Contains the stories: Ch’oe In-hun: Christmas Carol Ch’oe In-hun: The end of the highway / End of the Road Sŏnu Hŭi: One way Sŏnu Hŭi: Spark of life Sŏnu Hŭi: The colonel and his friends Sŏnu Hŭi: The mirror Sŏnu Hŭi: The story of a peculiar pain Sŏnu Hŭi: The terrorist Sŏnu Hŭi: Thoughts of … [Read More]
Archives: Books (page 135)
Ulhwa the Shaman: a novel of Korea and three short stories
Contains The Shaman Sorceress / Ulhwa the Shaman plus three short stories: The Rock / The Crag Cry of the magpie The Three Sons [Read More]
The Shaman Sorceress
Based on Kim’s story The Portrait of a Shaman, it tells the story of Eulhwa, a female shaman, whose son tries to save her from her world of spirits and demigods and convert her to his own Christian beliefs. The conflict between mother and son, with its shattering conclusion, reflects the deeper conflict between the … [Read More]
Early spring, mid-summer and other Korean short stories
Contains the following stories Han Sung-won: Cave Jeon Sang-guk: Wings that will carry us both Kim Won-il: Spirit of the darkness / Soul of Darkness Mun Sun-tae: Sound of the gong Pak Si-jong: Ten minutes to seven Yi Mun-yol: Early spring, mid-summer Yu Chae-yong: Relationship Yu Hyon-jong: D.M.Z. [Read More]
Two travelers and other Korean short stories
Contains the following stories: Ch’oe Illam: The color of mugwort Ha Keun-chan: The spring song Ha Keun-chan: The Suffering of Two Generations / Ill-fated father and son Ha Keun-chan: The white paper beard Kwon Tae-ung: The hunchback of Seoul O Yu-gwon: Two travelers Pak Yŏng-suk: Eroica Symphony Sŏ Ki-wŏn: Half-Holiday Song Pyong-su: Debris [Read More]
Convalescence (Bi-lingual, Vol 24 – Love and Love Affairs)
You are lying on the wet soil, muttering “such a trifle.” You can’t feel the wound in the gray white holes any more. Your right eye hurts because dirt got into it. Blinking several times, you think all these perceptions of pain are too weak. You mutter a prayer over and over again to no … [Read More]
A Respite and other Korean short stories
Contains the following stories: Chang Yong-hak: Poems of John the Baptist Chŏn Kwang-yong : Driver’s assistant Chŏn Kwang-yong : Kapitan Ri Kim Song-han: Badby Nam Jung-hyun: Chaos Oh Sang-won: A respite Son Chang-sop: Walking in the snow Yi Ho-ch’ŏl: The sultriness of a cold evening Yi Ho-ch’ŏl: Torn flesh [Read More]
A Good Family
This collection of eight stories cynical and sympathetic by turns represents the author’s attempt to document and understand the conflicts, resentments, hatreds, and anxieties of contemporary family life. The title story depicts a mother’s busy day playing numerous roles ashamed, fearless, or humble depending on which member of her family she’s tending to. In “The … [Read More]
A Lucky Day (Bi-lingual, Vol 87 – The Naked in the Colony)
Theoretically available separately, but difficult to find. Seoul Selection only seem to sell it as part of the 15 volume set, which is set 6 of their ongoing bilingual series. [Read More]
Potatoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 86 – The Naked in the Colony)
Theoretically available separately, but difficult to find. Seoul Selection only seem to sell it as part of the 15 volume set, which is set 6 of their ongoing bilingual series. However, the story is available in many anthologies. [Read More]
Record of a journey to Mujin (Bi-lingual, Vol 6 – Industrialization)
Mujin represents the limits reconfirmed. It represents not only the line between the positive and the negative, and between the modern and anti-modern or the un-modern, but also the line between the normal and the abnormal, and between life and death. And the “Record of a Journey to Mujin” is a record of the experience … [Read More]
Home-Coming and Other Korean Short Stories
Contains the following stories: Hong Song-won: A boy in search of rest tr Sol Sun-bong Kim Seung-ok: Good bargain tr Yi Yong-gol, Sister Janice Hilburn Kim Seung-ok: Operation tr Yi Yong-gol, Sister Janice Hilburn Kim Seung-ok: Record of a journey to Mujin tr Kevin O’Rourke Kim Seung-ok: Seoul, 1964, Winter tr Marshall R. Pihl Seo … [Read More]
Hail To The Emperor!
No synopsis available [Read More]
The Cruel City and Other Korean Short Stories
Contains the stories: Choe Cheong-hui: Chomnye tr Genell Y Poitras Choe Cheong-hui: Round and Round the Pagoda tr Genell Y Poitras Choe Cheong-hui: The Ritual at the Well tr Genell Y Poitras Hwang Sun-won: The Moon and the Crab’s Legs tr Edward W Poitras Pak Yong-jun: The Touch of Life tr Choe Yong Yi Ch’ŏng-jun: … [Read More]
The Star and Other Korean Short Stories
Eight stories by leading contemporary writers of Korea providing deeply moving insights into the human condition. They reflect a common concern with the social realities of the 1980s, with sadness and triumph emerging as unifying themes. The source of this humanity, as these stories strongly reveal, lies in powerful family bonds and a deep nostalgia … [Read More]
Ten Korean Short Stories
Ten Korean Short Stories samples two generations of Korean short stories, bringing to life the first faltering steps of an ancient land entering the modern age, evoking in truly memorable fashion the spirit that stir the hearts of her people. Here is the pain and anguish of people oppressed by the conqueror, the tragedy of … [Read More]