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Ae-ran Kim

Biography

Ae-ran Kim

Ae-ran Kim was born in Incheon, South Korea, the youngest of three daughters. She has won the Hankook Ilbo Literary Award, Kim Yu-jeong Literary Award, Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award and the Prix de l'Inaperçu, among others, for her short fiction and collections. MY BRILLIANT LIFE is her first novel.

Ae-ran Kim

Books by Ae-ran Kim

written by Ae-ran Kim, translated by Chi-Young Kim - Fiction

Areum lives life to its fullest, vicariously through the stories of his parents, conversations with Little Grandpa Jang --- his 60-year-old neighbor and best friend --- and through the books he reads to visit the places he otherwise would never see. For several months, Areum has been working on a manuscript, piecing together his parents’ often embellished stories about his family and childhood. He hopes to present it on his birthday, as a final gift to his mom and dad --- their own falling-in-love story. Through it all, Areum and his family will have you laughing and crying, for all the right reasons.