At Dusk

Have you ever wondered if the life you built was worth the sacrifices you made? Get ready to explore the haunting cost of success and the ghosts of a past you can't escape. This is a story about confronting the choices that define you. Follow a successful architect as he returns to his impoverished childhood neighborhood, now a gentrified slum. You'll uncover a tangled web of memories, lost love, and the stark reality of modern inequality. Discover how a nation's rapid development can leave its most vulnerable people behind, and what it truly means to find your place in a world that has forgotten you.

Hwang Sok-yong is one of South Korea’s most renowned authors, a recipient of its highest literary honors, and a powerful voice for the marginalized. His own life of exile, imprisonment for pro-democracy activism, and tireless work for peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula deeply informs his writing. This rich, often turbulent, personal history provides the authentic foundation for his novels, including the Man Booker International-longlisted At Dusk, which masterfully explores themes of memory, regret, and the rapid pace of societal change.