ana 31/08/2022
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Crying in H Mart é um livro extremamente emocionante, íntimo e genuíno. A artista coreano-americana Michelle Zauner captura de forma brilhante temas como: identidade, estágios do luto e relações familiares.
?Food was how my mother expressed her love?- Diante dessa linguagem de amor, ao longo da leitura inúmeras receitas e pratos coreanos são citados e apresentados ao leitor. É impressionante a riqueza de detalhes e cultura que a autora expõe.
?I remember these things clearly because that was how my mother loved you, not through white lies and constant verbal affirmation, but in subtle observations of what brought you joy, pocketed away to make you feel comforted and cared for without even realizing it?
A maneira pela qual a Michelle descreve as etapas e o processo do luto é muito intima e verdadeira.
- ?I couldn?t fathom joy or pleasure or losing myself in a moment ever again. Maybe because it felt wrong, like a betrayal. If I really loved her, I had no right to feel those things again?
?It felt wrong to talk to anyone, to smile or laugh or eat again knowing that she was dead.?
?Now that she was gone, I began to study her like a stranger, rooting around her belongings in an attempt to rediscover her, trying to bring her back to life in any way that I could?
Com uma escrita maravilhosa, a autora retrata a dor de uma maneira tão presente e genuína, que o leitor é capaz de desenvolver uma empatia enorme pelas personagens.
?My first word was Korean: Umma. Even as an infant, I felt the importance of my mother. She was the one I saw most, and on the dark edge of emerging consciousness I could already tell that she was mine. In fact, she was both my first and second words: Umma, then Mom. I called to her in two languages?
?When I asked her what she?d want to come back as, she always told me she?d like to return as a tree. It was a strange and comforting answer, that rather than something grand and heroic, my mother preferred to return to life as something humble and still.?
Eu particularmente amo a Michelle Zauner e a banda Japanese Breakfast, essa foi sem dúvidas uma das melhores leituras do ano!!! Eu super recomendo