In precise elegant words Kim glimpses the paradox phenomenon of our ordinary and difficult world.
Kwan Ku Kim: Kim Kwang-Kyu was born in Seoul in 1941. His translations into English include Faint Shadows of Love and The Depth of a Clam. A Chinese translation of Faint Shadows of Love was published subsequently. He is Professor Emeritus of German literature at Hanyang University. Cho Young-Shil is a retired English teacher, she now works as a poet for young adults and a translator. Her previous translations include Anna Seon’s You, Me, Us, and Choi Min-Kyung’s Life with My Departed Grandmother.