Bluebeard’s First Wife: Stories by Ha Seong-nan, translated by Janet Hong [in Booklist]
21 May, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Repost, Short Stories, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW Bestselling Korean author Ha Seong-nan and award-winning Canadian translator Janet Hong are two-for-two at spectacular pairing, repeating the successful partnership of Ha’s collection, Flowers of Mold (2019), with another sensational, 11-story collaboration. The titular “Bluebeard’s First Wife” features a 31-year-old woman who marries a...