Han river in Seoul
We asked writers and translators two questions: What is the book, available in English, that best evokes Seoul? What is a favorite Seoul bookstore? Here are their answe…
Krys Lee
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- New York. Viking. 2016. 246 pages.Krys Lee’s How I Became a North Korean casts a narrative of three voices: Yongju, a North Korean exile from an affluent family; Jangmi, a trafficked Nor…
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South Korean writer Han Kang photographed by Baik Dahum. Born in South Korea in 1970, Han Kang made her literary debut as a poet in 1993. She has since published novels and short fiction and w…