PositiveBooklist... extraordinary depth and sensibility ... With great care and mastery of poetic language, translator Kim brings Lee’s novel to English-language readers, a large swath of whom it will speak to. Lovers of historical fiction will appreciate Lee’s attention to dates and details, while readers seeking intrigue will find plot aplenty, and it’s all tangled in a tragic romance built up to epic proportions. Philosophically minded readers, too, will appreciate how Alice’s moments of introspection provide keen insight into life’s deepest questions.
