No synopsis available. Not (yet) available on Kindle. Seoul Selection should have it though. Thanks to Charles Montgomery for name-checking the translators in his review. [Read More]
Archives: Books (page 132)
The Flag (Bi-lingual, Vol 19 – Liberty)
Available on Kindle. No synopsis available [Read More]
With her oil lamp on, that night
“With Her Oil Lamp On, That Night” is a fine example of Lim’s short stories. Through the death of an innocent lad, it poignantly depicts the nature of the Korean War, putting its arbitrary division of enemy and ally into question. Written in poetic prose that makes the ironic contrast between the peaceful yet awesome … [Read More]
Straight Lines and Poison Gas – At the Hospital Wards (Bi-lingual, Vol 18 – Liberty)
I stood up with him. I reeled from the feeling of futility, with my legs shaky and my entire body sluggish. As I was walking out of that empty, white, square-shaped room, the man turned around, gave my shoulder a friendly grab, and looked straight into my eyes. “By the way, Sir, you might want … [Read More]
Slow Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 17 – Liberty)
No synopsis available [Read More]
Pilon’s Pig (Bi-lingual, Vol 16 – Liberty)
Available on Kindle. [Read More]
Poor Man’s Wife (Bi-lingual, Vol 15 – Women)
No synopsis available; available on Kindle [Read More]
Human Decency (Bi-lingual, Vol 14 – Women)
No synopsis available As with many items in the Asia Publishers series, the title is difficult to obtain outside of Korea. [Read More]
The Last of Hanak’o (Bi-lingual, Vol 13 – Women)
No synopsis available [Read More]
The Place Where the Harmonium Was (Bi-lingual, Vol 12 – Women)
This is a bilingual edition of award winning author Shin Kyung-sook (신경숙)’s The Place Where the Harmonium Was (풍금이 있던 자리). “In that context, the blind calf in the story represents the vulnerablility of the weak, including that of the narrator herself, and reminds us of the universality of the human condition which causes all … [Read More]
Chinatown (Modern Korean Short Stories)
According to Charles Montgomery this volume contains seven stories by Oh Jung-hee, including “the excellent Brass Mirror and as the only overlapping work [with the Jimoondang publication] is Chinatown it is probably worth getting both volumes.” [Read More]
Chinatown (Bi-lingual, Vol 11 – Women)
Korea was an arduous and painstaking place to live in after the nation’s civil war. Incheon, one of the war’s most famous backdrops, provides the setting for Chinatown, the story of life in one of the ubiquitous shantytown areas that dotted the Korean landscape at the time, and is a painfully real account of what … [Read More]
The poet of Wonmi-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 10 – Industrialization)
Thanks to Charles Montgomery for naming the translator in his review. [Read More]
Our Friend’s Homecoming (Bi-lingual, Vol 9 – Industrialization)
Unusually for an early Asia Publishers book, this one’s available on Kindle in the UK. [Read More]
The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 8 – Industrialization)
Thanks to Charles Montgomery for naming the translators in his review. [Read More]
The Road to Sampo (Bi-lingual, Vol 7 – Industrialization)
Thanks to Tony Malone for confirming the name of the translator in his review! As is often the case with an Asia Publishers publication, not much information is available online, and the book is pretty difficult to buy. You can also find the story translated in Modern Korean Short Stories and The Road to Sampo … [Read More]