Ep 10: Korean Reads We Recommend

This week’s episode is all about our favourite reads by Korean and Korean-American authors, including books about sulky giant octopuses, sinkhole tourism, empathy bypasses, diasporic depression, simulated marriages, and tearful encounters with gochujang. And as always, we discuss recent reads and what’s next on our TBRs.Recent readsIn Search Of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (tr. Terence Kilmartin)Sweat by Emma HealyThe Meteorites: Encounters With Outer Space And Deep Time by Helen GordonKorean books and authors Crying In H Mart by Michelle ZaunerSea Change by Gina ChungThe Disaster Tourist by Yun Ko-Eun (tr. Lizze Buehler)Korean American: Food That Tastes Like Home by Eric KimThe Hive And The Honey by Paul Yoon The Trunk by Kim Ryeo-Ryeong (tr. The KoLab)Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn (tr. Sandy Joosun Lee)Black Girl From Pyongyang: In Search Of My Identity by Monica MaciasUp nextThe Women by Kristin HannahThe Husbands by Holly GramazioAtmosphere: A Love Story by Taylor Jenkins ReidMy Friends by Frederik BackmanKakigori Summer by Emily ItamiEndling by Maria RevaAlso mentioned @angelazbaoSnow Piercer, Parasite by Bong Joon HoLibro FMFollow us on Instagram @curiousreaderspodcast for more recommendations in between episodes  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.