Cho Nam-joo: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Translated by Jamie Chang Scribner, 2020, 163pp Originally published as 82년생 김지영, Minumsa, 2016. Kim Jiyoung, as the blurb on the back cover of this translated novel tells us, is every woman. Her given name is unremarkable, familiar, and of course her family name is the most common in […]
Translator: Jamie Chang
Selected translations
- Cho Nam-joo: Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 tr Jamie Chang, Scribner 2020
- Baek Young-ok: How to Break Up Like a Winner (K-Fiction 024) tr Jamie Chang, Shin Hye-bin, Asia Publishers 2019
- Anthology: Silvery World and Other Stories ed Michael J Pettid, Cornell East Asia Series 2019
- Sohn Won-pyung: April Snow (K-Fiction 021) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2018
- Kim Keum-hee: Everything About Chess (K-Fiction 017) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2017
- Choi Eun-young: The Summer (K-Fiction 016) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2017
- Kim Aeran: Where Would You Like To Go? (K-Fiction 014) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2016
- Son Hong-kyu: Tuesday River (Bi-lingual, Vol 80 – Fate) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2014
- Son Bo-mi: Hot Air Balloon (K-Fiction 003) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2014
- Yi Mun-gu: A Brief Biography of Yuja (Bi-lingual, Vol 37 – Tradition) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2013
- Seo Chong-in: Three Days of Autumn, 1948 (Bi-lingual, Vol 36 – Tradition) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2013
- Kim Aeran: Christmas Specials (Bi-lingual, Vol 35 – Seoul) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2013
- Yi Mun-yol: Pilon’s Pig (Bi-lingual, Vol 16 – Liberty) tr Jamie Chang, Asia Publishers 2013
Upcoming literature and fiction titles in 2020 [updated]
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I’m hoping that, as in previous years, by posting my own list of upcoming literature and fiction titles – pulled together by some targeted searching on Amazon and a trawl through Barbara J Zitwer’s website – I might persuade others to supplement it from their own specialist knowledge. Whatever happens, books inevitably fall through the […]