Shin Kyung-sook’s “Please Look After Mother” Makes MAN Asian Literary Prize Short list
Shin Kyung-sook’s Please Look After Mother makes the short list and Murakami does not! Shin becomes the first Korean to make the list! Razia Iqba, the announcing judge, called the decision “pleasurable and daunting.” The books were so good they broke with tradition and upped the list to 7 books from 6. Four of the…