Kyung-sook Shin

"I was very young, and those events affected me deeply. I feel the time given to me doesn't belong only to me. In everything – my writing, my travelling, my happiness – I live partly on behalf of those…"

"Even though each country has different cultural backgrounds and social traditions, the word “Mom” can evoke universal emotional responses. Additionally, the behavior of children is very similar across…"

"She is like a great writer, with the power to read people; I was influenced by her. But hers wasn't a life where you could sit indoors with books."

"People have lost something important they took for granted, and that loss leaves them devastated."