Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin, Translator Aneesa Abbas HigginsRead about another entry on the list.
A pillar of the gothic genre is isolation, and Winter in Sokcho explores a town on the border of North and South Korea, frozen in its off-season. A young woman gets swept up in the life of a cartoonist that comes into town and rooms in the guesthouse she runs with her mother. Alienation, identity and the persistently looming political conflict make this picturesque seaside inn feel distinctly off-kilter.
--Marshal Zeringue
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