New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award Winner

Washington State Book Award Finalist

Pacific Northwest Book Award Finalist

Best Book at NPR, Publishers Weekly, The San Francisco Chronicle

Book Club Pick at Los Angeles Review of Books

Most Anticipated Book at Lit Hub, Book Page, Independent Book Review

The Liberators follows two Korean families across four decades, from the military dictatorship of the 1980s to the Sewol Ferry disaster of 2014. When Insuk and Sungho marry and leave for California, they carry with them the choices made in love and war, and the silences their son Henry will inherit.

“A moving and lyrical debut novel.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review

“Spare, beautiful and richly layered, The Liberators is dazzling.” —Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage

“A piercing, patient debut by one of our finest chroniclers of American han. You won't know what hit you until the final, perfect image.” —Ed Park, author of Same Bed Different Dreams

“A mesmerizing, delicately crafted novel…Koh’s poetic prose delights with surprising metaphors and a cast of skillfully rendered characters.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

“As always, Koh’s singular grasp of language results in achingly beautiful writing.” —San Francisco Chronicle

“Kaleidoscopic…exquisite…A family saga which manages to infuse historical with the mythic, blend the epic with the intimate…extraordinary.” —Lit Hub

“An epic saga.” —Book Page

ISBN: 9781959030157

Pages: 304