A parallel review of Shin Kyung-sook’s The Place where the Harmonium Was and Choi Eun-young’s The Summer. Two vivid depictions of the joy and pain of relationships. The Summer is a straightforward and immediately appealing read; The Harmonium is more difficult but nevertheless rewarding. [Read More]
Publisher: Asia Publishers
Selected publications
- Park Jang-ho: A Morning with only Writing Left (K-Poet 28) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2022
- Lee Soyoun: Nearly All Happiness (K-Poet 27) tr Sunnie Chae 2022
- Moon Dong-man: Thinking Less about Sad Things (K-Poet 26) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2022
- Park Cheol: Following Birds (K-Poet 25) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2022
- Hwang Inchan: You Have Reached the End of the Future (K-Poet 24) tr Hoyoung Moon 2021
- Lee Hyun-ho: Non-matter (K-Poet 23) tr Agnel Joseph 2021
- Lee Sul-ya: Cave Boys (K-Poet 22) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2021
- Kim Keun: Beginning the End (K-Poet 21) tr Deborah Kim 2021
- Seo Su-jin: Gold Rush (K-Fiction 030) tr Miseli Jeon 2021
- Hwang Gyu-gwan: Tiger Swallowtail (K-Poet 20) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2021
- Kim Seong-gyu: Suicide Parasite (K-Poet 19) tr Daniel Parker, Ji YoungShil 2021
- Seo Jang-won: Happy Together (K-Fiction 029) tr Paige Aniyah Morris 2021
- Kim Soo-yeol: Homo Maskus (K-Poet 18) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2020
- Pyun Hye-young: Holiday Home (K-Fiction 028) tr Sora Kim-Russell 2020
- Jang I-ji: A Boy Is Looking at the White Moon from a Classroom Under the Sea (K-Poet 17) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2020
- Ahn Joo-cheol: Feeling Never Stops (K-Poet 16) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2020
- Bang Hyeon-seok: Love in Sa Pa (K-Fiction special) tr Sunnie Chae 2020
- Kim Hae-ja: HappyLand (K-Poet 15) tr Deborah Smith 2020
- Yu Hyoung-jin: The Society for Studies in Matryoshka and Basting Pins (K-Poet 14) tr Andrew James Keast, Chung Hwa Keast 2020
- Lee Young-ju: You Arrived in the Season of Perennial Summer (K-Poet 13) tr Jae Kim 2020
- Jang Ryu-jin: Maya in Tokyo (K-Fiction 027) tr Sunnie Chae 2020
- Yang Anda: We, At the End of the World (K-Poet 12) tr Stella Kim 2020
- An Hyeon-mi: Deep Work (K-Poet 11) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2020
- Jeong Ji-a: The Black Room (K-Fiction 026) tr Son Jeongin 2020
- Lee Young-kwang: I Gave the Sun a Long Look (K-Poet 10) tr Daniel Parker, Ji YoungShil 2019
- Kim Joong-il: A Ghost Poet (K-Poet 09) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2019
- Kim Jung-hwan: An embroidery sampler (K-Poet 08) tr Kim Jung-whan 2019
- Chung Il Keun: Evening of the Whale (K-Poet 07) tr Daniel Parker, Ji YoungShil 2019
- Woo Da-young: Chang-mo (K-Fiction 025) tr Stella Kim 2019
- Baek Young-ok: How to Break Up Like a Winner (K-Fiction 024) tr Jamie Chang, Shin Hye-bin 2019
- Cho Nam-joo: Run Away (K-Fiction 023) tr Miseli Jeon 2019
- Kim Hyun: Poems by Kim Hyun (K-Poet 06) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2018
- Ahn Sang-hak: Poems by Ahn Sang-hak (K-Poet 05) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2018
- Kang Hwa-gil: Seo-u / Thou (K-Fiction 022) tr Stella Kim 2018
- Sohn Won-pyung: April Snow (K-Fiction 021) tr Jamie Chang 2018
- Kwon Yeo-sun: An Unknown Realm (K-Fiction 020) tr Miseli Jeon 2018
- Huh Sukyung: Poems by Huh Sukyung (K-Poet 04) tr Daniel Parker, Ji YoungShil 2017
- Baek Seok: Poems by Baek Seok (K-Poet 03) tr Peter Liptak 2017
