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Title: The Calligrapher's Daughter
Author: Eugenia Kim
Narrator: Jane McDowell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-10-14
Publisher: Oakhill Publishing
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
1915. Japanese-occupied Korea. Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. When her traditional father seeks to marry her into an aristocratic family, her mother defies generations of obedient wives and instead sends Najin to serve in the King's court as a companion to a young princess. But the King is assassinated, and the centuries-old dynastic culture comes to an end.
Critic Reviews:
"A beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning thirty years of Korean history . . . Elegant." (Publishers Weekly)
"Exquisite ... hauntingly beautiful ... from the first gripping sentence you'll fear coming to the final sentence of this fascinating debut." (The Examiner)
"Kim has excelled at portraying Najin as a spirited yet loyal daughter and wife while exposing a tragic time during Korea's sustained history as a nation." (Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
memorable
Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945) Najins upper class family has to endure a lot of hardship. She is caught between her fathers old Confucian ideas of a womans place and the more liberal opportunities offered through education from Christian missionary schools during the occupation. Her father struggles to adapt to a new era as his aristocratic lifestyle turns to dust and his name means nothing under foreign rule.
Yes I felt frustrated with Najin's fathers patriarchic attitude and had to remind myself that these were different times. But the story itself is fascinating. The storyline moves at a gentle pace. It's about endurance and respect and doing one's duty as we follow the family from Najin's childhood to the end of the war when she is a married woman.
It's obviously more difficult to narrate a story with foreign words and characters. And the narrator did not seem to be familiar with the romanisation system of Korean and so there are some pronunciation issues. That's just a small point though. Overall I enjoyed listening to this book.
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Title: The Calligrapher's Daughter
Author: Eugenia Kim
Narrator: Jane McDowell
Format: Unabridged
Length: 14 hrs and 35 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-10-14
Publisher: Oakhill Publishing
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
1915. Japanese-occupied Korea. Najin Han, the privileged daughter of a calligrapher, longs to choose her own destiny. When her traditional father seeks to marry her into an aristocratic family, her mother defies generations of obedient wives and instead sends Najin to serve in the King's court as a companion to a young princess. But the King is assassinated, and the centuries-old dynastic culture comes to an end.
Critic Reviews:
"A beautiful, deliberate and satisfying story spanning thirty years of Korean history . . . Elegant." (Publishers Weekly)
"Exquisite ... hauntingly beautiful ... from the first gripping sentence you'll fear coming to the final sentence of this fascinating debut." (The Examiner)
"Kim has excelled at portraying Najin as a spirited yet loyal daughter and wife while exposing a tragic time during Korea's sustained history as a nation." (Library Journal)
Members Reviews:
memorable
Set during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945) Najins upper class family has to endure a lot of hardship. She is caught between her fathers old Confucian ideas of a womans place and the more liberal opportunities offered through education from Christian missionary schools during the occupation. Her father struggles to adapt to a new era as his aristocratic lifestyle turns to dust and his name means nothing under foreign rule.
Yes I felt frustrated with Najin's fathers patriarchic attitude and had to remind myself that these were different times. But the story itself is fascinating. The storyline moves at a gentle pace. It's about endurance and respect and doing one's duty as we follow the family from Najin's childhood to the end of the war when she is a married woman.
It's obviously more difficult to narrate a story with foreign words and characters. And the narrator did not seem to be familiar with the romanisation system of Korean and so there are some pronunciation issues. That's just a small point though. Overall I enjoyed listening to this book.