There are now so many wonderful Korean books in translation that it would be impossible for me to read everything. Because of that, I have had to become stricter and more selective about what I bring onto my shelf. A … Continue reading Too Many Books [Cartoon] Part 4
I thought the problem was simple: there are too many books, and not enough time. That feels obvious when you’re sitting in front of a growing pile, trying to decide what to pick up next. Every new translation feels like … Continue reading Too Many Books [Cartoon] Part 3
I would like to say there is a system. Something orderly. A method that keeps everything in place — what I am reading, what comes next, what I will eventually get to. There is not. I read on instinct. I … Continue reading Too Many Books [Cartoon] Part 2
I wonder what I might discover if I stepped into the memory bookshop imagined in the novel by Song Yu-jeong, translated by Shanna Tan. Would I encounter the memories of my own life, arranged as neatly as those in the … Continue reading The Memory Bookshop [Book Review]
Yun Ko-eun’s stories are intense, atmospheric, and at times almost illogical — yet always compelling. In person, however, she is calm and warm; she laughs easily, and I find myself laughing with her in a small café near Covent Garden, … Continue reading Crosswalks, the Absurd, and the Stories in Between: In Conversation with Yun Ko-eun
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