The Starlet and the Spy
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Reviews |
"With great care and mastery of poetic language, translator Kim brings Lee's novel to English-language readers."
—Booklist "Lauded Korean translator Kim again enables anglophone audiences resonating access." —Booklist Reader “This story of the unlikely meeting of two vulnerable women is a beautifully woven page turner. The battle-weary woman and the pin-up girl who meet, connect, separate: each changed by the brief union.” —Heather Morris, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Tattooist of Auschwitz "Lee's touching examination of the long shadow of war cast over one woman will leave readers intensely moved." --Publishers Weekly “The Starlet and the Spy explores war and survival, grief and guilt, and our complicated relationship with beauty. This poetically translated, richly imagined novel provides a moving, thought-provoking glimpse into a fascinating moment in history.” —Meg Waite Clayton, author of The Race for Paris "A raw, emotionally heightened novel about Korea's largely unstoried legacy of grief." --Daily Mail "Spare and powerful." --The Mail on Sunday "A bone-chilling read." --Irish Independent "A necessary and timely act of reclamation and remembrance for the so-called Forgotten War." --The Irish Times |