- Overview
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This is a collection of seven stories by Kim Young-ha for all readers who have experienced loss.
- Book Intro
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This collection of stories comes seven years after Kim Young-ha's Nobody Knows What Happened. It's full of works in the so-called Kim Young-ha style, a style that has expanded the horizon of Korean literature. Contained in this collection are seven stories about those who have experienced some form of loss and continue to live. They tell stories of the complexities of human emotions, contradictions in various kinds of relations, as well as the human agony encountered in situations that can be likened to so-called divine will.
- About the Author
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Kim Youngha
Kim Youngha is a writer who breaks down boundaries, a writer who goes beyond his limits, and a writer who challenges taboos. Every novel written by Kim has been published in about ten countries, including the United States, Japan, and France, translated into the languages of each. He also translated The Great Gatsby, written by Scott G. Fitzgerald, into Korean. Novels written by Kim Youngha include Black Flower, Your Republic Is Calling You, Quiz Show, I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, Why Did Arang, and I Hear Your Voice. Story collections created by Kim include Nobody Knows What Happened, Brother Is Back, What Happened to the Man Stuck in an Elevator, and The Call. Essay collections authored by Kim include Post-Itand The Traveler. Kim has won various awards including the Dongin Literary Award, the Lee Sang Literary Award, the Hwang Soonwon Literary Award, the Manhae Literary Award, and the Hyundai Literary Award.
