#kwon yeo sun

[whoismims]

2023 was the year I was able to rediscover my love of reading after a difficult time, particularly at the height of the pandemic. Here are some of my favorite books that I read.

#2023 #favorite books #reading #little rabbit #alyssa songsiridej #motherhood #sheila heti #lemon #kwon yeo sun #smoking the bible #chris abani #american woman #susan choi #lady chatterlys lover #dh lawrence #the life changing magic of tidying up #marie kondo #what my bones know #stephanie foo

[smokefalls]

Couldn’t each moment we’re living now be the meaning of life?

Kwon Yeo-Sun, Lemon (translated by Janet Hong)

#Kwon Yeo Sun #Lemon #quote #fiction #mystery #2022 reads

[fictionalbond]

2022 Book Wrap-Up (Part 1)

I read a lot of books this year, I didn't achieve my reading goal but I nonetheless had good reading year overall. Here's part 1 of the books I've read and enjoyed in 2022.

1) Sweet Bean Paste by #duriansukegawa 🇯🇵 2) Lemon by #kwonyeosun 🇰🇷 3) Carmen by ##prospermérimée 🇫🇷 4) HumanActs by #hankang 🇰🇷 5) Before the coffee gets cold by #toshikazukawaguchi 🇯🇵 6) A song of wraiths and ruin by #roseanneabrown 🇬🇭🇺🇸

#books #booklover #bookstagram #fictionalbond #sweet bean paste #durian sukegawa #lemon #kwon yeo sun #human acts #han kang #before the coffee gets cold #toshikazu kawaguchi #a song of wraiths and ruin #roseanne a brown #japanese literature #korean literature

[daisiearchive]

kwon yeo-sun lemon (레몬) — 117

#kwon yeo sun #lemon #novel

[wordsmithie]

In the summer of 2002, when Korea is abuzz over hosting the FIFA World Cup, nineteen-year-old Kim Hae-on is killed in what becomes known as the High School Beauty Murder. Two suspects quickly emerge: rich kid Shin Jeongjun, whose car Hae-on was last seen in, and delivery boy Han Manu, who witnesses Hae-on in the passenger seat of Jeongjun's car just a few hours before her death. But when Jeongjun's alibi turns out to be solid, and no evidence can be pinned on Manu, the case goes cold. Seventeen years pass without any resolution for those who knew and loved Hae-on, and the grief and uncertainty take a cruel toll on her younger sister, Da-on, in particular. Unable to move on with her life, Da-on tries in her own twisted way to recover some of what she's lost, ultimately setting out to find the truth of what happened.

Lemon, by Kwon Yeo-Sun

#lemon #kwon yeo sun #book nerd #korean fiction #booklr #wordsmithie makes things

[somanykdramas]

THE STORY OF PARK'S MARRIAGE CONTRACT

GENRES: Comedy, Romance, Supernatural

SUMMARY: A fashion-forward Joseon fiancee wakes up in the 21st century and tries to make sense of all the familiar faces.

THIS SHOW HAS EVERYTHING: Couture hanboks, wells, terrible mother-in-laws, robot vacuums, choco pies, murder, ill-gotten Joseon artifacts, courtship, redemption, childhood trauma, workplace sabotage, and faulty pacemakers.

HOT TAKE: Really impressed with how easily both Yeon Woo and Sa Wol take to modern life. Within a few weeks, they're scheming, using computers, hailing taxis, and using modern kitchen equipment like pros.

The writers tried so hard to tie the characters in Seoul with their Joseon doppelgängers, but I think they either ran out of time, lost their notes in the process, or just kinda figured we'd be okay with whatever ending they chose as long as it was a happy one.

#story of park's marriage contract #marriage contract #lee se young #bae in hyuk #joo hyun young #yoo sun ho #jin kyung #jo bok rae #kwon ah reum #kim yeo jin #kdrama #koreandrama #kdramadaily #korean drama #hot take #hallyu #kdrama review #kdramareview #korean series #kdrama series

[underclerysclock]

I did it! I finished a book from cover to cover for the first time in over a year!

#flood warning #it was lemon by kwon yeo-sun and it was pretty good!

[mmepastel]

J’ai dévoré aujourd’hui Lemon, de la coréenne Kwon Yeo-sun.

L’histoire ressemble à celle d’un roman policier, mais raconté comme un puzzle, par diverses voix féminines, des personnages qui entourent ou ont entouré la victime (à commencer par sa sœur), que le lecteur s’échine à reconstituer. Mais au fond, plus qu’un puzzle, il s’agit d’une narration kaléidoscopique… ce qui rend la tâche ardue et fait advenir le malaise.

