Description
In this acclaimed debut collection, Choi Eunyoung delivers crisp, unembellished stories that trace the lives of young women in South Korea with emotional clarity and moral urgency. Across interconnected narratives—from a fraught friendship that deepens as two girls grow into adulthood, to a grieving lover’s journey in search of answers, to families wrestling with the unbearable weight of public tragedy—private feelings and political realities continually collide. Themes of love and loss, memory and silence, and the quiet negotiations of identity and agency shape every page, revealing how resilience can coexist with uncertainty. With a style often compared to the intimate realism of Sally Rooney, the luminous tenderness of Banana Yoshimoto, and the reflective depth of Marilynne Robinson, Shoko’s Smile offers a powerful, unvarnished look at what it means to keep going when life refuses easy closure.
Available Editions
paperback
Penguin Books
Published Jun 1, 2021
272 pages
ISBN: 9780143135265
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Details
First Published
2021
Language
eng
Translation
From: kor
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Shoko's Smile by Choi Eunyoung.