The Book?
Lemon is a quick, phenomenal story. The murder of Hae-on is the centre of the book and shifts perspectives on a variety of characters that were affected including her younger sister, Da-on. In my interpretation, Kwon Yeo-sun called the book Lemon because the lives of the people involved became sour after the murder especially the accused Han Manu and Da-on.
But I read here that Lemon was originally a short story in the 2016 quarterly called Creation and Criticism. The words lemon and revenge appear in the middle of the story but as a reader, it’s difficult to understand whether the word lemon represents this story or has any association with the murder case or course of the character’s lives.
As each person gives a bit more insight into their relationship with Ha-on, one thing that stuck out for me was the hint that she had a condition of some sorts which led to Da-on looking after her often. Also as it’s Korean literature, the approach that their mother wanted Da-on to get surgery to look more like her recently passed sister and Han Manu’s story was something I’m not surprised at but was very emotional.
It was definitely less thriller and more fiction but still painted a question of who killed Hae-on. My guess is Shin Jeongjun did it and told his wife Taerim so when Da-on found out, she kidnapped their baby, raised and renamed her Hye-sun, or Ha-on committed suicide in front of Shin Jeongjun and he escaped being a wealthy kid to America.
The Dish?
The colour yellow not only makes me think of lemons but also yellow habanero chillies. Thus to match this book, there’s no better choice than Habanero Hot Sauce.
Amanda from What’s Cooking made a great recipe that she ranks as spicy as the Habanero level so I’ve got the pleasure to share the link to her blog so you can make it here. Hope you enjoy!
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