The Investigation by J.M. Lee, translated by Chi-Young Kim [in Library Journal]
20 Aug, by in Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Repost, Translation
*STARRED REVIEW Watanabe Yuichi sits behind bars in Japan’s infamous Fukuoka Prison. After World War II, the former “soldier-guard” is now an incarcerated “low-level war criminal” under U.S. control. His written confession, which highlights two people — “one prisoner and one guard; one poet and one...