Winter in Sokcho

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Winter in Sokcho is a quiet, introspective novel set in a South Korean border town, exploring identity, alienation, and cross-cultural encounter through the relationship between a young Franco-Korean woman and a visiting French cartoonist.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf literary work
novel
author Elisa Shua Dusapin NERFINISHED
awarded National Book Award for Translated Literature NERFINISHED
awardYear 2021
countryOfOrigin France
coverArtMotif winter seaside imagery
criticalReception widely acclaimed
EnglishTranslator Aneesa Abbas Higgins NERFINISHED
exploresRelationshipBetween Europe and East Asia NERFINISHED
artist and subject
mother and daughter
firstPublicationYear 2016
hasSequelOrRelatedWork The Pachinko Parlour NERFINISHED
hasTranslation English
ISBN_EnglishPaperback 9781913547021
literaryGenre contemporary fiction
translated literature
literaryMovement contemporary Francophone literature
mainCharacter French cartoonist
young Franco-Korean woman
motif drawing and comics
food and cooking
sea and coastline
narrativePerspective first-person narration
narrativeTone introspective
quiet
notableFor focus on interiority over plot
portrayal of liminal border space
originalLanguage French
pageCountApprox 150
protagonistBackground mixed French and Korean heritage
protagonistConflict struggle with cultural identity
protagonistOccupation guesthouse worker
publisher Éditions Zoé NERFINISHED
settingCountry South Korea NERFINISHED
settingDetail border town near North Korea
settingLocation Sokcho NERFINISHED
settingSeason winter
style atmospheric
minimalist prose
theme alienation
belonging
cross-cultural encounter
identity
intimacy and distance

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