‘I repeatedly failed to win any awards’: my doomed career as a North Korean novelist
Feb 09, 2024•30 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
Before I fled south, I spent years as an aspiring fiction writer in the hermit kingdom. I worked hard – but literary glory kept eluding me. By Kim Ju-sŏng. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod
