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I’ll Go On

Hwang Jungeun

Translated by Emily Yae Won

‘Swish-swish, swish-swish. The sound fills the large space around them, and Nana finds this deeply satisfying.’

Hwang Jungeun

Hwang Jungeun is the award-winning author of two short-story collections and three novels, including One Hundred Shadows and I'll Go On, translated by Jung Yewon and Emily Yae Won respectively, and both published by Tilted Axis Press. She is known for her nuanced, sensitive evocations of working-class Korean life.

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Translated by Emily Yae Won

Emily Yae Won is a literary translator based in Seoul. She has translated works by Ali Smith, Djuna Barnes, Jenni Fagan, Joanna Walsh and Deborah Levy into the Korean. Hwang Jungeun’s I’ll Go On is her first translation of a literary work from the Korean.

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