Almond: A Novel

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Almond is a tour de force - deeply engaging, engrossing, and troubling - a poignant allegory of the contemporary Korean condition that marks the debut of a new international talent.

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The interplay between the characters and their environments results in a stunningly human and humanizing story. Society has normalised using terms with negative connotations as a ‘joke’, without paying mind to the effect it may have on another. She made her literary debut in 2017 with this, her first full-length novel, Almond, which won the Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction, followed by which won the Jeju 4. This reminded me of Suga sharing in BTS’ Break The Silence docu-series, on how our view of the ordinary and the extraordinary changes depending on the position we are at.He’s aware and self-assured, keen to do the “right” thing - while never feeling certain of what that might be. The way Yunjae described Gon was simple yet beautiful and I guess this is also how I would describe Won-Pyung Sohn’s writing style: Beautiful simplicity with many layers. People sometimes say how cool it’d be to be fearless, but they don’t know what they’re talking about. I also enjoy the philosophies and analogies it has to offer, creating a message powerfully delivered.

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She earned a BA in social studies and philosophy at Sogang University and film directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. Suddenly Yunjae falls in love with a girl and we are told doctors sometimes get things wrong and now his amygdalae (! Honestly, bless his soul because he just accepted Yunjae the way he was and tried to help him as best as he could.Then two men in their fifties who had stood in the front rank of the Salvation Army parade, followed by a policeman.