Home-Coming and Other Korean Short Stories

Editor: Korean National Commission for UNESCO
Author: Hong Song-won, Kim Seung-ok, Seo Chong-in, Song Yong, Yi Cheong-jun
Translated by: Ahn Jung-hyo, Kevin O'Rourke, Kim Chong-chol, Marshall R Pihl, Sister Janice Vere Hilburn, Sol Sun-bong, Suh Ji-moon, Thomas Shroyer, Yi Yong-gol
Publisher: Pace, 1983
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Contains the following stories:

Hong Song-won: A boy in search of rest tr Sol Sun-bong
Kim Seung-ok: Good bargain tr Yi Yong-gol, Sister Janice Hilburn
Kim Seung-ok: Operation tr Yi Yong-gol, Sister Janice Hilburn
Kim Seung-ok: Record of a journey to Mujin tr Kevin O’Rourke
Kim Seung-ok: Seoul, 1964, Winter tr Marshall R. Pihl
Seo Chong-in: Home-coming tr Sol Sun-bong
Seo Chong-in: The way to Kumsansa Temple tr Ahn Jung-hyo
Song Yong: Cock-fighting tr Sol Sun-bong
Song Yong: Overnight at Matthew’s tr Yi Yong-gol, Thomas Shroyer
Yi Ch’ŏng-jun: Target tr Kim Chong-chol
Yi Ch’ŏng-jun: The dream of a mask tr Suh Ji-moon

Read a review by Charles Montgomery here. Entry on Goodreads.com here.

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