This novel is about trying to part with the burden of being alive because someone else has died.
Knowing that the anonymous author of The Accusation is still living in North Korea adds another layer of discomfort; the book you hold in your hands carries huge risks for him and his family.
Guo’s jagged, unpolished memoir Once Upon a Time in the East reminds us of the power of storytelling.
Megan Walsh meets the Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien as he takes on wuxia in his acclaimed film The Assassin.
The sophomore novel from the author of story collections A Thousand Years of Good Prayers and Gold Boy, Emerald Girl.
