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fjette's review
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Sparse, elegant prose and a lyrical story, but a bit too sparing for me to fully appreciate.
sehmort's review
5.0
Snow Hunters is beautiful in its simplicity. Every sentence is clean and fluid, and overall a quietly moving tale.
bookreaderny's review
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
ori_gina_lity's review
5.0
Snow Hunters features a meditative prose almost as delicate as the thin pages the story was printed on. A recent arrival to South America, Yohan is a North Korean War refugee who finds himself an apprentice to a Japanese tailor in a port town of Brazil in the 1950s. Yoon’s writing style is similar to that of Hemingway, concise and stripped, but his quiet writing style also provides a subtle tenderness.
Brevity may the one of the first words that come to mind at the sight of this small 208 page debut novel, but what’s inside is a complex winding tale of human connection…. It evokes many moods as it shifts through time; somber and contemplative just the kind of book I look forward to losing myself in on a beautiful, autumn day. I will be keeping my eyes pealed for more of Yoon’s work in the future, reading this was a wonderful breath of fresh air!
Brevity may the one of the first words that come to mind at the sight of this small 208 page debut novel, but what’s inside is a complex winding tale of human connection…. It evokes many moods as it shifts through time; somber and contemplative just the kind of book I look forward to losing myself in on a beautiful, autumn day. I will be keeping my eyes pealed for more of Yoon’s work in the future, reading this was a wonderful breath of fresh air!
tt0rres's review
4.0
I found this to be a quiet, peaceful story. It reminds me of a gentle, babbling brook.
sylviaisme's review against another edition
3.0
Un romanzo breve e delicato, profondo, dove la nuova vita di Yohan, giunto in Brasile come apprendista presso un sarto giapponese, si fonde con i numerosi e dolorosi ricordi di quella precedente, da ex-prigioniero della guerra di Corea.
L'importanza dei dettagli e del silenzio, raccontati in un punta di piedi, quasi come un sussurro.
L'importanza dei dettagli e del silenzio, raccontati in un punta di piedi, quasi come un sussurro.
alexandrachan's review
5.0
What a quiet gem of a book. The feeling it most elicits in me is that of saudade, that inimitable Portuguese word that the only way English can even approximate is “nostalgia.” But that’s not it. This book is for close lookers, people who notice things, tiny things. A simple hand gesture, a facial expression, the light on a piece of cloth, handing a sandwich to a child…each one of these moments becomes a hushed still life, forcing me to drop the book and close my eyes so I can fully visualize what’s before me. I was filled with saudade at the end of this book, I’ll remember the characters probably forever.