Posts Tagged ‘books’
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The story is set in the early 1900s in Korea. A female child is born to a calligrapher and his wife. The child, names herself Najin. She forges her own destiny, balancing Confucian tradition of her father and the Christianity of her mother. To escape an arranged marriage, Najin goes to the emperor's palace to be a companion to the princess' which she ends up losing due to the collapse of the Dynasty. She continues to pursue her own desires to work and become educated. She meets a man and gets married . . . but sadly, never gets to spend any time with him and eventually gives him up as lost. They end up reunited and Japan surrendering. The story is OK; not gripping . . . but interesting none the less.
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The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova is a book that I have been avoiding for years. I keep looking at it; but, deciding against it. Turns out I thought it was a book that I tried to read years ago . . . guess what it is NOT that book! Read the rest of this entry »