Almond by Won-Pyung-Sohn(book reveiw)

Almond by Won-Pyung-Sohn(book review)

    Almond made me cry ,made me think a lot, made me smile, made me laugh. 

Almond us an emotional Young adult story originally written in Korean. It is about a boy named Yunjae.  Yunjae Has alexithymia, a condition in which one is not able to express or feel emotions such as fear,love etcetera. The story tells Jyeon's painful experience as he grows and learn to be "normal". 

  I like the way Yunjae  thinks, even though he can't feel ,he thinks maturely and his thoughts are thought provoking,if I can say it that way.

      Sohn Won-pyung is a film director, screenwriter, and novelist living in South Korea. She earned a BA in social studies and philosophy at Sogang University and film directing at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. She has won several prizes, including the Film Review Award of the 6th Cine21, and the Science Fantasy Writers’ Award for her movie script I Believe in the Moment. She also wrote and directed a number of short films, including Oooh You Make Me Sick and A Two-way Monologue. She made her literary debut in 2017 with this, her first full-length novel, Almond, which won the Changbi Prize for Young Adult Fiction, followed by which won the Jeju 4.3 Peace Literary Award.

I personally think this story is powerful, very powerful, and Yunjae's voice is really strong. My fingers are crosser ,I am expecting more from Sohn!