PositiveBOMB MagazineWhile Winter in Sokcho is centered on the quietly tortured romance between Kerrand and the narrator (whose boyfriend is away in pursuit of a modeling career), Dusapin’s carefully considered approach to emotion is best shown in the relationship between the narrator and her mother ... It is easier to conceptualize a city like Sokcho on the grand scale of metropolises and colonial histories, but through Dusapin’s artful language, the city is rendered as an intensely personal place, constructed by small, sensual acts.
