Show Notes
This week’s episode is all about our favourite reads by Korean and Korean-American authors, including books about sulky giant octopuses, sinkhole tourism, empathy bypasses, diasporic depression, simulated marriages, and tearful encounters with gochujang. And as always, we discuss recent reads and what’s next on our TBRs.
Recent reads
In Search Of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (tr. Terence Kilmartin)
Sweat by Emma Healy
The Meteorites: Encounters With Outer Space And Deep Time by Helen Gordon
Korean books and authors
Crying In H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Sea Change by Gina Chung
The Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun (tr. Lizze Buehler)
Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home by Eric Kim
The Hive And The Honey by Paul Yoon
The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-Ryeong (tr. The KoLab)
Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn (tr. Sandy Joosun Lee)
Black Girl From Pyongyang: In Search Of My Identity by Monica Macias
Up next
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Husbands by Holly Gramazio
Atmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins Reid
My Friends by Frederik Backman
Kakigori Summer by Emily Itami
Endling by Maria Reva
Also mentioned
@angelazbao
Snow Piercer, Parasite by Bong Joon Ho
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