By Lucia Orth, www.luciaorth.com Deep knowledge of culture and the story of a girl’s yearning and survival make Eugenia Kim’s The Calligrapher’s Daughter a captivating read. Kim, the daughter of Korean immigrants, sets her novel in early 20th-century Korea, from the time of the Japanese invasion to the liberation of Korea from the Japanese in [...]
Archive for October, 2009
Book Review of The Calligrapher’s Daughter, a new novel by Eugenia Kim
Posted in Miscellany, tagged Eugenia Kim, Jayne Anne Phillips, Jeff Talarigo, Lark and Termite, The Calligrapher's Daughter, The Ginseng Hunter on October 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eight rules for writing fiction:
Posted in Miscellany on October 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. 2. Give the reader at least one character he or she can root for. 3. Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water. 4. Every sentence [...]
