South Korea

A beautiful, unsettling novel in three acts, about rebellion and taboo, violence and eroticism, and the twisting metamorphosis of a soul. Winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. WINNER...

Narratives produce the ties that bind us. They create community, eliminate contingency and anchor us in being. And yet in our contemporary information society, where everything has become arbitrary and...

Society, Perception and Communication Today The days of the Other are over in this age of excessive communication, information and consumption. What used to be the Other, be it as...

Discover the groundbreaking Korean YA thriller, for fans of Squid Game, Black Mirror and The Hunger Games!WHEN YOU'RE INSIDE, THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING . . .Raised in a climate-ravaged, frozen world, every day...

A gripping and heart-wrenching novel of damage and survival, grief and unexpected solace, Marilyn and Me is a fascinating — and timely — insight into an extraordinary time and place...

The Magical Language of Others is a powerful and aching love story in letters, from mother to daughter. After living in America for over a decade, Eun Ji Koh's parents...

Translated by Sora Kim-Russell How friendship, European literature, and a charismatic professor defy war, oppression, and the absurd Set in 1980s South Korea amid the tremors of political revolution, I'll...

Translated by Chi-Young Kim A universal tale of family bonds and out-of-the-ordinary friendships. My Brilliant Life interweaves the past and present of a tight-knit family, finding joy and happiness in...

A seductive, disorienting, and wholly original story about parallel lives, unfolding over a day and a night in the sweltering heat of Seoul's summer. 'As cryptic and compelling as a...

Translated by Jamie Chang The multi-million copy selling, international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 is the South Korean sensation that has got the whole world talking. The life story of...

Translated by Danny Lim Fear and panic spread as a sinister phenomenon marks individuals for certain death. One day, you will receive a message from an unknown sender. The message...

Translated by Danny LimTerror intensifies as the truth behind a series of deadly and mysterious attacks is revealed...Death, murder, and hysteria. The reality of hell on earth has reached new...

Translated by An Seon Jae A death, a lie, a secret. For twenty-six summers he didn't have the courage to face the past. Lee Hanjo is an artist at the...

Translated by Anton Hur An instant bestseller in Korea and the follow up to the international bestseller, Please Look After Mother; centering on a woman's efforts to reconnect with her aging...

Translated by Deborah Smith and e. yaewon A powerful novel of the saving grace of language and human connection, from the celebrated author of The Vegetarian In a classroom in...

Translated by Anton Hur SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEWINNER OF A PEN/HEIM TRANSLATION GRANT A woman is haunted by her own bodily waste. A pregnant woman is told...

Translated by Jamie Chang Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is...

Translated by Clare Richards Vacuum cleaner bitch. When Jina sees this anonymous comment on a forum it forces her out of her stupor. It is posted on a website dissecting...

Translated by Shanna Tan There was only one thing on her mind.'I must start a bookshop.' Yeongju did everything she was supposed to, go to university, marry a decent man,...

Translated by Chi-Young Kim WINNER OF THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE When sixty-nine-year-old So-nyo is separated from her husband among the crowds of the Seoul subway station, her family begins...

We join San in 1970s rural South Korea, a young girl ostracised from her community. She meets a girl called Namae, and they become friends until one afternoon changes everything....

Translated by Chi-Young Kim Shortlisted for the 2023 International Booker Prize A sweeping, multi-generational tale blending fable, farce, and fantasy — a masterpiece of modern fiction perfect for fans of...

Translated by Chi-Young Kim A whip-smart, taut and compelling novel about a 60-something female assassin navigating the vulnerabilities posed by her ageing body, and a meditation on loss and loneliness....

Translated by Sandy Joosun Lee || THE MAGICAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER, WITH OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD || In a mysterious town hidden in our collective subconscious there's a department store...

TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?ME: I don't know, I'm what's the word depressed? Do I have to...

Translated by Jamie Chang The Prize-Winning International Bestseller When a mother allows her thirty-something daughter to move into her apartment, she wants for her what many mothers might say they...

Translated by Jamie Chang From the author of international bestseller Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 In a country called ‘Town’, Su is found dead in an abandoned car. The suspected killer...