![]() "What is a body in a stolen country," Yoon asks. ![]() In wrenching language, A Cruelty Special to Our Species unforgettably describes the brutalities of war and the fear and sorrow of those whose lives and bodies were swept up by a colonizing power, bringing powerful voice to an oppressed group of people whose histories have often been erased and overlooked. A piercing debut collection of poems exploring gender, race, and violence from a sensational new talent In her arresting collection, urgently relevant for our times, poet Emily Jungmin Yoon confronts the histories of sexual violence against women, focusing in particular on Korean so-called "comfort women," women who were forced into sexual labor in Japanese-occupied territories during World War II. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Pretty early in the plot there was a coincidence so big, so impossible, so imbecilic, that I couldn’t move forward. I once bought a murder mystery by a popular author when I ran out of reading material in an airport. And Murderbot made me laugh out loud about every third page. ![]() I have never related to a killing machine more deeply. ![]() Murderbot is now one of my favourite characters, and kind of a piece of my soul. I recently raced through Martha Wells’s Murderbot Diaries series, loving every minute. I don’t have any book I’m really ashamed I haven’t read, because I have a very optimistic mindset I love non-Eurocentric fables that are new to me. Such a beautiful story of impossible love and sacrifice. My last big book cry was during The Bird and the Blade by Megan Bannen. When the dam finally broke, what poured out was a pretty integrated mix of my entire reading experience. There isn’t a single book that I ever read that made me think, “I want to do that,” or even “I could do that.” When I was writing my first book, I had no conscious thought of “I want to shape my story like this or that great novel.” I think that over the course of my life I just filled up like a reservoir with all the stories I’ve ever read (and watched). I don’t think I have a true answer to this question. ![]() ![]() ![]() Soon Krabat becomes closer friends with Tonda, who seems to be able to do magic and keeps helping Krabat when he’s too exhausted by «laying hands» on him. In addition, the friendly old journeyman Tonda and the loving Juro supported him in the early days. Krabat likes the work, even though it is unusually hard. In addition to the foreman, eleven other apprentices live with Krabat in the mill. The 14-year-old orphan Krabat keeps encountering him in his dreams eleven ravens and a Mill at Schwarzkollm in Lausitzso that he soon gives in to the urges of his subconscious and begins to work as an apprentice in the mill in Koselbruch, Saxony, which is feared by local residents. Summary of Contents by Krabat Krabat – The first year The beginning in the mill Krabat plays at the time of Nordic War in Lusatia, a region that today includes parts of Poland and Germany. In the novel, a regional, Sorbian legend retold. Of the novel «Krabat» was published by Arena Verlag in 1971 and is a famous work by Otfried Preussler. ![]() |