When she agrees to accompany him on trips to discover an ‘authentic’ Korea, they visit snowy mountaintops and dramatic waterfalls, and cross into North Korea. One evening, an unexpected guest arrives: a French cartoonist determined to find inspiration in this desolate landscape. A young French Korean woman works as a receptionist in a tired guesthouse. Bodies are red and raw, the fish turn venomous, beyond the beach guns point out from the North’s watchtowers. It’s winter in Sokcho, a tourist town on the border between South and North Korea. Winner of the 2021 National Book Award for Translated Literature Please note that you need to collect your copy of the book from the KCCUK reception during weekdays between 10.00-17:30 – Books will be collection only as we cannot accommodate book delivery. Once the final selection has been drawn, we will send you an e-mail with the result of the selection process.
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