Richard Booth, founder of the Hay-on-Wye village, visits Paju Book Festival and stressed the true value of used books: http://bit.ly/nqMbiO [Read More]
Books and literature (page 32)
So far from the Bamboo Grove discussed by Governor Romney
WikiLeaks: Massachusetts governor Romney discussed So Far From the Bamboo Grove with acting foreign minister Cho Jung-pyo in 2006. The book, on state school reading lists, contributes to a negative perception of Koreans. [Read More]
How to put Korean literature on the map: Charles Montgomery
Charles Montgomery gives his suggestions for Literature Translation Institute Korea for the next 10 Years. Well worth a read. [Read More]
Heinz Insu Fenkl interview
The New Yorker talks to Heinz Insu Fenkl, translator of Yi Mun-yol’s short story An Anonymous Island nyr.kr/n1i5eR [Read More]
Korea Times on the globalisation of Korean Literature
The Korea Times speculates as to the possibility of an upcoming deluge of Korean Literature in English: the next hallyu? bit.ly/quWU92. Fingers crossed. [Read More]
A Yi Mun-yol short story in the New Yorker
A Yi Mun-yol short story (An Anonymous Island) is published in The New Yorker — a first! wp.me/p1mFzB-cJ. Via @subjobjverb. Translation is by Heinz Insu Fenkl. Update: LKL article on the short story and Im Kwon-taek’s screen adaptation of it (Village in the Mist – 안개 마을, 1983) can be found here. [Read More]
New book on Korean artefacts in Oxford
Oxford’s Bodleian Library announces the publication of a new book on historic Korean artefacts in the University’s collections. It accompanies an exhibition which runs 26 August to 26 September 2011 in the Proscholium at the Bodleian Library: Korean Treasures: Rare Books, Manuscripts and Artefacts in the Bodleian Libraries and Museums of Oxford University by Minh … [Read More]
RIP Richard Rutt
RIP Richard Rutt (27 August 1925 – 27 July 2011), Roman Catholic priest, former Anglican bishop, sometime RASKB president, and pioneer in Korean studies. Tributes by Brother Anthony in the Korea Times and William Pore at H-net, with partial bibliography. [Read More]
Jiyoung Song’s Human Rights Discourse in North Korea
Michael Rank reviews Jiyoung Song’s Human Rights Discourse in North Korea: Post-colonial, Marxist and Confucian Perspectives over at North Korean Economy Watch. “Thoughtful and well informed” http://bit.ly/pu8WLS [Read More]
New book on North Korean Art
New book on North Korean art (“Exploring North Korean Arts”) is published following the 2010 exhibition and conference in Vienna. Chapters by Jim Hoare, AidanFC, Koen De Ceuster & others. http://amzn.to/pP3LF0 # [Read More]
Interview with Brother Anthony
Great interview with Brother Anthony of Taizé at Asymptote http://bit.ly/ossoht # [Read More]
Picture quiz: does anyone know the location of this wine-cup canal?
I have a pretty book on Korean gardens by Heo Kyun, translated into English and published by Saffron Korea Library. It’s very informative and interesting reading, but I’m not sure I trust the caption which goes with one of its images. I’m in the process of writing up my Korea trip from back in May. … [Read More]
Ill-Fated Relationship: get your manhwa in English, on the iPhone
When I was in Korea last May I met up with Kim Jin-sung, the man behind online CD merchant Mr Kwang. He told me about his project to bring manhwa, Korean graphic novels, to an English speaking audience. I was expecting something web-based. But with the advent of the iPhone, an app is as good … [Read More]
Debut novel from Samuel Park
Korean American author Samuel Park debuts with This Burns My Heart – a love story set in post-war Korea. Out now. #. There’s a nice interview feature with him in Good Reads. [Read More]
A review of Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism
Here’s a link to a review of Jin Y Park, ed. Makers of Modern Korean Buddhism on H-Net: a book which has been on my reading pile for far too long. http://bit.ly/o5grgG #. The book’s rather heavy going though… [Read More]
Book review: Walking the Baekdu-Daegan trail
Roger Shepherd & Andrew Douch, with David A Mason: Baekdu Daegan Trail Seoul Selection, 2010, 446pp Korea is a mountainous country. If you google that phrase you will learn that 70% of South Korea’s land mass is designated as upland or mountains. And everyone knows that a lot of Koreans love hiking in the hills. … [Read More]