The Waiting (graphic novel)
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The Waiting (Korean: 기다림, Gidarim) is a 2020[1] graphic novel by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim.
The English version was translated by Janet Hong and published by Drawn and Quarterly.
A portion of the story takes place in the present and involves a daughter named Jina and a mother,[2] Song Gwija. Gwija is waiting to find a son who she has not seen since the Korean War, which had separated Korean people from one another.[3] The story is based upon Gendry-Kim learning that her mother lost contact with her sister, who remained in North Korea, which meant that there was a possibility that Gendry-Kim had an aunt, still in North Korea, who she had not met.[4]
Thúy Đinh of National Public Radio described the work as "unflinching".[4]
In 2021 the Washington Post ranked it as one of the "Best graphic novels of 2021".[5]
