The Red Queen: A Transcultural Tragicomedy

by Margaret Drabble | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 014101816x Global Overview for this book
Registered by KLL of Perth City, Western Australia Australia on 7/25/2009
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Journal Entry 1 by KLL from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Saturday, July 25, 2009
I read this for book club and found it interesting, if a bit odd. The book is comprised of two parts. The first is the memoir of 'Lady Hyegyong' a Korean princess, who relates how she came to be betrothed to the crown prince, her mad husband, and her husband's death at the hand of his father (amongst other things). The second half of the book relates the story of Dr Babs Halliwell who travels to Korea to give a paper at a medical (??) conference and reads the crown princesses memoirs on the plane trip over. Babs is quite affected by the Princess' story, but other than that, links between the two stories seemed pretty superficial. I probably enjoyed the princess's tale better, which was a fascniating insight into Korean culture. Through Bab's I kept waiting for an 'aha' moment when the two halves would merge into one, and I didn't achieve that.

Journal Entry 2 by KLL at Fremantle, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, July 26, 2009

Released 14 yrs ago (7/26/2009 UTC) at Fremantle, Western Australia Australia

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Taken to the July BC meetup!

Journal Entry 3 by celestewa from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, July 26, 2009
Caught at the Meetup at San Churros in Fremantle. Been wanting to read this one.

Journal Entry 4 by celestewa from Perth City, Western Australia Australia on Sunday, December 6, 2009
I enjoyed the first section of this book more than the second section. She could have done a lot more with the links between the 2 main characters. I found the subject matter very interesting as I know little about Korea. It was still a good read.

Will pass this onto a friend who will enjoy reading it.

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