Since its first publication in Korea in 1991, Je veux aller dans cette île (The Island) has attracted widespread public attention, owing to its unique style. Through a series of dramatic, authentic, and frankly comic episodes, Lim Chul-woo brings the reader on a journey with him to his home island. Remembrance, tenderness, tradition: these are a few of the subjects that The Island touches on, along with the beauty of human relations in these rural communities, isolated from the modern world. Lim Chul-woo, born in 1954, is the author of various powerful works that have earned him prestigious literary awards and international recognition. Je veux aller dans cette île (The Island), directly inspired from the world of his childhood, has been adapted into a film (Kŭ sŏm'e kago sipta / To the Starry Island) which he co-wrote with Lee Chang-dong (who also wrote the postface of 'Je veux aller dans cette île') and which was directed by Park Kwang-su.

'Je veux aller dans cette île' : the French version, was published by L'Asiathèque on September 4th 2013. You can now read an extract from 'Je veux aller dans cette île' here, or a review (in French) by the Corée Magazine here.

'The Island' : the English version is available in English bookstores.