( Log Out /  My only issue is that its slightly torn. I kept thinking what is the point? To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Through their actions the author touches on prejudice, adoption, the power of friendship, feeling trapped in an unhappy life, selfishness, bullying, and more. If you decide to read this to young children, check out the ending first. This is not a children's story but there are lessons of life to be learned from this book. This is a deceptively simple fable by a South Korean author. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. South Korean novelette that can be read as a morality tale, a fable, or a metaphor. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. It’s about an egg-laying hen named Sprout who wants nothing more out of life than to escape her cage, live in the yard, sit on an egg, and raise her very own baby. (Nov.), This novella, translated from Korean, explores ideals of compassion, individuality, sacrifice, and motherhood—all through a crew of barnyard animals. Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. I’d compare it more to that children’s book about the ugly duckling that really isn’t a duck (I don’t remember the title). As she becomes a mother, Sprout reveals herself as a fiercely loyal little hen, who will sacrifice everything for her baby. The protagonist is a philosophically restless hen who yearns to raise a chick, but her eggs are collected daily by the farmer's wife. About The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly. Hwang Sun-mi (born 1963) is a South Korean author and professor who is best known for her fable The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly, which has also been made into a successful animated film in South Korea, Leafie, A Hen into the Wild. A weasel came that night to get dinner from the pit of dead and dying chickens. Beautifully written sad story. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2019. This is a quick read, and a highly recommended one. “‘Just like I’m a gatekeeper and the rooster announces the morning, you’re supposed to lay eggs in a cage. --Ann Kelley. Got this for a gift for my mum. Please Look After Mom (Vintage Contemporaries), The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly Book Korean Version Sun Mi Hwang Gift, Who Let the Mexicans Play in the Rose Bowl: Navigating the Racial Landscape of America, The road of life is paved with hardships, even tragedy. OCLC 229245216. Please try your request again later. Now it looks like I've given her a second hand book, which would be fine if I hadn't paid the price of a new copy. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly concerns Sprout, a chicken that has spent her life in a tiny coop on an industrial farm, laying eggs that are quickly taken away and sold. We read this for book club and I think I was the only one who didn't like it. ( Log Out /  Poignantly but simply written with light touches of humor and lots of pulls at your heart strings. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 31, 2020, Such a wonderful short story of a hen that just wants to hatch and egg and be a Mum. I have passed my book along to others and they have loved the story as well. What happens then?’, “‘Don’t be ridiculous!’ The dog snorted.”. Yes, she escapes her coop very early on (which is why I don’t feel like I’m giving away much by telling you this) but the yard animals don’t accept her. The hen encapsulates her longing in the name Sprout, which she gives to herself, signifying the fecundity of nature. Spare but evocative line drawings by the Japanese artist Nomoco add to the subtle charm of this slim volume. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly is a novella I wanted to love. The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly. Very easy to read, I finished it in 3 hours. I just know that I absolutely adore Sprout, she is one plucky chicken that goes against the established routines at the farm to fulfill her desires. Change ). Lovely, such a sweet little book. We all need to draw on our inner Sprout, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 23, 2020. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Upon its publication in 2000, The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly became an instant classic, remaining on bestseller lists for ten years and inspiring the highest-grossing animated film in Korean history. With the exception of an acacia tree mentioned and also rice, this story could have taken place in any temperate non-arid part of the world – which also gives it universality. It’s survival of the fittest, barnyard-style, with a plucky, fiercely protective hen at the helm.

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