Lit in Translation

Kim Yi-seol

김이설

Born 1975 · South Korea

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2016 · Excellence prize

    빈집

    Binjip

    Title translated by AI:“The Empty House”

    Kim Yi-seol · 40 when first published

    Short story

  • No English yet

    Yi Sang 2013 · Excellence prize

    흉몽

    Hyungmong

    Title translated by AI:“Nightmare”

    Kim Yi-seol · 37 when first published

    Short story

    AI-generated summary:Cleaning rooms at a motel day and night to pay down the debts that mounted after her husband lost his job, a woman is visited at work one day by him, carrying a bag of money that reeks.