It’s the 1930s. In colonial Korea, economic development brings factories and work to Incheon, Seoul and other centres of population, while in the countryside the semi-feudal lifestyle continues. The local yangban plots which local lass to deflower next, and keeps the local rent-farmers as much in debt to him as he can. We are introduced … [Read More]
Author: Kang Kyong-ae (강경애 1906-1944)
Selected publications by Kang Kyong-ae
- The Underground Village (지하촌, 1936) tr Anton Hur, Honford Star 2018
- The Underground Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 90 – The Naked in the Colony) (지하촌, 1936) tr Suh Ji-moon, Asia Publishers 2014
- From Wonso Pond (인간문제, 1934) tr Samuel Perry, Feminist Press 2009
Short stories in anthologies
- The Underground Village (지하촌, 1936) in:
- Salt (소금, 1934) in:
- Darkness (어둠, 1937) in:
- Manuscript Payment (원고료 이백원, 1935) in: