Rina Serbia who lands in Lithuania hoping

who lands in Lithuania hoping to bury his father’s ashes in the country of his birth - a place he is told does not exist

Many of these writers

cousins—an eccentric menage

and a bureaucrat dubbed the Minister of Imponderabilia

"improvisational" prose whose techniques reflect those of Bernhard

Rina Serbia who lands in Lithuania hopingThe 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. Kangs 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 Rina is a defector from a country that might be North Korea, traversing an empty and