Kwang Jeon received his Ph.D. in cell physiology at King’s College, University of London, UK, in 1964 and taught at SUNY Buffalo and University of Tennessee. His research was concerned with the biogenesis and function of cell components in two major areas: Integration of intracellular symbionts into host cells leading to the acquisition of new cell components and cell variation; Membrane-protein recycling during endo- and exocytosis.
'It is not often a young writer decides to write about old age, still less romantic love in old age. All of which makes Michael Kimball's second novel unusual. Not only does he address mortality head-on, but his narrator describes the deep and powerful love between his grandparents as his grandfather quietly and desperately watches his wife slowly dying. The grandfather's narration is powerful and moving; at times, he tells his story like a child, uncomprehending and breathless' Rebecca Seal, Observer