新刊JPニュース / December 25, 2020

聞いてくれたまえ。 これは、この地の救済不能の独裁者のひとり、全斗煥将軍が国を統べていた時代の話だ 。 ということは、三十年余りの歳月を経た話ということになる。しかし、歳月なんぞ毒にも薬にもならないということを、我らが主人公が身をもって証明してくれる。彼は、その頃からいまに至るまで、依然として指名手配中の人物だ。 こんな書き出しで始まる物語は、時代の狂気に呑み込まれて、人生をめちゃくちゃにされた一人のタクシー運転手の物語だ。 いや、より正確に言うならば、ナ・ボンマンという名のそのタクシー運転手もまた、語りあげられた歴史物語の中に登場する人物のひとりでしかないのかもしれないが。

Kirkus Reviews / November 15, 2019

This slender tale, Moon writes, is “a story about Texas, something that I’m writing in the name of a novel but something that is perhaps unnamable.” It’s a novel, yes, but one that builds on word association

Asian Review of Books / February 12, 2020

There are many novels by Western authors sojourning in Asia. Stories that go the other way around are as rare as hens’ teeth. The unnamed narrator in Jung Young Moon’s newly translated novel explains that the novel is “written by someone who doesn’t know much about Texas because he doesn’t know about Texas…”

The NewYork Times / November 26, 2019

MOBITUARIES: Great Lives Worth Reliving, by Mo Rocca and Jonathan Greenberg. (Simon & Schuster, $29.99.) As he does in his podcast of the same name, Rocca here offers whimsical capsule biographies celebrating departed people and things, from poets to sports teams.

Houston Chronicle / October 27, 2019

Andy Griffiths: Will sign and discuss “The 117-Story Treehouse,” 5 p.m., Blue Willow Bookshop, 14532 Memorial; 281-497-8675, bluewillowbookshop.com. Saeed Jones: Will sign and discuss “How We Fight for Our Lives,” 6:30 p.m., Brazos Bookstore, 2421 Bissonnet; 713-523-0701,

bookriot / November 15, 2019

I’m excited about the great independent press books I’ve read in the last month. In the list below, you’ll find six books I’ve read and loved, plus six more I’m adding to my TBR list. My recommendations include several great conventionally-structured novels and one novel that’s basically someone’s thoughts (a favorite form of mine).

bookriot / November 26, 2019

This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Magic for Liars, The Beautiful Ones, Cats Are a Liquid, and more great books for giving this holiday season. This episode was sponsored Yale University Press and Fabulous Monsters by Alberto Manguel, Bombas, and Eye for Eye by J.K. Franko.

Granta / October 29, 2019

Translated from the Korean by Bruce Fulton & Ju-Chan Fulton   She was sound asleep beside me when I woke up. I gazed at her sleeping form for a time. Coming to this hotel beside the lake was her idea. I got out of bed, sat beside the window, and looked out. It was winter and the light of the full moon shone coldly on the surface of the lake.

Dublin Literary Award / -

2015 Printable Longlist : Book List (Lee Ki-ho, Jang Eun-Jin)

Tony's Reading List / February 21, 2017

I’m not the only one to have had doubts about the effectiveness of the cover designs of Dalkey Archive’s Library of Korean Literature, but sharp-eyed readers may have spotted that one of the twenty-six titles released so far appears to have had special treatment (to the extent that I’m still not 100% sure that it actually *is* in the series).