Shortisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, Whale follows the lives of three linked characters in South Korea, in an adventure-satire of epic proportions
Chi-Young Kim
Chi-Young Kim is a literary translator and editor, who trained as a lawyer before taking up translation, initially as a hobby
Now a recipient of the Man Asian Literary Prize for her work on Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin, Chi-Young Kim has translated over a dozen books, including works by Ae-ran Kim, You-jeong Jeong, and Young-ha Kim, among others. She was born in Boston MA and is now based in Los Angeles CA.
Chi-Young Kim’s translation of Whale was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2023, announced on April 18, 2023.
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An adventure-satire of epic proportions, which sheds new light on the changes Korea experienced in its rapid transition from pre-modern to post-modern society
Translated by Chi-Young Kim
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