The Korean Film Council recently publicised on its website the new “Book to Film” initiative aimed at bringing together the film and the publishing industries. Of course, the practice adapting a book for the big screen is almost as old as the movie industry itself, and some of South Korea’s most successful movies have been … [Read More]
Author: O Yong-su (오영수 1909-1979)
Selected publications by O Yong-su
- Seaside Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 100 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) (갯마을) tr Marshall R Pihl, Asia Publishers 2015
- The Good People: Korean Stories tr Marshall R Pihl, Heinemann 1985
Short stories in anthologies
- Wild Grapes in:
- Uncle Soldier in:
- The Migratory Bird in:
- The Girl from an Island in:
- The Echo in:
- Seaside Village (갯마을, 1953) in:
- Nami and the Taffyman in:
- Adolescence in:
- Echoes in:
Book review: Modern Korean Literature — An Anthology 1908-65
Modern Korean Literature: An Anthology 1908-1965 Edited by Chung Chong-wha Routledge / Kegan Paul International, 1995, 467pp If you are looking to sample Korean literature in translation, the chances are that you’ll find more short stories than full length novels. This collection, though not universally enjoyable, is extremely useful in giving an overview of the … [Read More]