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A review by soosoyi
At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong
4.0
'His father would disappear for days at a time, only to return home drunk and shouting his head off at his family or taking a swing at his wife.'
'What are buildings made of? In the end, money and power.'
'The wheel of life takes a hundred years to turn. Which means that none of us make it all the way around before we have to get off.'
'For him, the worse things got, the fiercer his approach to life. He was like a soldier with his rifle cleaned and loaded, his eyes fixed on some distant spot, his body poised to race forward.'
'All you have to do is love someone, she said. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. Everyone acts like everything is fine, but on the inside, we're all lonely. It's always the same for people like us. Nothing gets any better, and nothing ever changes.'
'What are buildings made of? In the end, money and power.'
'The wheel of life takes a hundred years to turn. Which means that none of us make it all the way around before we have to get off.'
'For him, the worse things got, the fiercer his approach to life. He was like a soldier with his rifle cleaned and loaded, his eyes fixed on some distant spot, his body poised to race forward.'
'All you have to do is love someone, she said. It doesn't matter if you're rich or poor. Everyone acts like everything is fine, but on the inside, we're all lonely. It's always the same for people like us. Nothing gets any better, and nothing ever changes.'