Kyung-Sook Shin, one of South Korea’s most acclaimed novelists, is perhaps best known in the West for her international bestseller, “Please Look After Mom.” The novel won the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize, making Shin the first woman to receive the honor, and was published in 29 countries. Although three other novels have followed “Please Look After Mom,” her latest, “I Went to See My Father” — translated by Anton Hur — feels like its closest thematic counterpart in its exploration of guilt, regret, parenthood and filial piety in a changing South Korean culture.
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