Choi Eun-young’s latest work and the eighteenth work of ‘K-Fiction’, The Summer is about two 18-year-old girls unexpectedly falling in love. It is a novel that captures the small cracks in their daily life in a clear and transparent watercolor-like landscape of a summer when they are shaken by the emotion of love that has … [Read More]
Archives: Books (page 126)
The World’s Most Expensive Novel (K-Fiction 015)
When does life become art? How does life become art? Above all, I still don’t know an answer to the question why life should become art. I might be trying very hard to ignore the answer even though I know it. I still lack the thing called courage. But at least I have the courage … [Read More]
Where Would You Like To Go? (K-Fiction 014)
Kim Ae-ran is a writer with a genius for conveying what life is through her striking, brief depictions of everyday things. This gift shines whether it’s in her portrayal of the father running down the hill in his glow-in-the-dark underpants, or the youth of our times losing their dignity under the crushing weight of debt. [Read More]
Fired (K-Fiction 013)
To be considered interesting storytelling, a story’s structure should be built around a clear conflict between good and evil–a good-hearted and righteous underdog, hired as a temporary employee, who stands up to his Goliath of a boss, who is a shameless and brazen oppressor. But from the onset of the story, Chang Kangmyoung’s “Fired,” the … [Read More]
Kwon Sun-chan and Nice People (K-Fiction 012)
No synopsis available. Not listed on Amazon.co.uk. You’ll have to get it from US Amazon or Seoul Selection. [Read More]
Old Man River (K-Fiction 011)
No synopsis available Not readily available in the UK [Read More]
Time Difference (K-Fiction 010)
No synopsis available Not readily available in the UK [Read More]
Ok-hwa (K-Fiction 009)
No synopsis available Not readily available in the UK [Read More]
Homecoming (K-Fiction 008)
No synopsis available. Not readily available in the UK [Read More]
Danny (K-fiction 007)
No synopsis available Not readily available in the UK [Read More]
Kong’s Garden (K-Fiction 006)
No synopsis available Not readily available in the UK [Read More]
Dishonored (K-Fiction 005)
The director had not contacted him since the last time they had spoken. Risking a violation, Black used the hot line only the high officials of his company were allowed to use. The person on the other line repeated the same answer to all his questions: he could not confirm anything at the moment, so … [Read More]
My Clint Eastwood (K-Fiction 004)
“Your movie premise was enjoyable, but it… it lacked something,” he suddenly said, his expression serious. It was then that I realized that he had read my movie pitch without asking for my permission. In retrospect, I realized that he had not been wide off the mark. I might have imitated some movies, but I … [Read More]
Hot Air Balloon (K-Fiction 003)
“Son, a young writer who made her debut as writer less than a few years ago, is aptly described by a line from Hot Air Balloon: ‘sympathetic toward other people’s grief and exercises great self-control.’ Through her sentences so equable and dry that they seem determined to banish all feelings they could carry, readers carefully … [Read More]
Arpan (K-Fiction 002)
No synopsis available Not readily available in the UK. [Read More]
Modern Short Stories from Korea
The full text of this collection is now available online on Brother Anthony’s website. Charles Montgomery’s review provides the following information: “Ten of its 20 stories focus on “love and marriage,” and the rest are characterized as “social stories.” Most demonstrate a kind of depth and lack of didacticism that would soon almost vanish from … [Read More]