The writer Krys Lee published his second book in this August and debuted as a novelist. The title of his work is "How I Became a North Korean", the story of three young people who face with crime and the border between North Korea and China. Lee, in an interview with Los Angeles Times , talked about the reasons that led her to delve into the novel. She is a woman who has sought to define their identity: as a baby she moved with her ​​parents to California, while after studying college, returned to Seoul to reconcile with his past. South Korean narrator had very conservative parents. His father was the pastor of a church in Koreatown -Barrio Los Angeles- and exerted violent control over his family; It was the kind of man who preferred to keep everything secret. His mother, on the other hand, died of cancer when she was a university. The traumatic events of his childhood and adolescence carried Krys Lee to seek a new life in Seoul. This writer said about that time in his biography: [My return to Korea] helped me to see Korean men as people with their own sufferings, insecurities and complex problems. [...] I showed that this culture is very rich, interesting and confusing. Also, how can you love a crazy culture. I recognized the madness in me. " It was in Korea where Lee found the subjects for literature. There, newcomer, participated in a conference on human rights in North Korea. This has led, over the years, to work closely with North Korean refugees. All these personal experiences were important to form "How I Became a North Korean", although it is not a memoir. The book is published by Viking-Penguin Random House and still has no translation into Spanish. Can be purchased at Amazon at a price of $ 14 for the electronic version -260 pesos.  Source: http://www.poblanerias.com/2016/08/krys-lee-publica-novela-sobre-migrantes-norcoreanos/