#korean
All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir Goodreads
All You Can Ever Know
作者: Nicole Chung HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books 2018 - 10
What does it mean to lose your roots—within your culture, within your family—and what happens when you find them?
Nicole Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in a sheltered Oregon town. From early childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hopes of giving her a better life; that forever feeling slightly out of place was simply her fate as a transracial adoptee. But as she grew up—facing prejudice her adoptive family couldn’t see, finding her identity as an Asian American and a writer, becoming ever more curious about where she came from—she wondered if the story she’d been told was the whole truth.
With the same warmth, candor, and startling insight that has made her a beloved voice, Chung tells of her search for the people who gave her up, which coincided with the birth of her own child. ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW is a profound, moving chronicle of surprising connections and the repercussions of unearthing painful family secrets—vital reading for anyone who has ever struggled to figure out where they belong.
2022年6月7日 已读
[有聲書] 韓裔被領養女孩尋找自己,在這過程中讓周圍的人也完整起來的故事。看過的第一本關於這樣身世的群體的書,感受到那種因為身世未知,夾在對眼前生活的隱隱疑問和對血親家庭的陌生之間的猶疑,對兩邊家庭的感受小心翼翼和求解自己內心疑問的迫切的複雜情緒。在整個探尋的過程中,親人-陌生人的不斷轉換和隨著一個個謎題打開而建立新的連接,讓人驚嘆和感動。這個特殊的群體真是在以他們獨一無二的方式在為所有人探索人和人之間的關係。
#adoptee #family #korean #love @usa
Pachinko (弹子球游戏) (2022) 豆瓣 Bangumi
Pachinko Season 1 所属 : Pachinko
7.8 (132 个评分) 导演: 郭共达 / 全知泰 演员: 尹汝贞 / 李敏镐
苹果正式预订《弹子球游戏》(Pachinko)剧集整季。去年8月苹果拿下了李明锦所著同名小说的版权,计划拍剧,如今正式要拍。Soo Hugh(《天外来客》《穹顶之下》)担任编剧、运作人、执行制作人。
小说记录了一个美国的韩国移民家庭四代人的希望和梦想,以一段禁忌的爱情故事开始发展,成为一部横跨韩国、日本和美国的长篇传奇。该书被《纽约时报》评为2017年十大最佳书籍之一,并入围美国国家图书奖。
2022年5月1日 看过
所羅門是在什麼溫室裡成長起來的啊,這樣就覺得是在讓他們付出代價了,那麼精的,這個賬算不過來。還是原著的情節更合理。最後老奶奶們精神矍鑠地講述讓人好感動。歷史的締造者。
#immigrant #korean #woman @korea @usa
紫色女郎 (2019) 豆瓣
Ms. Purple
6.2 (6 个评分) 导演: 全知泰 演员: 杰克·崔 / 阿尔玛·马丁内斯
其它标题: Ms. Purple / Miss Purple
一位在韩国城做卡拉ok女招待的年轻女子在父亲生命的最后几天与她疏远的兄弟重逢。
卡西(Kasie)住在洛杉矶的韩国城(Koreatown),她是一名卡拉ok女招待,靠酒醉的男人陪伴赚钱。当她父亲的临终关怀护士离职后,她与分居的弟弟凯里重新联系,迫使他们进入了一个强烈的自我反省时期,因为抚养他们长大的单身父亲即将离世。
2021年11月29日 看过
比起全導之後的作品,確實情感體現的方式還不那麼明確,會覺得埋得太深,或者沒能表達出來。但是把一些最drama的片段以無聲地方式處理,感覺更讓人回到爭執現場,或者關於爭執的回憶裡。能夠記住的最多的可能只有動作和猙獰的表情。肌膚的疼痛、嘶吼的聲響是無法還原的。
#asian #family #immigrant #korean @usa