- Ahn Do-hyun: Poems by Ahn Do-Hyun (K-Poet 02) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2017
- Ko Un: Poems by Ko Un (K-Poet 01) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé, Lee Sang-wha 2017
- Gu Byeong-mo: The Story of P.C. (K-Fiction 019) tr Stella Kim 2017
- Chung Han-ah: Halloween (K-Fiction 018) tr Stella Kim 2017
- Kim Keum-hee: Everything About Chess (K-Fiction 017) tr Jamie Chang 2017
- Choi Eun-young: The Summer (K-Fiction 016) tr Jamie Chang 2017
- Kim Min-jeong: The World’s Most Expensive Novel (K-Fiction 015) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2016
- Kim Aeran: Where Would You Like To Go? (K-Fiction 014) tr Jamie Chang 2016
- Chang Kang-myoung: Fired (K-Fiction 013) tr Teresa Kim 2015
- Lee Ki-ho: Kwon Sun-chan and Nice People (K-Fiction 012) tr Stella Kim 2015
- Lee Jang-wook: Old Man River (K-Fiction 011) tr Stella Kim 2015
- Baik Sou-linne: Time Difference (K-Fiction 010) tr Miseli Jeon 2015
- Geum Hee: Ok-hwa (K-Fiction 009) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2015
- Cheon Myeong-kwan: Homecoming (K-Fiction 008) tr Miseli Jeon 2015
- Yun I-hyeong: Danny (K-fiction 007) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2015
- Hwang Jungeun: Kong’s Garden (K-Fiction 006) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2015
- Lee Beomseon: A Stray Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 110 – Korea After the Korean War) tr Marshall R Pihl 2015
- Son Chang-seop: Rainy Days (Bi-lingual, Vol 109 – Korea After the Korean War) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2015
- Chang Yong-hak: The Poetry of John (Bi-lingual, Vol 108 – Korea After the Korean War) tr Kevin O'Rourke 2015
- Kim Dong-ni: Tŭngsin-bul (Bi-lingual, Vol 107 – Korea After the Korean War) tr Sol Sun-bong 2015
- Hwang Sun-won: The Cloudburst (Bi-lingual, Vol 106 – Korea After the Korean War) tr Edward W Poitras 2015
- Cheon Kwang-yong: Kapitan Ri (Bi-lingual, Vol 105 – Before and After Liberation tr Marshall R Pihl 2015
- Kim Namcheon: Barley (Bi-lingual, Vol 104 – Before and After Liberation) tr Sunyoung Park 2015
- Yi Hyo-seok: Leaves of Grass (Bi-lingual, Vol 103 – Before and After Liberation) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2015
- Yom Sang-seop: Two Bankruptcies (Bi-lingual, Vol 102 – Before and After Liberation) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2015
- Chae Man-sik: Juvesenility (Bi-lingual, Vol 101 – Before and After Liberation) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2015
- O Yong-su: Seaside Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 100 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) tr Marshall R Pihl 2015
- Chu Yo-seop: Mama and the Boarder (Bi-lingual, Vol 99 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) tr Bruce Fulton, Kim Chong-un 2015
- Yi Tae-jun: An Idiot’s Delight (Bi-lingual, Vol 98 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) tr Bruce Fulton, Kim Chong-un 2015
- Na Do-hyang: Samnyong the Mute (Bi-lingual, Vol 97 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) tr Sunyoung Park 2015
- Kim Yu-jeong: Spring, Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 96 – Traditional Korea’s Lost Faces) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2015
- Kim Sa-ryang: Into the Light (Bi-lingual, Vol 95 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Christopher D Scott 2015
- Ch'oe Myong-ik: Walking in the Rain (Bi-lingual, Vol 94 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Janet Poole 2015
