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Your Neighbour’s Table by Gu Byeong-Mo (transl. Chi-Young Kim): ‘Strangely, not a single child called for their dad’

I’ve read so little Korean fiction that when Gu Byeong-Mo’s Your Neighbour’s Table popped up on NetGalley I decided to give it a try. It’s set in an apartment building for which there is a long waiting list and strict rules to obey: tenants must have at least one child and produce two more. You’d

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Waiting for a Party by Vesna Main: ‘Memory is all. Memory is her life now.’  

Waiting for a Party is the second novel I’ve read by Vesna Main. I was so impressed by Good Day? I included it on my 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction wishlist, knowing it didn’t stand much chance, and so was pleased to see it on the Goldsmith’s Prize shortlist later that year. Her new one

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