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'Violets' book review: Loneliness as a companion

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Article
https://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/books/2022/jun/19/violets-book-review-loneliness-as-a-companion-2466358.html
Journal
The New Indian Express
Issued Date
June 18, 2022
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
INDIA
City
Chennai
Book
VIOLETS , VIOLETS
Writer
Shin Kyung-sook
Translator
Anton Hur,Jung Bum Hur

About the Author

  • Kyung-Sook Shin
  • Birth : 1963 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kyung-sook
  • Family Name : Shin
  • Korean Name : 신경숙
  • ISNI : 000000008374681X
  • Works : 136
Descriptions - 1 Languages
  • English(English)

In the afterword for Violets, Kyung-sook Shin writes, “Violets are very small plants. So small, they’re easily overlooked as weeds. That’s why I decided on the title Violets. There are women all around us who exist in silence, anonymous and without anything special about them; she could be me and she could be you. To amplify the voices of those women, whom no one could hear unless one was listening very carefully, to let them speak through my words––this is Violets.” While reading Shin’s novel, which was originally published in Korean in 2001, and translated into English by Anton Hur this year, I could instantly recognise the sound of silence because of its blatant association with its bolder sibling, loneliness. Silence and loneliness may not look identical.

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  • Indonesian(Bahasa Indonesia) Book Available
    Please Look After Mom
    Kyung-Sook Shin / 신경숙 / 2011
  • Japanese(日本語) Book Available
    すばる
    Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 et al / 1998
  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    单人房
    Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 / 2006

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