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'Expert, idiomatic translation renders visible a story that helps explain the present weirdness in North Korea . . . T]he story with its great insight into the region, is deeply rewarding.'--'Kirkus Reviews' 'Vivid snapshots from the Korean War and surreal encounters with ghosts intersect in the first major US release by award-winning Korean novelist Sok-yong . . . an ambitious exploration of a postwar survivor's chaotic psyche.'--'Publishers Weekly' 'A provocative novel . . . with a subtle power. Hwang] takes the reader to the edge of a gruesome scene, then steps back and focuses on the sort of mundane detail that sticks in one's mind more firmly than any blood-splattered image.'--'TIME''Asia Magazine' During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty-two-day massacre. In an act of collective amnesia, the atrocities were attributed to American military, but in truth they resulted from strife between Christian and Communist neighbors. Forty