Two Astonishingly Different Novels From Japan And Korea

One was like a soothing breeze while the other was strangely disturbing

Photo credit Ranjani Rao

Unexpectedly, 2023 is turning out to be the year of reading translations. In the last couple of weeks I have devoured two very different novels by authors from Japan and Korea which left me in awe of the new voices and complex narratives that are…