- Pak Tae-won: A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist (Bi-lingual, Vol 93 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Jefferson Gatrall, Kevin O'Rourke, Sunyoung Park 2015
- Yu Chin-o: Lecturer Kim and Professor T (Bi-lingual, Vol 92 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2015
- Yi Sang: Wings (Bi-lingual, Vol 91 – Colonial Intellectuals Turned “Idiots”) tr Kevin O'Rourke 2015
- Kang Kyong-ae: The Underground Village (Bi-lingual, Vol 90 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Suh Ji-moon 2014
- Han Seol-ya: Transition (Bi-lingual, Vol 89 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Ch'oe Sohae: Escape (Bi-lingual, Vol 88 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Sunyoung Park 2014
- Hyeon Jin-geon: A Lucky Day (Bi-lingual, Vol 87 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Kevin O'Rourke 2014
- Kim Dong-in: Potatoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 86 – The Naked in the Colony) tr Kevin O'Rourke 2014
- Kim Hoon: Alone Over There (Bi-lingual, Vol 85 – Aesthetic Priests) tr Chris Choi 2014
- Kim Byeol-ah: Sakmae and Jami (Bi-lingual, Vol 84 – Aesthetic Priests) tr Miseli Jeon 2014
- Youn Dae-nyeong: Song of Everlasting Spring (Bi-lingual, Vol 83 – Aesthetic Priests) tr Teresa Kim 2014
- Lee Sun-won: Looking for a Horse (Bi-lingual, Vol 82 – Aesthetic Priests) tr Michelle Jooeun Kim 2014
- Lee Oisoo: Grand Master (Bi-lingual, Vol 81 – Aesthetic Priests) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2014
- Son Hong-kyu: Tuesday River (Bi-lingual, Vol 80 – Fate) tr Jamie Chang 2014
- Cho Se-hui: Insult (Bi-lingual, Vol 79 – Fate) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2014
- Ku Hyo-seo: Relics (Bi-lingual, Vol 78 – Fate) tr Michelle Jooeun Kim 2014
- Yoon Jung-mo: Father and Son (Bi-lingual, Vol 77 – Fate) tr Kari Schenk 2014
- Lee Kyung-ja: Losing a Sister (Bi-lingual, Vol 76 – Fate) tr Andrew James Keast, Chang Chung-hwa 2014
- Choi Min-woo: Dishonored (K-Fiction 005) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Oh Han-ki: My Clint Eastwood (K-Fiction 004) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Son Bo-mi: Hot Air Balloon (K-Fiction 003) tr Jamie Chang 2014
- Park Hyoung-su: Arpan (K-Fiction 002) tr Sora Kim-Russell 2014
- Park Min-gyu: Dinner with Buffett (K-Fiction 001) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Kim Mi-wol: What Has Yet to Happen (Bi-lingual, Vol 75 – Taboo and Desire) tr Miseli Jeon 2014
- Cheon Un-yeong: Chopstick Woman (Bi-lingual, Vol 74 – Taboo and Desire) tr Miseli Jeon 2014
- Kim Soom: The Night Nobody Returns Home (Bi-lingual, Vol 73 – Taboo and Desire) tr Miseli Jeon 2014
- Jung Mi-kyung: He Gave Me Roses of the Balkans (Bi-lingual, Vol 72 – Taboo and Desire) tr Stella Kim 2014
- Song Yong: Drumbeat (Bi-lingual, Vol 71 – Taboo and Desire) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2014
- Yun I-hyeong: Bloody-Sunday (Bi-lingual, Vol 70 – Discovering Everyday Life) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Pu Hee-ryoung: Flowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 69 – Discovering Everyday Life) tr Kim Hyun-kyung, Richard Harris 2014
- Pyun Hye-young: The Canning Factory (Bi-lingual, Vol 68 – Discovering Everyday Life) tr Michelle Jooeun Kim 2014
- Kang Young-sook: Truck (Bi-lingual, Vol 67 – Discovering Everyday Life) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Oh Soo-yeon: I Am Food (Bi-lingual, Vol 66 – Discovering Everyday Life) tr Chris Choi 2014
- Paik Ga-huim: Puy, Thuy, Whatever (Bi-lingual, Vol 65 – Relationship) tr Andrew James Keast, Chang Chung-hwa 2014
