The Dog Thief: Short Stories by Chul-Woo Lim

by Lim Chul-woo, Myung-Hee Kim (Translator)

As a college student, Chul-Woo Lim witnessed the Kwangju Uprising during which hundreds of prodemocracy protesters were massacred by the South Korean government of Chun Doo Hwan. Lim’s desire to bear witness to this tragic event became one of the motivating forces behind his writing. One year after the massacre, Lim published his first short story, "The Dog Thief."

288 pages, Hardcover

First published May 30, 2006

About the author

Variant orthographical form record for Lim Chulwoo