Jul 12, 2026
I’ve been curious about Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 for a while, since it was quite popular a few years ago (I seem to recall during the Covid pandemic), especially in South Korea. So I went in with somewhat higher expectations, which sadly were unceremoniously...
Apr 19, 2026
This one reminded me of Neal Donald Walsh’s Conversations with God , especially with regards to the main protagonist’s issue with his father. Many of the spiritual concepts shared in The Shack are worthy of deeper reflection. In fact, while reading The...
Apr 5, 2026
This was another heavy, stirring read from acclaimed South Korean writer, Han Kang. Written in her inimitable poetic prose (reminiscent of The White Book and The Vegetarian), the story recounts the Gwanju Massacre which took place in South Korea in May 1980, following...
Aug 28, 2020
Over a bowl of warm noodle soup, with kimchi on the side and several small tapas-like meat dishes my Korean seatmate told me his life story. His name was Jun and he was originally from the city of Busan, which is located on the southeast coast of the Korean peninsula....
Aug 22, 2020
Recently, for some strange reason I remembered a very peculiar experience that I had a few years ago when I was travelling to South Korea for a scientific conference. For the entire eleven-hour flight from Frankfurt to Seoul I did not speak to the passenger sitting...
Kiran Dellimore
