The Waiting by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, translated by Janet Hong [in Booklist]
28 Jul, by Adult Readers, Fiction, Korean, Repost, Translation
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*STARRED REVIEW The book is labeled fiction, but the extraordinarily haunting narrative is inspired by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim’s mother and two elderly survivors of Korean War separations who were briefly allowed to meet their North Korean families; Gendry-Kim’s mother still hopes to glimpse her sister. That survivor...