Goni and Eunmal’s A Devil’s Poems Written by an Angel

“Written by Goni, drawn by Eunmal.” It feels warmer than a standard author-and-illustrator credit. Goni is also the name of the character Cho Seung-woo played in the first Tazza film, though the resemblance seems to end there.

Poems to Look at as Well as Read

A Devil’s Poems Written by an Angel pairs Goni’s poems with Eunmal’s drawings. There are illustrations throughout, and the book invites you to linger over the pictures as much as the words. Even the paper has a more tactile finish than you might expect from a slim volume.

A Title That Pulls in Two Directions

The contradiction in the title catches your eye. It might lead you to expect a book of Western philosophy, but the poems inside go somewhere more familiar.

They are brief reflections on love, each accompanied by a drawing that gives the feeling room to settle.

A few lines give a sense of where the title comes from.

• Call it beautiful, and it becomes beautiful.
• Call it sad, and sadness follows.
• If saying a thing could make it happen, as if by magic,
• I suppose I would say it.

When everyday life leaves little room to feel anything fully, a few poems and drawings can give you a moment to breathe.

Book Information

A Devil’s Poems Written by an Angel

Author and illustrator

Goni and Eunmal

Publication date

10 May 2013

ISBN13

9788995643730

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