Who Is Dr. Kim? is Lee Kiho’s third collection of short stories. The author has proven to be a talented storyteller in two previous collections, Earnie (2004) and Having Been at a Loss, I Knew It Went That Way (2006). This latest collection introduces us to eight new stories in which the author raises two fundamental questions: Is it possible to write about life itself in fiction? What is the new frontier of fiction? In other words, this collection is the writer’s musings on the limitations and new possibilities of the genre.

In the short story "Pushing Closer Again, "the narrator notes, "There is a blank spot in everyone’s story, which everyone tries to fill by making up more stories, which is where all the stories of this world come from, which I did not know back then."

The short story is about the protagonist’s uncle who keeps a record of every mile he has driven with his car. The uncle’s car does not go in reverse, so he has to push it backwards himself. The interesting thing is that the most profound moment in the uncle’s life comes when he is pushing his car backwards, yet the distance the car has backed up is not recorded in his driving log. According to the writer, this is precisely the sort of profound blankness that goes unrecorded. The profound blankness in one’s life is not written or spoken about; it can only be alluded to. These unrecorded moments in life form the boundaries as well as the beginning of fiction. Lee Gi-ho discovers another possible origin of fiction in this meeting of things untold.