Everything you need to understand or teach Winter in Sokcho by Elisa Shua Dusapin.
Winter in Sokcho is a literary novel by Elisa Shua Dusapin about an unnamed young woman living in Sokcho, the border city between South Korea and North Korea. The narrator works at a guest house and becomes fixated on a visiting French comic book artist because he reminds her of her absent French father. As her fixation grows, she feels increasingly stifled by her relationships with her boyfriend and her mother. The novel considers themes related to appearance, identity, and mother/daughter relationships.