The Salmon Who Dared to Leap Higher by Ahn Do-hyunMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A gentle, heartfelt fable for our time. Ahn Do-hyun is a multi-million copy bestselling, award-winning Korean poet. Told through the eyes and the heart of Silver Salmon as a shoal cross the great ocean towards their spawning grounds on the Green River, facing the dangers of humankind, not just from net fishing and fish eagles but the pollution of river water caused by man. He falls in love with a female: ”My name is Clear-Eyed Salmon”. The salmon will swim upstream to the place of their birth to spawn, and then to die. A tale about aching and ardent love as Silver Salmon and Clear-Eyed Salmon pursue their dream, to swim upstream, to leap high over rapids, to continue the existence of their species.
To those who believe hope and love still exist in this world - this book is for you.
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