Book Review By Toria Blair 

Hwang Sok Yong - The Guest

An epic but not so opinionated tale of a century’s past, present, painted in beautiful yet horrifying pictures.

Hwang Sok yong gives a provocative account of the post and pre-colonial Korean society with an explicit and efficient use of the first-person and omniscient narrative. Sok-Yong takes the reader on an objective trip stringing  gratifying  ghost stories that present the reader with an in-depth picture of two different world from two different voices.  A true masterpiece.

Modern Family - Cheon Myeon Kwang

A very special book with a subtle sense of humour that has the reader flipping through the pages slowly, hoping it becomes a never ending tale.

Myeon Kwan employs a modernist and an objective view that portrays the everyday life of a typical modern Korean family without the watered down illusion of a happy ending that most writers never get tired of.  All in all, it’s a book I never regret reading     

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