East Asian Literary Fiction

I'll Be Right There

by Sora Kim-Russell

A tender chronicle of friendship and intellectual awakening centered on a group of South Korean students drawn together by European literature and a magnetic professor. Through love, loss, and the transformative power of books, the novel explores how art shapes identity and connection across years of separation and reunion.

More East Asian Literary Fiction

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• The Ghost Bride — Yangsze Choo
• Molka — Monika Kim
• The Temple of the Golden Pavilion — Yukio Mishima
• 空の境界（上） — Kinoko Nasu
• The Premonition — Banana Yoshimoto
• Sweet Bean Paste — Durian Sukegawa
• Now You're One of Us — Asa Nonami

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