"The Investigation" (La guardia, il poeta e l'investigatore) by Jung Myung Lee, my 3rd read from the Bancarella shortlist

• Can you fall in love with a book? Well, I did. "The Investigation " is my 3rd read from Bancarella shortlist of 2017. I gave 5 out of 5 stars. I really hope it wins the Award this year. I read the Italian translation of Benedetta Merlini and publishing by the famous Sellerio Publishing House in 2016. I believe it's the most beautiful novels I've read in such a long time. It's such a beautiful story about freedom, humanity, the survival in the war, the love of literature and books. It is inspired the life and death of the Korean poet Yun Dong-ju and uses some of his posthumously published poems that are presented throughout the book. The story is set in the Japanese prison of Fukuoka in the 40s during the war the Japanese took against the Korean.But I don't want to give too much away. Now that I read it in Italian I will definitely search for the English translation. It's such a beautiful and captivating story, that's not worth telling but reading and feeling each page of it.
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