The youngest daughter of a woman known as "Young Wife" grows up in Seoul in the 1960s, all but abandoned by her father, but secure in her relationship with her mother, who tells magical tales about a peaceful Korea where tigers smoked pipes, long bef...
Translations of Beauty maps the tender yet tumultuous relationship of twin sisters Inah and Yunah, from their early years in South Korea to their coming-of-age in Queens, New York. At the heart of the narrative -- told from Yunah's intimate, engaging...