Ten Works of Contemporary Korean Literature in Translation [in The Booklist Reader]
27 Jun, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Lists, Repost, Translation
Despite Maureen Corrigan’s rather nasty NPR review of Korean author Kyung-sook Shin’s 2011 Stateside debut, Please Look After Mom – her phrase “cheap consolations of kimchee-scented Kleenex fiction” caused particular affront – Mom became a major bestseller. In a stroke of well-deserved vindication, Shin became the first woman...
