In straight-forward, simple sentences, Hwang manages to create a multi-layered tale of the most improbable connections that make up a family – and the surrounding community. London-based Japanese designer Nomoco adds just enough haunting whimsy with black-and-while line drawings that introduce each chapter. The author of over 40 Korean titles, Sun-mi Hwang makes her English debut via Chi-Young Kim, who has quickly become the lauded, in-demand, Korean-to-English translator since her rendition of Kyung-sook Shin’s 2011 Man Asian Literary Prize-winning Please Look After Mom. Out in the”vast fields” in which she can roam free, “Sprout stood tall and proud, clucking joyfully.” And then her wildest dream comes true when she finds another animal’s still-warm egg, protects and nurtures it, until Baby arrives to make her world wondrous and tragic, joyful and wrenching, and everything in between.Īn international bestseller with over two million copies sold around the globe, Hen arrives Stateside more than a decade after its native South Korean publication. She is soon culled from her coop, but survives the “Hole of Death,” even escaping the murderous weasel with the help of her duck friend Straggler, another less-than-accepted animal in the farmyard. In spite of her initial fear and worry, Sprout is newly empowered on her own. That was why she’d named herself after them.”Ĭonfined to a tiny space all her life, Sprout simply decides one day she will not lay another egg. Sprout wanted to do something with her life, just like the sprouts on the acacia tree.
A sprout grew into a leaf and embraced the wind and the sun before falling and rotting and turning into mulch for bringing fragrant flowers into bloom.
It’s also the ideal gift to share with anyone and everyone who holds a place in your heart.
At a mere 134 pages, it’s perfect to read in a single sitting, although the story’s loving spirit is sure to linger. This new year couldn’t start off with a better title.
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