This, believe it or not, is the Korean edition of Story of a Girl. Though Deanna Lambert in Pacifica would never wear that dress, the Korean Deanna very well might, and I love the hand gesture and expression on her face—I can see it pretty clearly, having a physical copy of the book in my hand right now, which is really great quality from Sallim Books in their Friends line. And, oopsie-doodle, it looks like they made it into a National Book Award winner instead of finalist. Who am I to complain? (Sorry, Sherman! Surely you will not begrudge me Korea.) Actually the hard copy of the book does not have the little medal decal on it like the electronic image does.
In case you’ve been away from the Interwebs all day, this is Buy Indie Day or Shop Indie Day or some such. I didn’t run out and buy anything today, but I try to shop and buy indie pretty much all the time. Here are some reasons why.
My favorite thing on the twitter today: Sara Ryan posted a link to this video of some guys in Mexico who have already written a Decemberists-esque folk song about the swine flu. For some reason I find it endlessly entertaining.
On that note, have a great weekend!
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Hilarious….I wish my spanish was better.
Fun! I’m living in Korea, so I’m going to have to go check out the bookstores here and look for it.
But I do like the yellow dress if that’s any help.
Hey Sara, I had been meaning to write you about this… my Korean is still not up to snuff, but I will definitely commend it to my students! BTW, I saw you’re offering web conferences or something… That would be really fun to set up for one of my English classes!