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Élisa Shua Dusapin

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This was such a bittersweet and cozy little novella that I was able to fly through in one sitting. I love stories that are simultaneously about everything and nothing all at once. I’m very eager to read more from Dusapin.
 
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brookeklebe | 10 andra recensioner | Feb 6, 2024 |
Claire is visiting her grandparents in Japan and trying to get them ready for a trip to Korea, where they haven't been since they left in 1952 because of the war. She lives in Switzerland and has challenges communicating with them - despite speaking several languages, she does not know Korean, and her grandmother doesn't like to speak Japanese. Meanwhile, Claire gets a job as a French tutor for a young girl during the summer holidays.

A quiet, spare book and character study. Claire's hard to get to know, going through a lot of motions passively (she spends a lot of time in her room, if she's not tutoring), showing her disconnection: from people, and from her family history. This is Dusapin's second novel to be translated into English, and it won the Swiss Literature Award. The author was born in France but lives in Switzerland, is of French-Korean ancestry, and was about the age of her protagonist when she wrote the book, so it was hard not to wonder how much of her own story informed her writing. While I didn't always enjoy every minute of reading, there's a lot to ponder. This is a story that would reward rereading.… (mer)
 
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bell7 | 6 andra recensioner | Jan 7, 2024 |
This is another one that I really wanted to like but ended up being underwhelming. In fact, I eagerly paid way too much for this when I spotted it in the flesh for the first time at a bookstore in Korea, then read it in one day while on the trip. The story was a bit too streamlined for me, and certain parts felt like they were trying to be more dramatic than they were. Maybe it's better in the original French. It's another one of those books that I wouldn't recommend to anyone, but I also wouldn't actively campaign against.… (mer)
 
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ejerig | 10 andra recensioner | Oct 25, 2023 |
Agathe et sa sœur Vera, muette depuis l’enfance, se retrouvent pour vider la maison familiale à la mort de leur père. Deux sœurs liées par leur histoire commune, leur antagonisme et leur attachement inavoué. Un court roman qui garde ses mystères et charme par son atmosphère, ses non-dits, la poésie de ses ambiances et de son style.
 
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Steph. | Oct 13, 2023 |

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Verk
6
Medlemmar
471
Popularitet
#52,267
Betyg
½ 3.6
Recensioner
19
ISBN
38
Språk
8

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