“In that moment, the full moon was hiding behind the clouds, and the world darkened. Since I couldn’t understand how the bicycle could have disappeared when she was walking back out, I poked and looked around here and there. Have I seen a phantom? The full moon came out from behind the clouds, and the … [Read More]
Booklist: Literature Fiction and Poetry (page 43)
Land of Excrement (Bi-lingual, Vol 28 – South and North)
No synopsis available [Read More]
The Suffering of Two Generations (Bi-lingual, Vol 27 – South and North)
“Jinsu, holding the crunches in one hand and the mackerel in the other, slithered up on his father’s back. Mando, his arm turned behind him, clasped his son’s only leg. “You’ll have to wind your arms around my neck.” Jinsu, one eye closed tight, as if he felt really bad about the situation, wrapped his … [Read More]
Panmunjom (Bi-lingual, Vol 26 – South and North)
“I—I would like to tell you something,” she stammered, as if mustering all of her remaining courage. “What?” “I have a duty to perform here. It’s something I have to do. You can help me, can’t you? This is our car, right? Please make a decision. What would you like to do? Tell me and … [Read More]
In the Trunk (Bi-lingual, Vol 25 – Love and Love Affairs)
No synopsis available. Available on Kindle [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]
Stab (Bi-lingual, Vol 23 – Love and Love Affairs)
part of the story: So you become a professor and I a professor’s wife, she’d said during one of their quarrels in the past. Don’t you think our dreams are so cheap and pathetic? What could we do? That’s the way our lives turned out. We just have to live with it. They’d clung to … [Read More]
Magnolia Park (Bi-lingual, Vol 22 – Love and Love Affairs)
“Yeah, sometimes I go for walks in the cemetery,” she admitted. “It’s just around to the left side from here. When I walk around and read the epitaphs written on the gravestones, it almost feels like I’m walking through a crowd of people gathered in a park. Just like living people you see walking around … [Read More]
With the Love for the Stars (Bi-lingual, Vol 21)
Bi-lingual Edition Modern Korean Literature (set 2). “With the Love for the Stars” by Yun Hu-myong. ASIA Publishers present some of the very best modern Korean literature to readers worldwide through its new Korean literature series . We are proud and happy to offer it in the most authoritative translation by renowned translators of Korea … [Read More]
Off to Battle at Dawn (Bi-lingual, Vol 20 – Liberty)
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]
The Flag (Bi-lingual, Vol 19 – Liberty)
Available on Kindle. No synopsis available [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]
Kim’s Convenience
Mr. Kim is a first-generation Korean immigrant and the proud owner of Kim’s Convenience, a variety store located in the heart of downtown Toronto’s Regent Park neighbourhood. As the neighbourhood quickly gentrifies, Mr. Kim is offered a generous sum of money to sell — enough to allow him and his wife to finally retire. But … [Read More]
How in Heaven’s Name
How in Heaven’s Name is a microcosm of the uprooting and dislocation that have characterized much of modern Korean and East Asian history. It is based on the true story of several Korean youths who in the late 1930s were lured into the Japanese Imperial Army either through promises by the Japanese colonial overlords of … [Read More]