From classic Joseon dynasty ghost stories, via historical fiction set in the reign of Queen Min, to the latest in translated literature, we take a look at some of the books to look forward to in 2018. Our look at non-fiction titles can be found here. Contemporary Korean literature in translation Hwang Sok-yong’s novel At … [Read More]
Publisher: Homa + Sekey
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Selected publications
- Park Duk-kyu: The Rabbit’s Tale 2020 tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2019
- Park Sangseek: Land of Tears tr Choi Inyoung 2018
- Chong Hyon-Jong: Whisper of Splendor tr Cho Young-shil 2018
- Park Je-chun: SF-Consensus tr Ko Chang-soo 2017
- Nam Jin-woo: A Lion at Three in the Morning tr Cho Young-shil 2017
- Lee Hyang-ah: In a Seed: Poems of Hyang-Ah Lee tr Song Joo-hyun 2014
- Lee Gun-sam: A Grand Retreat and Other Plays tr Sidney Soo-young Lee 2013
- Anthology: The Crane in the Clouds: Shijo: Korean Classical Poems in the Vernacular ed Sung-Il Lee 2013
- Yu Chi-hwan: Blue Stallion: Poems of Yu Chi-whan tr Lee Sung-il 2011
- Kim Kyu-hwa: Our Encounter: Selected Poems of Kyu-Hwa Kim tr Shin Hee-jae 2011
- Kim Moon-hee: Somewhere Far Away: Poems of Moon Hee Kim tr Jang Gyung-ryul 2011
- Park Yongjae: The Memoirs of Hun Pong: The Pendulous Life of a Korean Man Who Served Both Sides of a Divided Nation During the Korean War tr Park Hanjun 2010
- Sung Chan-kyung: Translucency: Selected Poems of Chankyung Sung tr Christopher Merrill, Kim Won-Chung 2010
- Anthology: An Empty House: Korean-American Poetry ed Yearn Hong Choi 2008
- Chong Hyon-Jong: The Dream of Things: Selected Poems of Hyonjong Chong tr Kim Mi-jin, Kim Won-Chung 2008
- Lee Sun-won: Susaek tr Kang Hyunsook, Lee Jin-ah, Robert Parker 2008
- Shin Kyung-nim: A Love Song for the Earnest tr James Han, Kim Won-Chung 2006
- Park Hi-jin: Sunrise over the East Sea tr Julie Pickering, Ko Chang-soo 2006
- Anthology: Developmental Dictatorship and the Park Chung-Hee Era: The Shaping of Modernity in the Republic of Korea ed Lee Byeong-cheon 2006
- Anthology: Cracking the Shell: Three Korean Ecopoets ed Won-Chung Kim 2005
- Lee Seung-hwan: A Topography of Confucian Discourse: Politico-philosophical Reflections on Confucian Discourse since Modernity tr Jaeyoon Song, Lee Seung-hwan 2005
- Kang Jae-eun: The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism tr Ha Woo-bong, Suzanne Lee 2005
- Kwang-sae Lee: East and West: Fusion of Horizons 2005
- Jung-woon Choi: The Gwangju Uprising: The Pivotal Democratic Movement That Changed the History of Modern Korea tr Yu Young-nan 2005
- Lee E-Wha: Korea’s Pastimes and Customs: A Social History tr Ju-Hee Park 2005
- Anthology: Fragrance of Poetry: Korean-American Literature ed Yearn Hong Choi 2005
- Sohn Jang-soon: A Floating City on the Water tr Choi Jin-young 2005
- Chae Man-sik, Yu Chi-jin: Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation tr Choi Jin-young 2005
- Ko Chang-soo: What the Spider Said tr Ko Chang-soo 2005
- Park Kyung-ni: The Curse of Kim’s Daughters tr Kang Choon-won 2005
- Kim Seung-hee: I Want to Hijack an Airplane tr Kyung-Nyun Kim Richards, Steffen F Richards 2004
- Moon Dok-su: Drawing Lines: Selected Poems of Moon Dok-su tr Julie Pickering, Ko Chang-soo 2004
- Choi Seung-ho: Flowers in the Toilet Bowl tr James Han, Kim Won-Chung 2004
- Anthology: Surfacing Sadness: A Centennial of Korean-American Literature 1903-2003 ed Yearn Hong Choi, Haeng Ja Kim 2003
- Lee Oyoung: The General’s Beard: Two Novellas tr Brother Anthony of Taizé 2002
- Lee Mu-young: Farmers tr Yu Young-nan 2002
- Choi In-hun: Reflections on a Mask: Two Novellas tr Shi Chung Park Moore, Stephen Moore 2002
- Han Sung-won: Father and Son tr Julie Pickering, Yu Young-nan 2002
- Anthology: Unspoken Voices: Selected Short Stories by Korean Women Writers ed Jin-Young Choi 2000
I think I just don’t get Park Kyung-ni
Having failed to make much headway with Park Kyung-ni’s T’oji / Land, I thought I might give her Curse of Kim’s Daughters a try, in preparation for a re-watch of Yu Hyun-mok’s film adaptation of the novel. I didn’t particularly enjoy the movie the first time I saw it. But then, so far I haven’t … [Read More]
Book review: Land of Scholars (Kang Jae-eun)
The Land of Scholars: Two Thousand Years of Korean Confucianism by Kang Jae-eun (translated from Japanese to Korean by Ha Woo-bong, then from Korean into English by Suzanne Lee) Homa & Sekey Books 2006; original Japanese version published in 2003. 515 pp Students of Korean history, and particularly of the Joseon dynasty, will inevitably at … [Read More]
Choi In-hun: Reflections on a mask
Two Novellas, Reflections on a Mask and Christmas Carol, by Choi In-hun (최인훈) tr Stephen Moore & Shi Chung Park Moore Homa & Sekey Books, Dumont, New Jersey 2002. Overall: . The novellas are discussed individually below. (1) Reflections on a Mask, first published 1960 By no means an easy book. The subject is a … [Read More]