Kim Won-il looks at 80 years of Korean modern history, presenting us with the less glamorous side of the story in a novel that spans three generations of a Milyang-based family who are swept along in the political and economic tides of the colonial period and Korea’s subsequent reconstruction. [Read More]
Translator: Kang Sunok
Selected translations
- Kim Wonil: The Scorpion tr Kang Sunok, Melissa Thomson, Kitaab International 2018
- Kim Kyung-uk: God Has No Grandchildren tr Kang Sunok, Melissa Thomson, Dalkey Archive 2015