The authors are: Park Min-Gyu – ‘Dinner with Buffet’ / ‘Is That So? I’m a Giraffe’ 박민규 – ‘버핏과의 저녁 식사’ Park Hyoung-su – ‘Arpan’ 박형서-‘아르판’ Son Bo-mi – ‘Hot Air Balloon’ 손보미-‘애드벌룬’ Oh Han-ki – ‘My Clint Eastwood’ 오한기-‘나의 클린트 이스트우드’ Choi Min-woo – ‘Dishonored’ 최민우-‘이베리아의 전갈 DAY: Saturday December 13 날짜: 12월 13일…
Dishonored by Choi Min-Woo, is the 5th work in the ASIA Publishers K-Literature series of bilingual fiction (Korean and English) and it is the closest to a genre work of the pieces printed so far. Yet, it manages to take the “spy genre” if you will, and spill bits of it here and there, while…
A Hot Air Balloon, more or less, is at the mercy of the winds in which it finds itself. And Son Bo-mi’s story of the same name demonstrates the many different directions in which Hot Air Balloons, and by extension our lives, may fly. Hot Air Balloon is Part of a loose trilogy (this information…
My Clint Eastwood, by Oh Han-Ki was perhaps the most difficult of the ASIA Publishers K-Fiction series for me to read, partly because for my entire life Clint Eastwood has been an icon to me and one of the things that Oh Han-ki ruthlessly explores is the difference between the concept of the “icon” and the…
ASIA Publishers needs likes – if you are on FaceBook, go over to https://www.facebook.com/asiapublishers and immediately give them a like. KTLIT demands it!^^ (LOOK! Even Tony did it! And our intern Allie! Now it’s your turn!) Really…. after all they’ve done for you —- 5 collections of 65 “classic” modern books so far, with 2 more (that’s 30…
If you live in Seoul, the easy way to do this is to just deal with Seoul Selection. (Apparently this advice needs to be give to Australians as well, as Amazon will not ship there?) If live outside Seoul you might want to try G-market or, if you only speak English Amazon, which is kind…
First of all, Akeldama by Park Sang-ryooong is a must buy for it’s provocative style and theme. Second of all, it was an amusing message to me about how smart I thought I was about translated Korean literature, and how fleeting such feelings can be. Every once in a while you think you have Korean literature…
There may be a real order to which Korean literature should be read, and although I’m sure I’m not clever enough to map it out, re-reading The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (아홉 켤레의 구두로 남은 사내), reminds me that it might exist, because the first time I read this story…
By Dongmi Hwang Sun-i Samch’on (Aunt Suni – 순이삼촌) – is a work of historical fiction. Hyun Gi-young (현기영) writes with the clear purpose of exposing and validating hidden events that happened on the island of Jeju in the southernmost part of Korea. The story opens with a man returning home for the first time…
The Poet Of Wonmi-Dong (원미동 시인), by Yang Kwi-ja (양귀자 – Once again this series ignores the author’s preferred name, which is Yang Gui-ja as per the LTI Korea authoritative guide) features two rather remarkable characters, the young female narrator, the fifth daughter of a surprised and disappointed mother, and the insane poet of Wonmi Dong.Together,…