Last year was an amazing one for Korean literature in translation, with plenty of lively titles published. 2022 looks for the moment like it’s going to be a little quieter, but new publications sometimes pop out of nowhere, so this list of anticipated books for this year is almost bound to be proved incomplete. There … [Read More]
Publisher: Feminist Press
Selected publications
- Shin Kyung-sook: Violets tr Anton Hur 2022
- Grace M Cho: Tastes Like War 2021
- Kang Kyong-ae: From Wonso Pond tr Samuel Perry 2009
Book Review: From Wonso Pond
It’s the 1930s. In colonial Korea, economic development brings factories and work to Incheon, Seoul and other centres of population, while in the countryside the semi-feudal lifestyle continues. The local yangban plots which local lass to deflower next, and keeps the local rent-farmers as much in debt to him as he can. We are introduced … [Read More]