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[BOOKFORUM] Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream by Kim Hyesoon

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Article
http://www.bookforum.com/review/13761
Journal
BOOKFORUM
Issued Date
September 29, 2014
Page
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Language
English(English)
Country
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Book
Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream
Writer
Kim Hyesoon
Translator
Don Mee Choi

About the Author

  • Kim Hyesoon
  • Birth : 1955 ~ -
  • Occupation : Poet
  • First Name : Hyesoon
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김혜순
  • ISNI : 0000000078656481
  • Works : 35
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  • English(English)

Years ago I led a seminar on Korean literature and wanted to show a film to the mostly non-Korean students. This was before South Korean cinema was fully established as the darling of film festival juries and adolescent boys everywhere, so I drove to my local Blockbuster and pulled out the only VHS cover I saw indicating electricity had found its way to Seoul. “This will give you a glimpse into modern South Korean life,” I announced to my class about 301, 302, which did indeed show Seoul as a First World consumerist dream housed within tall, concrete apartment buildings. It also showed one apartment resident literally consuming, as a stew chased by red wine, the expertly butchered flesh of her neighbor. (...)

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