Lead Review

  • Book: One Thousand Chestnut Trees
  • Location: South Korea
  • Author: Mira Stout

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Content

Mira Stout not only grapples with the deep conundrum that is mixed-race identity, but also takes with both hands the extraordinarily turbulent history of twentieth-century Korea. The writing is encrusted with details like colored sequins. An very ambitious first book.

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