One day, Jiyoung speaks in the voice of another woman. The next day, she speaks […]
The Court Dancer, by Kyung-Sook Shin
Yi Jin, the protagonist of Kyung-Sook Shin’s lushly written The Court Dancer, is not just star-crossed […]
Familiar Things, by Hwang Sok-yong
Bugeye doesn’t have much going for him at the beginning of Hwang Sok-yong’s Familiar Things (translated […]
Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
In each generation of the family at the center of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko, individuals must […]
White Chrysanthemum, by Mary Lynn Bracht
In 1992, South Korean women began a weekly demonstration that lasted more than twenty years. […]