‘God Has No Grandchildren’ by Kim Kyung-uk (Review)

After my August series of Women in Translation Month posts, September sees me kicking off the month with a return to another of my literary projects, one in which I’m rapidly approaching the finishing line. Yes, I’m back with another review from the Dalkey Archive Press Library of Korean Literature, my penultimate book from the series, and as has been the case with the past few, we’re looking at yet another short-story collection. Rather familiar ground, then, but for those with an interest in Korean society, there’s enough here to make our latest stay in Seoul an enjoyable one – let’s hit the streets of the capital one more time. ***** Kim Kyung-uk’s God Has No Grandchildren (translated by Kang Sunok and Melissa Thomson) is a 2011 collection of nine stories shedding light on life in the writer’s native South Korea. Each introduces us to a number of interesting characters with a variety of problems, all of them trying to get through life as best they can, even if some of their issues…