In The Korea Herald Claire Lee reports that a Korean novel shines in Lithuania, as:
It's not really surprising that 우주피스 공화국 was an obvious fit for Lithuania -- see the list review -- but it'd be great to see this in English, too ..... (See also the (Korean) Mimusa publicity page, as well as the (Lithuanian) one from Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla.)
Korean author Ha Il-ji's 2009 novel The Republic of Uzupis [우주피스 공화국] has been selected as one of the 12 best translated books of 2012 by Lithuania's government-affiliated literary organization.The Lithuanian Association of Literary Translators has a (still open) poll on the best translations into Lithuanian of 2012 here -- interesting to see what titles got translated (and which books haven't been translated into English yet ... including Ha Il-ji's novel).
It's not really surprising that 우주피스 공화국 was an obvious fit for Lithuania -- see the list review -- but it'd be great to see this in English, too ..... (See also the (Korean) Mimusa publicity page, as well as the (Lithuanian) one from Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla.)