Review: Upcoming Korean translated novel offers cozy escape into lost art of letter writing

JEDDAH: Baek Seungyeon’s debut novel, “The Seoul Letter Shop,” is a story about letters, the companionship born of ink, and the connections that can grow in unexpected places. Translated from Korean by Clare Richards and forthcoming from Harper Perennial in October, I picked the novel as my first read for Women in Translation Month, held globally each August to celebrate women’s voices and stories from across languages and cultures. At 28, Woo Hyo-young has put her own dreams on hold after her older sister, Hyo-min, leaves the family in financial difficulty.

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