With that being said, let’s begin the review!Ī bestselling and award-winning debut collection from one of South Korea's most prominent young writers. We delve into a lot of harder and good topics in these short stories, and while some of the stories are weaker than the others, they still manage to make good points about contemporary society, not just in Korea. Which is good for representation in Korean literature! We don’t hear much about other ethnicity in the country, although there is a small minority of non-Koreans residing there, especially in Seoul. Not all of our main characters are Korean, we have some Japanese and Vietnamese characters in here too. I heard she’s an avid reader of feminist literature, and this short story collection is about the lives of young women residing in South Korea. And that, my friends, is how Shoko’s Smile made its international debut.Īnd I see why this book in particular she recommended. Generally when a K-pop idol recommends a book (like every time a BTS member recommends a book I suddenly begin to see it seeping everywhere in my life), that author probably just got an insane amount of royalties from the number of fans going off to buy the book. This book has been everywhere! I think a member of BLACKPINK, Jisoo, recommended it and then it exploded in popularity all around the world.
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