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Your Republic Is Calling You (2006)

by Young-Ha Kim(Favorite Author)

3.51 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0151015457 (ISBN13: 9780151015450)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Mariner Books

review 1: This was translated into English from Korean. I enjoyed this book, and it's been a couple of years since I read it. There is a very interesting scene in North Korea where the main character is taken to a place that is designed to look and feel exactly like the social setting of South Korea, so that the spies can fit in. When the main character gets the notice that he imagines to be his doom, all kinds of decisions are made that affect him and his family and in the end one has to wonder if it was worth it.
review 2: Young-ha Kim is a really fantastic writer. I thought the plot of the book was interesting, but I was expecting it to be a bit too preachy, or a bit too action-packed. It was neither of those things, but ended up being almost boring in a way that I... more couldn't put it down. It was intriguing, yet I couldn't understand why: essentially it is just life and relationships and everything a regular adult experiences. Except not. The obvious answer as to why is that it involves a situation most of us will never be in (being a North Korean spy). However, it is not quite so simple. I think Young-ha Kim obviously has a way with storytelling that keeps things realistic and at the same time absolutely thrilling. My favorite part of the book was that the characters were just unlikeable enough that you could forgive them for being real people! Fantastic. I would recommend this book to anyone who really enjoys a good book, but not to someone who wants a tantalizing tale of secrets, communism, spies, and sex. It is all of those things, but not quite how you want it to be. less

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