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Spring Night (Bi-lingual, Vol 55 – Family)

by tr Jeon Seung-hee pub Asia Publishers (2014)

Although Su-hwan spoke like this, he thought that since his illness was extending his denominator to infinity, his value was not only smaller than 1, but also approaching zero. No, it was not even just his illness. Since he had met Yeong-gyeong at the age of forty-three, he hadn’t done anything much for Yeong-gyeong other … [Read More]

Dust Star (Bi-lingual, Vol 50 – Diaspora)

by tr Miseli Jeon pub Asia Publishers (2014)

“Once I got lost and found myself in the furniture complex at Siksadong. The road was muddy and had deep tire tracks everywhere. Because the doors of the furniture factories were all open wide, I could see the foreign workers working inside. They took sideway glances at me from time to time. A foreign woman, … [Read More]

Mrs. Brown (Bi-lingual, Vol 45 – Avant Garde)

by tr Jung Young-moon pub Asia Publishers (2013)

“Her husband stared at her coldly. She was disappointed to find that he was so inflexible. He was having trouble accepting the situation he was in as his own. Perhaps he resented the fact that white people like him, rather than people of color, were putting them through this ordeal. Or maybe he was just … [Read More]

A Well in My Soul (Bi-lingual, Vol 42 – Avant Garde)

by tr Jeon Seung-hee pub Asia Publishers (2013)

“It’s a lie that dogs bite people. That only happens because people train them too harshly. Dogs never voluntarily bite people. They bite only because they are trained to bite. Phrases like ‘son-of-a-bitch’ and ‘a dude like a dog’ or ‘worse than a dog’ aren’t curses. Because human beings are actually inferior to dogs. Dogs … [Read More]