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 […]
Publisher: Honford Star
Selected publications
- Chung Bora: Cursed Bunny tr Anton Hur, Honford Star 2021
- Choi Jin-young: To the Warm Horizon tr So J Lee, Honford Star 2021
- Bae Myung-hoon: Tower tr Sung Ryu, Honford Star 2021
- Kang Kyong-ae: The Underground Village tr Anton Hur, Honford Star 2018
- Yi Hyo-seok: Endless Blue Sky tr Steven Capener, Honford Star 2018
- Kim Dong-in: Sweet Potato: Collected Short Stories tr Grace Jung, Honford Star 2017
Interview with Bora Chung in Korea Times
There’s a nice interview with writer Bora Chung in yesterday’s Korea Times. Coming later this year from Honford Star is her short story collection Cursed Bunny, translated by Anton Hur. According to the article, Many of her recent works can be defined as a gripping amalgamation of absurdist, unrealistic stories that draw on science fiction, […]
The rise of Korean sci-fi
There’s a nice feature in yesterday’s Korea Times on the rise of Korean science fiction, with an interview with the leading lights behind the Science Fiction Writers Union of the Republic of Korea. I’ve enjoyed dipping into the collection of K-sci-fi in translation Readymade Bodhisattva that came out last year from Kaya. It whetted my […]
New books for the summer
A couple of new books to take with you on your summer break – or, more likely in respect of the first on the list, to adorn your coffee table when you return. First, fulsomely reviewed by Andrew Salmon in Asia Times, comes Inside North Korea by The Guardian‘s architecture and design critic Oliver Wainwright […]