eerie and the cover is gorgeous.

You know, just a typical Saturday night. Also, I know nothing about this book, but I am deeply in love with the cover.

When you are sick in bed and can't choose just one book to read, you read them both.

#currentlyreading

Corgi approved. 💜🐾

Happy pub day to this beauty out now from @Graywolfpress 🎉❤️🎉 This book is a haunting, mesmerizing portrait of innocence, cruelty, and memory that is still sweeping me off my toes (I'm almost finished and it's a quick read at only 224 pages!). Probably going to give this one 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ so don't miss out on this debut! I'm reading it for my debut slot in the Read Harder Challenge.

We've had a long day! Marching for equality and women's and the marginalized's rights today, partying on public transportation, then working a close at the bookstore. Yet somehow between last night and today I'm up to 5 hours so far! My goal is 12 👌 Anyway, Gil and I are exhausted after getting halfway through this amazing ARC today so we're going to zzzzzzz 😴😽 #24in48 #readathon #CatsofLitsy @24in48

Just started. Too early to make a judgement. But wanted to share this pretty cover.

Book mail alert! ? Thank you so much @Graywolfpress ! So proud of this local independent publisher and the work they're doing, and I'm so excited for this to come out March 2017! Women in translation, "fairy tale" in the title... what more do you need? "A fresh and terrifying exploration of the ethics of art making and of the stinging consequences of neglect." Sign me up!