Winter in Sokcho By Elisa Shua Dusapin

Winter in Sokcho tells a quiet yet emotionally powerful story set in the small seaside town of Sokcho in South Korea. The narrative follows a young Korean-French woman who works at a guesthouse during a lonely winter season. When a mysterious French comic artist arrives as a guest, their subtle interactions slowly reveal questions of identity, belonging, and cultural distance. Through minimal dialogue and atmospheric descriptions, Dusapin captures the beauty of silence, loneliness, and the search for self-understanding.