Capitalists Must Starve: Fiction/Translation COFFEE MORNING

Do join us for a cosy and informal Sunday morning event with coffee and pastries to celebrate the launch of the new novel Capitalists Must Starve, with author Park Seolyeon and translator Anton Hur.

We rarely get the opportunity to bring readers, authors and translators together in an informal setting, so we're thrilled to partner with Tilted Axis Press for a wee twist on the usual event format. What better way to spend a Sunday morning than with feminist fiction, pastries, and lively conversation?

About the book: A powerful historical novel that reimagines the story of labour activist Kang Juryong. Set against the backdrop of Japanese-occupied Korea, Capitalists Must Starve follows a sharp-tongued, big-hearted heroine who dares to love, rebel, and carve out space for working-class women in a world determined to silence them. Echoing the unflinching narratives of Alias Grace and the sweeping historical vision of Pachinko, this feminist historical novel balances raw grit with unexpected tenderness and defiant streak of dark humour.

A stirring portrait of resistance from below: fierce, funny, and full of fight.

Park Seolyeon made her debut winning the Silcheon Munhak New Writers Prize in 2015 for her short story “Mickey Mouse Club.” Her books include the novels The Job of Marta, The Shirley Club, A Magical Girl Retires, Project V and Capitalists Must Starve, which won the 2018 Hankyoreh Literature Prize, as well as the story collections My Hormones Made Me Do It, Your Mom’s the Better Player, and Me, Me, Madeline.

Anton Hur was born in Stockholm. He is the author of Toward Eternity and has been nominated for the International Booker Prize, the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Dublin Literary Award for his various translations including Love in the Big City by Sang Young Park and A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon. He lives in Seoul.