"Trauma of Korean War reverberates in ‘The Last Story ..." Topic

…of Mina Lee'

"The Last Story of Mina Lee, a novel by Nancy Jooyoun Kim, starts with a mystery: Why isn't Mina Lee returning her daughter's calls? After finding that her mother has died, the daughter, Margot, starts to unravel her mother's past. We talked to the author about her debut, how her family influenced the book, and portraying her hometown of Los Angeles.

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How does the reality of releasing your debut novel compare with your vision?…"
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And for some the horror of the Korean War still haunts them. Especially in the North. But the younger generations in the South does not have much of a memory of the war. At least until you get closer to the DMZ. Then it becomes pretty obvious. As for older ones that survived the war are dying off. Hopefully the South won't let the memories of the war fade. Like much of history in the US.

My experience is once to got around Seoul, many of the Koreans especially the younger more affluent ones didn't really like the US Military, that much. But again the older ones, the closer you got to the DMZ were generally pretty happy to see us.

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