- Yoon Sung-hee: Burying a Treasure Map at the U-turn (Bi-lingual, Vol 64 – Relationship) tr Lee Ji-eun 2014
- Jeong Ji-a: Spring Afternoon, Three Widows (Bi-lingual, Vol 63 – Relationship) tr Brendan MacHale, Kim Yoon-kyung 2014
- Yun Young-su: Love, Hopelessly (Bi-lingual, Vol 62 – Relationship) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Kim Joo-young: Robbery Training (Bi-lingual, Vol 61 – Relationship) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2014
- Kim Chong-kwang: The Pawnshop Chase (Bi-lingual, Vol 60 – Humour) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2014
- Kim Jung-hyuk: The Glass Shield (Bi-lingual, Vol 59 – Humour) tr Kevin O'Rourke 2014
- Lee Ki-ho: So Far, and Yet So Near (Bi-lingual, Vol 58 – Humour) tr Teresa Kim 2014
- Jeon Sung-tae: Bird (Bi-lingual, Vol 57 – Humour) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Han Chang-hoon: Today’s Fortune (Bi-lingual, Vol 56 – Humour) tr Kerong Lin 2014
- Kwon Yeo-sun: Spring Night (Bi-lingual, Vol 55 – Family) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Lee Hye-kyung: And Then the Festival (Bi-lingual, Vol 54 – Family) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2014
- Lee Dong-ha: Outside the Door (Bi-lingual, Vol 53 – Family) tr Miseli Jeon 2014
- Jeon Sang-guk: Ahbe’s Family (Bi-lingual, Vol 52 – Family) tr Sohn Suk-joo 2014
- Chun Seung-sei: Hye-ja’s Snow-Flowers (Bi-lingual, Vol 51 – Family) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Lee Kyung: Dust Star (Bi-lingual, Vol 50 – Diaspora) tr Miseli Jeon 2014
- Kim Jae-young: The Elephant (Bi-lingual, Vol 49 – Diaspora) 2014
- Kim Yeon-su: Happy New Year to Everyone – To Raymond Carver (Bi-lingual, Vol 48 – Diaspora) tr Maya West 2014
- Gong Sun-ok: People I Left in Shanghai (Bi-lingual, Vol 47 – Diaspora) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Kim Nam-il: Underwear (Bi-lingual, Vol 46 – Diaspora) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2014
- Jung Young-moon: Mrs. Brown (Bi-lingual, Vol 45 – Avant Garde) tr Jung Young-moon 2013
- Bae Suah: Time in Gray (Bi-lingual, Vol 44 – Avant Garde) tr Andrew James Keast, Chang Chung-hwa 2013
- Yi In-seong: On You (Bi-lingual, Vol 43 – Avant Garde) tr Maya West 2013
- Choi In-seok: A Well in My Soul (Bi-lingual, Vol 42 – Avant Garde) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Park Sang-ryoong: Akeldama (Bi-lingual, Vol 41 – Avant Garde) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Song Sokze: In the Shade of the Oleander (Bi-lingual, Vol 40 – Tradition) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Song Ki-won: A Journey under the Moonlight (Bi-lingual, Vol 39 – Tradition) tr Jane Lee 2013
- Pak Pom-sin: The Fragrant Well (Bi-lingual, Vol 38 – Tradition) tr Maya West 2013
- Yi Mun-gu: A Brief Biography of Yuja (Bi-lingual, Vol 37 – Tradition) tr Jamie Chang 2013
- Seo Chong-in: Three Days of Autumn, 1948 (Bi-lingual, Vol 36 – Tradition) tr Jamie Chang 2013
- Kim Aeran: Christmas Specials (Bi-lingual, Vol 35 – Seoul) tr Jamie Chang 2013
- Park Min-gyu: Is That So? I’m a Giraffe (Bi-lingual, Vol 34 – Seoul) tr Sora Kim-Russell 2013
- Jo Kyung-ran: I Live in Bongcheon-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 33 – Seoul) tr Kari Schenk 2013
- Ha Seong-nan: Traversing Afternoon (Bi-lingual, Vol 32 – Seoul) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Kim So-jin: The Dark Jar within the Snowman (Bi-lingual, Vol 31 – Seoul) tr Chris Choi 2013
