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I Went To See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin

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“History is in charge of putting things in order and society is in charge of defining them. The more order we achieve, the more truth is hidden behind that neat surface... Perhaps literature is about throwing into disarray what has been defined... About making a mess of things, all over again.”
― Kyung-sook Shin, The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness

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K-Lit Review Contest — 49 members — last activity Dec 25, 2014 05:00AM
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