

When you first start reading this book, clearly translated from the author’s first written language, what you will find is a tremendously powerful fable, which is disturbing and heart-rending in equal measure. At the very least, it gives us a dramatic insight into growing up in a culture most of us will be unfamiliar with. And it is very good. This book is an eye-opener; perhaps most upsetting of all is the matter-of-fact language Bokang uses to tell a tale of friendships destroyed and l...
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