Review: I Went to See My Father by Kyung-Sook Shin
Hon, a writer, returns to J, her village, to look after her father when her mother has to travel to Seoul for a medical check-up. Her five siblings are in the city and will take care of their mother while she’s there. Back in her childhood home, Hon discovers a chest full of letters, unknown objects in several nooks and crannies, and pictures from the siblings’ graduation days. And then there is her father who cries by himself in the middle of the night.
A man who lost his family and possessions during the…