- Kim Ha-kee: Gingko Love (Bi-lingual, Vol 30 – South and North) tr Catherine Rose Torres, Sohn Suk-joo 2013
- Jeong Do-sang: Spring at Silsangsa Temple (Bi-lingual, Vol 29 – South and North) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Nam Jung-hyun: Land of Excrement (Bi-lingual, Vol 28 – South and North) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Ha Keun-chan: The Suffering of Two Generations (Bi-lingual, Vol 27 – South and North) tr Kevin O'Rourke 2013
- Yi Ho-cheol: Panmunjom (Bi-lingual, Vol 26 – South and North) tr Theodore Hughes 2013
- Jeong Yi-hyun: In the Trunk (Bi-lingual, Vol 25 – Love and Love Affairs) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2013
- Han Kang: Convalescence (Bi-lingual, Vol 24 – Love and Love Affairs) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Kim In-suk: Stab (Bi-lingual, Vol 23 – Love and Love Affairs) tr Catherine Rose Torres, Sohn Suk-joo 2013
- Lee Seung-u: Magnolia Park (Bi-lingual, Vol 22 – Love and Love Affairs) tr Eugene Larsen-Hallock 2013
- Yun Hu-myeong: With the Love for the Stars (Bi-lingual, Vol 21) tr Miseli Jeon 2013
- Bang Hyeon-seok: Off to Battle at Dawn (Bi-lingual, Vol 20 – Liberty) tr Brother Anthony of Taizé, Dafna Zur 2013
- Hong Hee-dam: The Flag (Bi-lingual, Vol 19 – Liberty) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Im Cheol-woo: Straight Lines and Poison Gas – At the Hospital Wards (Bi-lingual, Vol 18 – Liberty) tr Chris Choi 2013
- Lee Dae-hwan: Slow Bullet (Bi-lingual, Vol 17 – Liberty) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2013
- Yi Mun-yol: Pilon’s Pig (Bi-lingual, Vol 16 – Liberty) tr Jamie Chang 2013
- Eun Hee-kyung: Poor Man’s Wife (Bi-lingual, Vol 15 – Women) tr Jeon Seung-hee 2012
- Gong Ji-young: Human Decency (Bi-lingual, Vol 14 – Women) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2012
- Choe Yun: The Last of Hanak’o (Bi-lingual, Vol 13 – Women) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2012
- Shin Kyung-sook: The Place Where the Harmonium Was (Bi-lingual, Vol 12 – Women) tr Agnita Tennant 2012
- Oh Jung-hee: Chinatown (Bi-lingual, Vol 11 – Women) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2012
- Yang Gui-ja: The poet of Wonmi-dong (Bi-lingual, Vol 10 – Industrialization) tr Miseli Jeon 2012
- Shin Sang-ung: Our Friend’s Homecoming (Bi-lingual, Vol 9 – Industrialization) tr Catherine Rose Torres, Sohn Suk-joo 2012
- Yun Heung-gil: The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (Bi-lingual, Vol 8 – Industrialization) tr Bruce Fulton, Ju-chan Fulton 2012
- Hwang Sok-yong: The Road to Sampo (Bi-lingual, Vol 7 – Industrialization) tr Kim Uchang 2012
- Kim Seung-ok: Record of a journey to Mujin (Bi-lingual, Vol 6 – Industrialization) 2012
- Jo Jung-rae: The Land of the Banished (Bi-lingual, Vol 5 – Division) tr Chun Kyung-ja 2012
- Park Wan-suh: Mother’s Stake I (Bi-lingual, Vol 4 – Division) 2012
- Hyun Ki-young: Suni Samchon (Bi-lingual, Vol 3 – Division) tr Lee Jung-hi 2012
- Kim Wonil: Soul of Darkness (Bi-lingual, Vol 2 – Division) tr Catherine Rose Torres, Sohn Suk-joo 2012
- Yi Cheong-jun: The Wounded (Bi-lingual, Vol 1 – Division) tr Jennifer M Lee 2012
Literature and poetry in translation titles for 2021: more than a dozen to look forward to!
This is now LKL’s fifth annual post that looks at the literature and fiction titles we’re looking forward to over the coming twelve months. Since last year we’ve made things easier for ourselves by investing some time building a book database that aims to catalogue all physical publications of Korean literature in translation, as well … [Read More]