Sunday, October 22, 2006


This is the book that I have just finished reading The Interpreter by Suki Kim. Suki Kim is a Korean American and wrote a book about Korean American woman, a child of Korean immigrants in New York City area. It takes place entirely in New York but at the same time the Korean culture aspect is still there. It starts five years after Susy's parents were murdered randomly or was it random. This story is about how Susy discovers the true reasons behind her parents deaths and how this changes her. When we meet Susy is an interpreter for law suit dispositions with Korean immigrants who for some reason are in the court system. This story though is just as much about Susy and her life, which is pretty sad. She is Korean and American but neither one is really home or at least that is what she was taught. It is about her always seaching for her identity but never really finding one through many one-way relationships that she is content with, and going from one job to the other. She also finds out a lot about her sister Grace and the role she had in her parents deaths and the role she had in the family. Although this book does end with closure to the meet of the issue, it leaves you (the reader) with no closure about Susy's character. It is almost sad how this book ends with you still wondering will Susy ever be happy. This was an interesting book, but it seemed to be missing something throughout. But maybe it was supposed to feel like that since Susy is also missing something to her life too.

2 comments:

hombre guapo said...

law suit depositions not dispositions.

hombre guapo said...

the book does leave you with closure to the "meat" of the story not the "meet" of the story. WOW! So many mistakes in this one, why didn't I read it before I posted? And I am an English teacher!