Excerpt Reveal: Can’t I Go Instead by Lee Geum-yi; translated by An Seonjae
Two women’s lives and identities are intertwined—through World War II and the Korean War—revealing the harsh realities of class division in the early part of the 20th century. Can’t I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested…