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Europa by Han Kang

filiparferreira's review against another edition

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4.0

Mais um livro da biblioteca da Embaixada da Coreia. Este é um conto de uma das minhas escritoras preferidas, ou da escritora de um dos meus livros preferidos (Atos Humanos). São cerca de 30 páginas escritas de forma muito simples, mas de uma profundidade inesquecível. Conhecemos um par de amigos de longa data que já foram, brevemente, mais do que amigos, que se apoiam e compreendem tão bem que são quase como se fossem uma mesma pessoa. Deixa-nos a pensar como é possível escrever assim... quase sem esforço, num conto tão curto, tão perfeito, ficamos a conhecer tão bem as personagens.

hauntedvamphotel's review against another edition

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fast-paced

3.75

hrlukz's review against another edition

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4.0

I hope people read this from the same perspective I did or else they’ve really missed out

cortega55's review against another edition

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emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Han Kang as always has some of my favorite writing that I’ve probably ever read but what stops me from giving this a higher rating is that I just wanted the characters fleshed out a bit more, especially about In-ah as a character, though maybe Han Kang was being intentionally vague so the reader could draw their own conclusions. Additionally, the vignettes within the story made the timeline a little confusing :/
But In the end I highlighted so much and I LOVED the themes that it brought up of sexuality and gender and trauma and how people persevere through the hardships caused by those things in this very short story. I would LOVE to read this as a full novel and really delve deep into the lives of these characters.

kirstenfindlay's review against another edition

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dark sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

lowercase_em's review against another edition

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reflective
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.25

jackalop3's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

roses_are_rosa's review against another edition

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4.0

 Han Kang’s writing just gets me every time. This short story is beautiful. 

nemra's review against another edition

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3.0

what it is we want from ourselves and each other?

spacestationtrustfund's review against another edition

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2.0

『에우로파』 ("Europa") by Han Kang (한강). Translation by Deborah Smith.