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Review: Hunger by Choi Jin-Young

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: A word-of-mouth phenomenon turned best-selling cult classic in Korea, Hunger is a visceral, psychologically daring novel that reveals how love and money shape, wound, and consume us. “A feast for the literary senses.”—Anton Hur, Judge of the … Continue reading

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Review: Human Acts by Han Kang

Buy it here: Amazon, Bookshop Synopsis: From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a rare and astonishing (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice. In the midst of a violent student uprising in South Korea, … Continue reading

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