Korean

If I Had Your Face

If I Had Your Face, by Frances Cha, reveals the stories of five young women working in Seoul. There are…

4 years ago

K-Drama Rules in “I Believe In A Thing Called Love”

In I Believe In A Thing Called Love, by Maurene Goo, when overachieving high schooler Desi Lee gets a crush…

4 years ago

The Best Novels Set in Hawaii

With all the Hawaiian novels I read before my trip, it's a bit hard to pick favorites, but I really…

6 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

The Paper Wife

I finished this novel about a week ago, and basically regretted finishing it because the next novel I read just…

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