Christa raved about this one, It was an ALA Notable Book, and it just won the Pulitzer.
Pak Jun Do, the title character in this award winning work, has to learn to let things go. Having something, anything, means having to lose that thing, your connection to it and the memory of it. None of it belongs to you, all of it is just a story. Jun Do has been a kidnapper, a fisherman, and a national Tae Kwon Do champion. He has also been none of these things. It depends on who you ask. It depends on when you ask them.
Every summary that I read of this book was misleading. Every bit of praise was a bit too spare.
Hypnotic, and hopelessly exhilarating, this is a book to be savored. I listened to part of it on audio, too, and that was well done.
One of the best of the year.
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