![]() ![]() ![]() Her nephew’s motive is to have an address in an area he believes will get renovated and be more valuable in the near future. The woman had lived in a tiny apartment for the last five years where her nephew had placed her. The quiet, low-key story begins with the description of an old woman who lives in squalor in a depressed neighborhood. After just a few chapters, the reader may have to pause. The story has emotional honesty and gravitas, and can be a hard read at time. One Left is a beautifully-written novel, dedicated to the Korean women who were forcibly drafted into and survived military sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial Army in the World War II era. So begins a fictional story that describes a very real group of war survivors. She sees a dead magpie next to her shoes, a gift from her cat, Nabi. “There is still me.” She cleans her room and walks out to the veranda. (University of Washington Press, Seattle, 2020, ISBN #978-0-29574766-8)Īs the old woman folds her blanket, she hears on the television that the last one has passed. One Left: A novel ~ By Soom Kim (translated by Ju-chan and Bruce Fulton) ![]()
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