PODCAST #66: Krys Lee
Colin Marshall goes to Seoul, South Korea to talk with Krys Lee, author "Drifting House" and an upcoming novel on the lives of North Korean refugees.
By Colin MarshallAugust 12, 2014
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Colin Marshall goes to Seoul, South Korea to talk with Krys Lee, author of the acclaimed short story collection Drifting House. They discuss her obsessions with violence and religion, "Koreanness" as an accidental unifier of her stories, her life between Korea, America, and England, and her next novel, which deals with the lives of North Korean refugees.
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Colin Marshall is a Seoul-based essayist on cities, language, and culture. His latest book, published in Korean, is 한국 요약 금지 (No Summarizing Korea, 2024).
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