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To Kill A Tiger: A Memoir Of Korea (2010)

by Jid Lee(Favorite Author)

4.15 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

159020266X (ISBN13: 9781590202661)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Overlook Hardcover

review 1: I have always been interested in novels, memoirs, historical fictions about the development of the East, with a particular interest in China, Japan and Vietnam. I must admit that I know very little about Korea and found To Kill a Tiger to be a great intro to a war I know so little about.Jid Lee provides a disclaimer at the beginning of the book that although heavily researched, some of the parts of this memoir was based on her memory. Despite this, I am satisfied with the fact that this is an accurate account of what some Koreans feel about this period in time.Lee's memoir brought out the inequalities of the sexes in Korea before the turn of the millenium. The theme was a combination of the treatment she received at home and the Korean war going on outside her home. Some... more part of it was grotesque, the stories of the comfort women in Japan was especially disturbing.My only complaints about the book (and the reason it didn't receive the full 5 stars) is there are too many conspicuous attempts at referencing the "tiger's stomach". On one page, near the end of the book, I counted 4 + references and it almost felt redundant. Also, (and I apologize to everyone who lived through the war before I say this), there was a strong case demanding an apology to various groups of people for what happened during the war. Although an absolutely fair request, I found it to be distasteful to use this as a channel... It does illustrate that war makes victims out of everyone and that I can agree to.
review 2: Korean culture was somewhat of a mystery to me, as I've not had much exposure to it. As an American, I was shocked to learn Ms. Lee's perspective on what it felt like to grow up as a "second class citizen" in her country that favored everything male. Her book goes behind the scenes to reveal the challenges and courage that it took for a young girl to survive and succeed in a male dominated society. less

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