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Kang Young-sook was born in Chuncheon, Gangwondo, and graduated from the Seoul Institute of the Arts. She attended the University of Iowa's International Writing Program in 2009, and has served as an advisory member of the Korea Dialogue Academy since 1990. Kim Boram was born in Massachusetts. Her first translated work was Kim Yeon-su's short story 'The Five Pleasures of Walking'. She is currently working toward her PhD in English at UCLA.
The way in which the novel creates a family that accepts members from any nationality, sexual orientation, age, or gender has no precedent in Korean literature. Kang's unique style of writing is equally radical. Her imagery is bare yet powerful, almost discomfiting in its unfamiliarity, and certainly too innovative to categorize or name. --Kim Hyung-jung, Hankook Ilbo
