Here are the Korean Literature Nights scheduled for 2015 at the KCC: Wed 25 Feb The Vegetarian by Han Kang Moderator: Deborah Smith Yeong-hye and her husband are ordinary people. He is an office worker with moderate ambitions and mild manners; she is an uninspired but dutiful wife. The acceptable flatline of their marriage is … [Read More]
Author: Yom Sang-seop (염상섭 1897-1963)
Selected publications by Yom Sang-seop
- Two Bankruptcies (Bi-lingual, Vol 102 – Before and After Liberation) (두 파산) tr Sohn Suk-joo, Asia Publishers 2015
- Three Generations ( 삼 대, 1931) tr Yu Young-nan, Archipelago 2006
Short stories in anthologies
- The Bridle in:
- The last moment in:
- The Rotary Press in:
- On the Eve of the Uprising in:
Yom Sang-seop: Three Generations
(Archipelago, 2005) Translated by Yu Young-nan. First published in Korean in 1931 as 삼 대 and revised in 1948. Chronicles the lives of an extended wealthy family in Japanese-occupied Seoul. The old order gradually fades, the vultures descend for the pickings, while an underground of nationalists and socialists struggle to make a difference. Recommended. Available … [Read More]