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Booklist: Korean literature in translation (page 32)

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]

The Elephant (Bi-lingual, Vol 49 – Diaspora)

by pub Asia Publishers (2014)

No synopsis available online We guess the translators are Nicholas Yohan Duvernay, Lee Moon-ok, as they were responsible for a version of the text published in LTI Korea’s New Writing From Korea vol 1 (2008) [Read More]

Sorrowtoothpaste Mirrorcream

by tr Don Mee Choi pub Action Books (2014)

From the publisher’s website: “Her poems are not ironic. They are direct, deliberately grotesque, theatrical, unsettling, excessive, visceral and somatic. This is feminist surrealism loaded with shifting, playful linguistics that both defile and defy traditional roles for women” —Pam Brown About the author Kim Hyesoon is a prominent South Korean poet who has received numerous … [Read More]