A review by secrethistory
At Dusk by Hwang Sok-yong

slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5

They grow so fast that if you don't do anything about them, they'll destroy your lawn. See? How they're spread all over the lawn?

Really excellent book. What do we lose and who do we leave behind when we try to rebuild, to erase the past? Whose life does it improve? Can we tell ourselves it was for the best when conditions haven’t improved for the young, when people slip through the past? The novel is thoughtful but not preachy, heartbreaking without being too sentimental. It shows people and the world as they are and as they were, and asks us to consider. 
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