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]
Booklist: Korean literature in translation (page 55)
Hymn of the Spirit
No synopsis available from publisher [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]
King Sejong: A Novel
No synopsis available. The National Library of Australia categorises the book as biographical fiction. This title is pretty hard to find outside of university libraries. [Read More]
The Stars and other Korean short stories
Bruce Fulton describes this collection as a “good sampling of a consummate short story writer; includes an excellent introduction.” in his article on The Korean War and Beyond, in Modern Korean Fiction in Asianstudies.org. Contains the following stories: A Matter of Custom A Numerical Enigma An Old Man’s Birthday Coarse Sand Conch Shells The Calf … [Read More]
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]