Cho Chongnae is one of South Korea's greatest living writers, and yet much of his work remains untranslated. This is the most ambitious project yet to bring his work to an English-speaking audience. Cho's novels have sold more than 16 million copies in South Korea thus far, a record in Korean publishing. The Human Jungle has been translated into Chinese and was being reviewed by China's censors as of this writing. Its publication (or censorship) will generate news in China and...