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What Has Yet to Happen (Bi-lingual, Vol 75 – Taboo and Desire)

by tr Miseli Jeon pub Asia Publishers (2014)

Kong says if he had known about all of this ahead of time, he would have given up on things like preparing for employment earlier on, and traveled a lot and had slept with women to his heart’s content. Then all of a sudden he blurts out: “Do you know who’s the bitterest person in … [Read More]

Chopstick Woman (Bi-lingual, Vol 74 – Taboo and Desire)

by tr Miseli Jeon pub Asia Publishers (2014)

The problem is that people can’t tell fiction from reality. How can a writer write only about the things she’s experienced firsthand? Don’t you agree? There’s always those who ask: “Is this your personal experience? How do you describe it so vividly?” So foolish! You must have gotten so many silly questions like that. Don’t … [Read More]

The Night Nobody Returns Home (Bi-lingual, Vol 73 – Taboo and Desire)

by tr Miseli Jeon pub Asia Publishers (2014)

Her eyes drew to the dark gray jacket hung on the wall. The draped jacket made her imagine that only the old man’s exterior self had been left there, decent-enough on the surface, yet deprived of its soul. The effect seemed to be doubled by the black trousers hanging from under the jacket, as if … [Read More]

Drumbeat (Bi-lingual, Vol 71 – Taboo and Desire)

by tr Sohn Suk-joo pub Asia Publishers (2014)

After saying goodbye to my old landlady, I wandered aimlessly around the streets of Nongol. I dropped by the Swan Coffee Shop for a cup of coffee and bought a few cigarettes from the women by the road. When dusk fell, I climbed up the hillside crowded with shanties. I couldn’t hear the sound of … [Read More]

Flowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 69 – Discovering Everyday Life)

by tr Kim Hyun-kyung, Richard Harris pub Asia Publishers (2014)

Once, when she was coming back home from school late at night, she was strangled by a black shadow that approached her from behind on a narrow lane. When she collapsed to the ground, the black shadow momentarily hesitated, then pushed his hand up the girl’s upturned skirt. Using her school bag, she hit the … [Read More]