Heinz Insu Fenkl
Author of Memories of My Ghost Brother
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Works by Heinz Insu Fenkl
Five Arrows 1 copy
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The Red Years: Forbidden Poems From Inside North Korea (2019) — Translator, some editions — 7 copies
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- 1960
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Korea, Republic of
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Post Korean-war fictionalized memoir of mixed-race boy growing up in shadow of US army base. Fragmented language, boyhood snapshots. One of the first of its kind.
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This is quite an evocative short story published in the New Yorker. You can read it here. A young boy, Insu, goes to visit his uncle, who lives in a cave in the forest. When Insu's friend Yongsu leaves, Insu spends the night with Big Uncle and listens to his stories. Fenkl has a wonderful way with words and the imagery is brilliant. Definitely recommend.… (more)