Lasting Call: My Return to North Korea
Alexander KAN. Lasting Call: My Return to North Korea
Dedicated to my daughter Katya
(Translated by Yoon Kan, Berkeley University of California)
View from the burial hill in the city of Hamhung
Ladies and gentlemen, let me begin with a passage from my first short story, “The Rules of the Game.” Written in 1987, this story defined the meaning and direction of my subsequent work.
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