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Barley Fields
JOSEON KOREA
Ba-woo is a young man with nothing. No hopes, no dreams. No plans for the future. He’s too busy scraping a living and taking care of what remains of his family. Times are hard, but Ba-woo is hard too. He will survive. He doesn’t need anything else.
Until he sees Ga-ryung.
For the first time, Ba-woo begins to want more.
A love story set among the rolling fields and lush mountains of rural Joseon Korea.
This book is an illustrated Promise Series novella (illustrations by Rachel Chin), available in paperback as a limited edition and from the author's website.
Ba-woo is a young man with nothing. No hopes, no dreams. No plans for the future. He’s too busy scraping a living and taking care of what remains of his family. Times are hard, but Ba-woo is hard too. He will survive. He doesn’t need anything else.
Until he sees Ga-ryung.
For the first time, Ba-woo begins to want more.
A love story set among the rolling fields and lush mountains of rural Joseon Korea.
This book is an illustrated Promise Series novella (illustrations by Rachel Chin), available in paperback as a limited edition and from the author's website.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
152 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2021
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March 6, 2021
So happy I discovered Lee Evie's stories while browsing through another reader's historical fiction shelf. Simply put, Evie is a great storyteller. Loving this series set in Korea during the Joseon Dynasty! This novella is a great addition to the Promise series and offers another aspect of life during this period. I breezed through it in one sitting.
February 28, 2021
I don’t know how to review this book without giving too many spoilers. Also, the fact that I’m the first person in here doesn’t help at all.
The story is beautifully written and I always have a thing for Korean hisfics novel. It’s only a 152-page long but it succesfully left a deep impression on me. It’s your regular love story, but one that I failed to guess the ending. It could be because I rarely read romance book these days, but for real, this one is kinda different(?) I don’t know how to elaborate.
The main characters have different views on their future, so I thought...well clearly I didn’t know better. I mean, after reading Promise Season and A Song for Lonely Wolves, I shouldn’t have tried to guess anything lol. But that’s the point where I fall in love. The way it makes me realize how the author defines love in their story.
You really should give this book a try if you’re looking for a light reading. I got the book for free from the author’s website.
The story is beautifully written and I always have a thing for Korean hisfics novel. It’s only a 152-page long but it succesfully left a deep impression on me. It’s your regular love story, but one that I failed to guess the ending. It could be because I rarely read romance book these days, but for real, this one is kinda different(?) I don’t know how to elaborate.
The main characters have different views on their future, so I thought...well clearly I didn’t know better. I mean, after reading Promise Season and A Song for Lonely Wolves, I shouldn’t have tried to guess anything lol. But that’s the point where I fall in love. The way it makes me realize how the author defines love in their story.
You really should give this book a try if you’re looking for a light reading. I got the book for free from the author’s website.
April 11, 2021
I really like this novella! I like how different in length each chapter is, it is almost poetic!
I also love the illustrations too. Great read.
I also love the illustrations too. Great read.
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