Korea

Re Jane

Engaging coming-of-age story, with great scenes of older Brooklyn and Queens, but the central romance falls flat. 

3 years ago

My Favorite Novels Set In Korea

In these months and months of travel restrictions, I've been reading even more international fiction for even more armchair travel…

3 years ago

Pachinko

Like in Go, Pachinko tells the story of Japanese-occupied Korea, and the Koreans who lived in Japan as a result…

3 years ago

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982

Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, by Cho Nam-Joo, is a novel written as the psych case notes for a patient. The…

3 years ago

Free Food For Millionaires

Free Food For Millionaires is by Min Jin Lee, the author of Pachinko.  There's a similarity between the two novels,…

4 years ago

The Island of Sea Women

Lisa See’s newest novel, The Island of Sea Woman, takes place on Korea’s Jeju Island, where women divers support themselves…

6 years ago

Honolulu

I first read Honolulu, by Alan Brennert, several years ago, and this is the novel that sparked my interest in…

6 years ago

Go

In the Japanese novel Go, Sugihara is a zainichi chosenjin, a Korean national, but resident in Japan, the child of Korean…

7 years ago

White Chrysanthemum

White Chrysanthemum tells the story of two sisters in Japanese-occupied Korea. When the story opens, their family is living on…

7 years ago