There are a lot of reasons I loved Because This Is My First Life. Like, a lot. One of them is Jiho’s penchant for making literary allusions and using extended metaphors to express her complicated thoughts and feelings. This was a nice bit of character development, I thought; even though Jiho doesn’t work as aContinue reading “That poem in ‘Because This Is My First Life’”
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외눈박이 물고기의 사랑 – 류시화 시집
Way back when, I read a poem by Korean poet Ryu Shi-hwa. My friend and language partner at the time, Kwang-im, suggested him when I was suddenly struck with the desire to read Korean poetry. Now, I’m not inherently a lover of poetry but through my many years as a student of English literature (whichContinue reading “외눈박이 물고기의 사랑 – 류시화 시집”
