Autobiography of Death by Kim Hyesoon

Autobiography of Death

Kim Hyesoon with Don Mee Choi (Translator), Fi Jae Lee (Illustrator)

128 pages first pub 2016 (editions)

nonfiction poetry dark emotional sad medium-paced

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The title section of Kim Hyesoon’s powerful new book, Autobiography of Death, consists of forty-nine poems, each poem representing a single day during which the spirit roams after death before it enters the cycle of reincarnation. The poems not on...

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Moods

dark 73%
sad 73%
reflective 57%
emotional 53%
challenging 42%
tense 23%
informative 7%
mysterious 7%
funny 3%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 3%

Pace

medium 47%
slow 38%
fast 14%

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