“Yet how would death come now, if Japan surrendered tomorrow? Or the day after that? Was time not running out for death to slip into her stall and carry her away?” This is the worry of Meiko (her real, Korean name is Eun-young), a Korean “comfort woman” — one of the sex slaves of the […]
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Seven Good Reasons Not To Be Good (John Gould)
Seven Good Reasons Not To Be Good, John Gould’s first novel is a disappointing debut given the excellence of his earlier collections of short fiction (especially Kilter: 55 Fictions, a finalist for the 2003 Giller Prize, and an outstanding book). Though his short fiction packed a lot into a small space, Gould doesn’t seem to […]