"SubstituteDriving" creates a vivid contrast between our ordinary lives and horrificmurders, leading readers to realistic horror. The life of a civil servant, awarm dinner between siblings, squabbles among best friends, and workdays thatunfold just like yesterday... The author swiftly depicts the sudden transformationof these peaceful yet mundane days into a whirlwind of disappearance, assault,and murder, unfolding in unpredictable ways. It also subverts readers’expectations, maintaining suspense until the very last page.
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Translated by Jeemin Lee / jeeminjlee@naver.com
Jasmine Jeemin Lee is a professional translator based in Korea. Born in Texas, she grew up moving back and forth between Korea and the U.S. She earned her BA in International Studies from Ewha Womans University and graduated from its Graduate School of Translation and Interpretation. She won the 2019 Korea Times Modern Literature Translation Award and has since translated a diverse genre of Korean works into English. Her book-length translations include Lee Hyugjin’s Terms of Love (Sarang-ŭi ihae) and Lee Suyeon’s Two Friends on My Shoulders.
There are no expectations.