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When we hear about war, it is from a decidedly Western perspective, but there is another side to the story. Join these three authors as they discuss their respective novels, their main characters, and their own personal experiences with immigration in the wake of war and disruption. Taking place in occupied 1920s Korea, Ann Y. K. Choi‘s All Things Under the Moon follows Kim Na-Young and her escape from Japanese forces. Vinh Nguyen‘s memoir, The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse, tells the story of his own families escape from Vietnam at the end of the war and his attempt to fill in the gaps around his father’s disappearance. Oxford Soju Club by Jinwoo Park tells a tale of how immigrants in the Korean diaspora are forced to create identities to survive and the consquences of those actions.
Moderated by Victoria Hetherington
Photo credit: Nam Phi Dang.
