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Shoko`s Smile

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Call no.
: EF 895.735/YON
Author
: Choi Eunyoung
Contributor
: Nur Amanina Binti Mastani
Summary
A compilation of short stories with various themes, Shoko's Smile main story is about two girls of different background; Shoko who is a Japanese girl who lives with her grandpa back in Japan, while Soyu is a Korean girl who lives with her mother and grandpa in rural South Korea. The two became acquaintances for student exchange program but never really gotten that close as there is a sense of tension between them. In another story, it depicts Korean-Vietnam war tension that affected the good relationship of two neighbours of the involving country which resulted in awkward encounters and conversations. Shoko's Smile is a heavy read with emotions and feelings involved, but rather eye-opening as it takes readers to experience the stories by the characters in a whole other world than ourselves.