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Books set in Korea.
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They made it illegal to speak Korean. You could be sentenced to death for speaking it. And do you know what your grandmother’s mother did to avoid being subjected to speaking Japanese at school? She sliced off part of her own tongue.
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― The Pachinko Parlour
― The Pachinko Parlour
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Father wept as he recalled that one spring day, when they shared for lunch the scabbard fish that Mom had cooked in the morning and, stomachs full, napped together, stretched out. He said that back then he didn't know that this was happiness.
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― Please Look After Mom
― Please Look After Mom
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Book Club based in Ilsan, Goyang-Si, South Korea. We meet once a month in Ilsan to discuss the c…more
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