A la fin d’un roman policier, on est satisfait, on a le coupable, l’ordre du monde peut reprendre. Ici, les choses restent ambiguës même si on peut se faire notre propre idée des événements. Ici, au contraire, chaque personnage raconte une partie du réel, mais à travers le prisme de sa sensibilité, de sa culpabilité, de ses névroses, il n’y a pas vraiment de langage commun qui permettrait de tout mettre à plat. En revanche, des motifs reviennent, comme le jaune (celui du citron du titre, celui d’une robe, celui d’un œuf) ou d’un crâne brisé contre un carrelage… cela contribue à des effets d’échos troublants qui semblent dire que la vérité est à jamais insaisissable, que le réel n’existe pas vraiment puisque nos subjectivités troubles la corrompe. Ce qui est assez angoissant, et diablement malin.

A vrai dire, ce livre m’a fait penser à La fracture de Nina Allen qui évoque aussi la disparition d’une jeune fille (sans que ce l’hypothèse d’un meurtre ne soit retenue) et la réaction de sa jeune sœur ; comme dans le livre Lemon, le réel se troublait suite à cette disparition, comme si elle impactait non seulement les survivants mais aussi le monde entier, le sens de l’existence, sa réalité même. C’était tout aussi vertigineux.

Cette fois, je suppose qu’il y a aussi une dimension sociale dans le roman, mais je ne l’ai pas bien perçue, seulement devinée avec le personnage du jeune homme pauvre et pour le moins malchanceux ; mais je connais mal le fonctionnement de la société coréenne et j’ai juste compris que là-bas comme partout ailleurs, la vie est plus compliquée quand on est pauvre.

En revanche, on sent bien le verrou posé sur la parole des femmes, ce qui est rendu palpable par ces récits de narratrices différentes, qui peinent à communiquer, qui restent étanches en quelque sorte, renvoyant à une solitude douloureuse.

Un livre très intrigant, que je ne vais pas oublier de sitôt.

#littérature #livres #litterature #roman #livre #littérature coréenne #kwon yeo-sun #Lemon #éditions la croisée

[travelingviabooks]

Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Couldn’t each moment were living now be the meaning of life?

Genre: fiction, literary, mystery

Country: South Korea

Review:

Um, why have I not seen more people talking about this book? I couldn’t put it down. I finished it in a day and that hasn’t happened in a long time. It was so good. I found the POV changes a little confusing at first, but once I figured out what was happening, I was fine.

This is definitely a book where you’re not going to just be presented with the answers. You’re going to have to read between the lines and come to your own conclusion, but I love those kinds of books. With that being said, don’t go into this expecting a mystery. It’s more of an exploration of grief and guilt.

Would I recommend this book?: Yes!

#bookblr #book review #book reviews #south korea #kwon yeo-sun #lemon

[ceaselesslyborne]

27/08/22

Serious question: will this selection carry me through a bank holiday weekend? Fingers crossed!

- CJ

#bookblr #tbr #fragile things #Neil Gaiman #homesick for another world #ottessa moshfegh #nightbitch #Rachel Yoder #lemon #kwon Yeo-sun #my sister the serial killer #oyinkan braithwaite #I Mona Lisa #Natasha Solomons #pan’s labyrinth #cornelia funke #guillermo del toro #cj goes to the library

[poemstainedlips]

I still can’t help but wonder, do our lives truly hold no meaning? Even if you try desperately to find it, to contrive some kind of meaning, is it true that what’s not there isn’t there?

— Kwon Yeo-sun, Lemon

#books #book tumblr #book quotes #quotes #reading #literature #books & libraries #lemon #asian literature #kwon yeo-sun

[whoismims]

“Death turns us into junk. In the blink of an eye, we become meaningless, like scraps.”

— Kwon Yeo-Sun, Lemon

#kwon yeo sun #lemon #novel #quotes #grief #korean #literature

[smokefalls]

Some lives are unfair for no apparent reason, but we carry on, completely unaware, like miserable vermin.

Kwon Yeo-Sun, Lemon (translated by Janet Hong)

#Kwon Yeo Sun #Lemon #quote #fiction #mystery #2022 reads

[harognakosh]

"...like a parachute bursting open. I felt as if I was going to explode." - Kwon Yeo-sun

Taking this a little out of context, have you ever felt like exploding. This was a fantastic visualization. To brought be from negative emotions to laughter.

#kwon yeo-sun #lemon #quote #anger #stress #happy #laughter #parachute #exploding

[highsummonertemptress]

Interesting take on life and death, Lemon by Kwon Yeo-sun

#Kwon Yeo-sun #lemon #life #death #books #book quotes #book quotations #Kwon yeosun #translated books #literature #crime books #thriller books

[book-repository-for-ducks]

“I still can't help but wonder, do our lives truly hold no meaning? Even if you try desperately to find it, to contrive some kind of meaning, is it true that what's not there isn't there? Does life leave only misery behind? Could the fact that we're alive—the fact that we're in this life where joy and terror and peace and danger mingle—couldn't that itself be the meaning of life?”

― Kwon Yeo-Sun, Lemon

#book quotes #quotes #lemon #kwon yeo-sun #meaning of life #life