![]() ![]() I started writing this book in grad school, but once I went to work for CNN, I would occasionally try to write, but that was a full-time job so I put it aside. How did you go about writing this book and how do these characters represent what you experienced in contemporary Seoul? Author Frances Cha, whose debut novel offers an intense view of modern South Korea (Photo: Illooz) What they have in common is that the measures they take to fit into the world into which they were born seem not only justifiable, but necessary. Ara, a mute hairstylist, harbours dreams of meeting her favourite K-pop singer while Sujin, another friend, wants to follow in the footsteps of Kyuri. Miho is an artist who discovers the family of her wealthy boyfriend disapproves of her background. ![]() ![]() Kyuri, whose face has been altered to fit an ideal picture, works in a room salon, a private bar where men pay for the company of beautiful women. ![]()
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