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Sales of Fiction, Poetry Increase amid Pandemic

SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Sales of fiction and poetry books at Yes24, a leading online bookstore, have continued to grow this year, as people spend more time at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, the company said Tuesday. The sales volume of novels, poetry and dramas have risen 8.3 percent year-on-year so far this [...]

Han Kang: Desperation is My Motivation

SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) – “Doubting whether I could really write well was the biggest obstacle I had to overcome. I tried to remember that I was desperate to write every time I felt that way.” Han Kang, who recently won the Man Booker International Prize for fiction with her novel “The Vegetarian”, sat down for [...]