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    Musings on Please look after mother by Kyung Sook Shin

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    August 28, 2024
    Musings on Please look after mother by Kyung Sook Shin

    “Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom’s everyday life used to go on in a repeating loop, without a break. Her everyday words, which you didn’t think deeply about and sometimes dismissed as useless when she was with…

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    August 28, 2024
    Intro.

    So, you’ve stumbled onto this blog. Hi. Hello. Nice to meet you. The person behind this corner of the internet is someone who, quite simply, cannot stop reading. She’s never actually tried, mind you — but she’s fairly certain that even if she did, it would end in spectacular failure.…

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