London Korean Links

Covering things Korean in London and beyond since 2006

Hospital Room 205 and Other Korean Short Stories

Contains the following stories: Choe Cheong-hui: Hospital room 205 tr Edward D Rockstein Choe Cheong-hui: When the cricket chirrs tr Kim Chong-un Hahn Moo-Sook: Shadow tr Richard Rutt Hahn Moo-Sook: The Rock  tr Chung Chong-hwa Han Malsook: Mr. Kim, the bohemian minstrel tr Richard Rutt Im Og-in: The new life tr Sol Sun-bong Kang Kyŏng-ae: … [Read More]

The Road to Sampo and Other Korean Short Stories

Contains the following stories: Hwang Sok-yong: The Road to Sampo Lee Byeng-ju: The wind and landscape of Yenang Ch’oe In-ho: Another Man’s Room Cho Se-hui: The Spiny Fish entering my net Cho Se-hui: On the footbridge Cho Hae-il: Iron masks Shin Sang-ung: Pyeon’s Death Yun Hŭng-gil: Group beating Kim Joo-young: The moon-welcoming flower [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]

The Drizzle and Other Korean Short Stories

Hwang Sun-won’s stories depict various emotional experiences of brief moments of human life in an outstandingly elegant style. The elegance, however, is not the characterizing quality of his style alone. We find it in his description of scenes and momentary feelings of characters as well as in his presentation of themes that range from the … [Read More]

Debasement and Other Stories

No synopsis available. Entry on LTI Korea database here: https://library.ltikorea.or.kr/node/9475 WorldCat entry here: https://www.worldcat.org/title/debasement-and-other-stories/oclc/29252260 Pretty hard to find. [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]

Loess Valley and Other Korean Short Stories

Contains the following stories Kim Dong-ni: Loess Valley Kim Dong-ni: The Shaman Painting / Picture of a Shaman Sorceress  Kim Dong-ni: The Rock Kim Dong-ni: Two Reservists Kim Dong-ni: Tŭngsin-bul Kim Dong-ni: Cry of the magpie Oh Young-Soo: Seaside Village Oh Young-Soo: Wild Grapes Oh Young-Soo: Uncle Soldier Oh Young-Soo: Adolescence Oh Young-Soo: Nami and … [Read More]

The Cry of the Harp and other Korean short stories

Volume 2 of “The Best Korean Short Stories” Contains the following stories by Choe Cheong-hui: Chomnye Round and Round the Pagoda The Cry of the Harp The Ritual at the Well [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]

Trees on the Cliff: a novel of Korea and two stories

Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) is one of modern Korea’s masters of narrative prose. Trees on a Slope (1960) is his most accomplished novel: one of the few Korean novels to describe in detail the physical and psychological horrors of the Korean War. It is an assured, forceful depiction of three young soldiers in the South Korean … [Read More]

Wren’s Elegy

Includes “Wren’s Elegy”, letters and journal entries, “The Pagoda”, an epic, and “Other Poems”, translated by Jaihiun Joyce Kim. Youn Sok Moh, a native of Wonsan, North Korea, received a B.A. in English literature and a doctorate in letters from Ewha Woman’s University in Seoul. [Read More]

The contemporary Korean poets: Korean poetry since 1920

According to Amazon (who do not stock it) the volume “Presents overall view of modern Korean poetry from 1920s to late 1960s by 64 representative poets.” According to Worldcat, a handful of British libraries hold it. [Read More]

A Washed-out Dream

Contains exactly the same stories and translations as Ten Korean Short Stories, with the addition of an eleventh, Ha Keun-chan’s The White Paper Beard. However, you may find the other publication easier to track down. The White Paper Beard is available in the collection Two Travellers – though that’s pretty hard to track down too. … [Read More]

Meetings and Farewells: Modern Korean Stories

Contains the following stories: Cho Sŏn-jak : The Wall Hwang Sun-won: Retreat  Kim Dong-in: The Post Horse  Kim Dong-ni: The Rock  Kim Seung-ok: A Cup of Coffee Kim Seung-ok: Seoul, 1964, Winter  Kim Yu-jeong: The Camellias  Oh Young-Soo: Echoes  Yi Ho-ch’ŏl: Wearing Thin  Yi Hyo-seok: When the Buckwheat Blooms Yi Mun-gu: The Tale of Kim … [Read More]

Modern Korean Short Stories

Contains the following stories Ch’oe In-hun: Laughter (1966) tr Lee Sang-ok Hahn Moo-Sook: The Angel tr Chung Chong-wha Hwang Sok-yong: The Road to Sampo (1973) tr Kim Uchang Hyeon Jin-geon: The Fire tr Kathryn Kisray Kang Shin-jae: The Young Zelkova Tree (1960) tr Shin Hyun-song Kim Dong-in: Red Mountain: A Doctor’s Memoir / The Red … [Read More]