The Dog Who Dared to Dream, by Hwang Sun-Mi. Book report #14 (2017)

The Dog Who Dared to Dream, by Hwang Sun-Mi, translated by Kim Chi-Young. Pub 2016

This was a point-of-sale impulse buy, when I was last in the local bookshop. I was attracted to the lovely spare illustrations, and to the promised philosophical prose. While the story was as lovely as the illustrations, it was far from a deep exploration of friendship or family – or anything, really. Enjoyable, and very quick read, but not at all the exposition of dog dreams that I was expecting.

4. A book published in 2016

8. A book written by a female author

13. A book set somewhere you’ve never been (South Korea)

19. A book you can finish in a day

21. A book translated from (or in) another language

26. A book by an author whom you’ve never read