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A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist (Bi-lingual, Vol 93 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”)

Pak Taewon wrote some of the most experimental and innovative works in the Korean language. Based on his unique and deep consciousness of the language as a medium of expression, he experimented with writing styles in order to go beyond the rationalism of modern prose writing. This intention is the kernel of Pak Taewon as … [Read More]

Looking for a Horse (Bi-lingual, Vol 82 – Aesthetic Priests)

The author has such a profound respect for all life, treating animals as characters of their own, that he was led to say about his wish to write about animals: “I wait for the day I can write properly about his sad life.” If such is his compassion for an animal that has lived a … [Read More]

Relics (Bi-lingual, Vol 78 – Fate)

From the back of the book, by literary critic Jeong Hong-Su: Death hass been a major issue in Ku Hyo-seo’s novels. In this particular story, death goes beyond the existential dimensions of the individual; it is expanded as a thesis encompassing history and society. The writer accomplishes a difficult feat for a short story by … [Read More]