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Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption

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Palimpsest: Documents From a Korean Adoption (Swedish: Palimpsest) is a graphic novel written by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom [sv] (Korean: 정울림), a South Korea-born Swedish cartoonist. It was originally published in Swedish in 2016 by Ordfront.[1]

Plot

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It details her quest to discover her origins as, with the assistance of a Korean-speaking friend and her spouse, she navigates the bureaucracy and false statements in South Korean adoption papers supplied by agencies trying to mislead her.

Reception

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Karla Strand of Ms. Magazine stated that the book "challenges existing notions of adoption and identity while stressing the importance of owning your own narrative."[2] Chris Gavaler of Popmatters wrote that the document-heavy approach of the work was atypical.[3]

Publishers Weekly wrote that it was "An unflinching indictment of foreign adoption, Sjöblom’s story is also, ironically, an homage to the chosen family who help her find her first family."[4] It describes portions as "text-heavy".[4]

In 2019 Rachel Cooke of The Guardian described it as one of several "best graphic novels of 2019".[5]

Translations

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Its English translation, published in 2019 by Drawn & Quarterly, was by Hanna Strömberg, Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, and Richey Wyver.

It was published in Spanish, with Carmen Montes as the translator, by Barbara Fiore Editora as Palimpsesto in 2019.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Sjöblom, Lisa Wool-Rim (2016). Palimpsest. ISBN 978-91-7037-900-0.
  2. ^ Strand, Karla (2019-11-05). "November 2019 Reads for the Rest of Us". Ms. Magazine. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. ^ Gavaler, Chris (2019-11-13). "Sjöblom's 'Palimpsest' Is Visually Unlike Most Graphic Memoirs". Popmatters. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  4. ^ a b "Palimpsest". Publishers Weekly. 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  5. ^ Cooke, Rachel (2019-12-08). "The best graphic novels of 2019". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  6. ^ Palimpsesto.

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