DESPITE EVERYTHING I AM HERE

How to tame loneliness? What to do when faced with an indifferent friend or one who betrayed? How to react to ordinary racism? What is the How to make delicious mandu? Do you need to prepare administratively his death? Here are some of the existential questions discussed by Silki in Despite Everything I Am Here, a collection of stories autobiographical dimension. Arrived in France in 2016 after several years studying in India, the South Korean author evokes in this collection in turn the cultural gaps she faces, relational difficulties encountered as well as the emotions that run through it. Clear line, more stroke thick, plots, Silki's drawing mutates with virtuosity according to the stories, showing characters that are sometimes human, sometimes animal, expressive and very often, highly comforting. The stories follow one another to form the a picture of a winding and touching passage into adulthood.