Awards

• Long-listed for Dublin Literary Award 2022
• Long-listed for Dublin Literary Award 2022 (United States)

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[An] exceptional novel... Soom captures the agonizing legacy of a dark chapter from the recent past. * Booklist * Through this story the author restores a past that has been erased by history and emphasizes the historical memory of what must never be repeated or forgotten. * Daejon Ilbo * Though it is fiction, Kim Soom's novel is steeped in fact. One Left dignifies its subjects as an authentic memorial that makes an indelible mark on history. * Foreword Reviews * The process of directly confronting the comfort women's hellish experiences is truly painful. However, because the novel is not a product of the author's imagination but in fact based on historical reality, we cannot turn our heads away. No, we must not. * Donga Ilbo * It may seem cliche to state that a novel is necessary. But this one really is. * Asian Review of Books * This is a painful, powerful literary indictment of the systemic subjugation of Korean comfortwomen, whose own #MeToo movement has yet to be fully reckoned with, decades after the fact. * Bookmonger *

The process of directly confronting the comfort women's hellish experiences is truly painful. However, because the novel is not a product of the author's imagination but in fact based on historical reality, we cannot turn our heads away. No, we must not. * Donga Ilbo * Through this story the author restores a past that has been erased by history and emphasizes the historical memory of what must never be repeated or forgotten. * Daejon Ilbo *

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Kim Soom is the prize-winning author of six story collections and nine novels. One Left is her first novel translated into English. Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton have received awards and critical acclaim for their translations of Korean fiction, including Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers.

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