The Healing Season of Pottery
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Description
She rubbed the spoiled clay with her fingertips. Like a wound as it heals, the traces faded, and had soon vanished completely, as if they'd never been there at all.
Burnt out by her newswriting job, Jungmin abruptly quits; she's worked tirelessly for years and she needs to make a change.
Now, after months of hibernation, it's time to put her life back together. Venturing out into the streets near Seoul, she stumbles upon the Soyo pottery workshop. Drawn in by its light and warmth, and the smell of clay and coffee, Jungmin feels something unfurl within her...
Here, everyone has a story to share, and as the seasons change, Jungmin returns to herself. Pot by pot, plate by plate, Jungmin discovers that as her hands become busier, her mind becomes calmer, and her heart opens up like never before.
From a rising talent, this is an uplifting story of new friends and old practices, of finding community, and of what happens when you finally slow down in this fast-paced world.
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I fell for the pretty cover tbh 💔
As a lover of Japanese and Korean translated fiction I just couldn't resist the beautiful cover of "The healing season of pottery" as well as the setting of the story at a cozy pottery studio. Unfortunately, this book was rather disapointing - the depiction of the craft of pottery as well as the (many) characters and their somewhat sad backstories felt rather flat and superficial to me. I truly didn't like the writing style of this book - a lot of over-explaining of random situations, weird metaphors and so many characters were inroduced without much depth or structure to them. A rather boring read 🥲
Eine sehr ruhige Geschichte, die mit den stillen Weisheiten zwischen den Zeilen glänzt.
Das ist Slice-of-Life wie ich es liebe und schätze. Eine langsame, ruhige Geschichte, die ohne Drama auskommt. Stattdessen liegt der Fokus auf der Entwicklung der Charaktere und dem alltäglichen Leben. Ich habe mir so einige Zeilen markiert, um sie mir später noch einmal durchzulesen. Mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen und jetzt möchte ich auch unbedingt einen Töpferkurs belegen.
Description
She rubbed the spoiled clay with her fingertips. Like a wound as it heals, the traces faded, and had soon vanished completely, as if they'd never been there at all.
Burnt out by her newswriting job, Jungmin abruptly quits; she's worked tirelessly for years and she needs to make a change.
Now, after months of hibernation, it's time to put her life back together. Venturing out into the streets near Seoul, she stumbles upon the Soyo pottery workshop. Drawn in by its light and warmth, and the smell of clay and coffee, Jungmin feels something unfurl within her...
Here, everyone has a story to share, and as the seasons change, Jungmin returns to herself. Pot by pot, plate by plate, Jungmin discovers that as her hands become busier, her mind becomes calmer, and her heart opens up like never before.
From a rising talent, this is an uplifting story of new friends and old practices, of finding community, and of what happens when you finally slow down in this fast-paced world.
Book Information
Posts
I fell for the pretty cover tbh 💔
As a lover of Japanese and Korean translated fiction I just couldn't resist the beautiful cover of "The healing season of pottery" as well as the setting of the story at a cozy pottery studio. Unfortunately, this book was rather disapointing - the depiction of the craft of pottery as well as the (many) characters and their somewhat sad backstories felt rather flat and superficial to me. I truly didn't like the writing style of this book - a lot of over-explaining of random situations, weird metaphors and so many characters were inroduced without much depth or structure to them. A rather boring read 🥲
Eine sehr ruhige Geschichte, die mit den stillen Weisheiten zwischen den Zeilen glänzt.
Das ist Slice-of-Life wie ich es liebe und schätze. Eine langsame, ruhige Geschichte, die ohne Drama auskommt. Stattdessen liegt der Fokus auf der Entwicklung der Charaktere und dem alltäglichen Leben. Ich habe mir so einige Zeilen markiert, um sie mir später noch einmal durchzulesen. Mir hat das Buch sehr gut gefallen und jetzt möchte ich auch unbedingt einen Töpferkurs belegen.