I'm Waiting For You and Other Stories comprise of two pairs of stories from Korean science fiction writer Kim Bo-young, translated by Sophie Bowman and Sung Ryu. In the title story I'm Waiting for You (tr. Sophie Bowman), a man writes a series of letters to his fiancee, as both of them undertake their separate journeys in the galaxy, making use of the concept of relativity, to return to Earth at the same time to get married. His journey gets increasingly difficult as the delays in the galactic …
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Review: Shoko’s Smile
Shoko's Smile: Stories, a collection of seven long-ish short stories, is Korean writer's Choi Eunyoung's English debut, deftly and beautifully translated by Sung Ryu. I'm only on my fourth story, but already, I'm dying to write about how much I love it. Shoko's Smile: Stories is one of those books that I want to share with everybody, but at the same time, part of me wants to keep it as a hidden gem. I see myself in all the four stories that I've read thus far, and it's taking a lot of …