This is another way (other than that link you see on the right: Where to Start in Korean Modern Fiction) to gain a quick understanding of Korean Modern Literature. That way is to collect the books in the excellent LTI Korea / Jimoondang collaborative series The Portable Library of Korean Fiction. These books are now,…
The final piece cobbled from my article in 10 Magazine Korea, these books/stories are all famous and/or written by major Korean authors. Unfortunately, this does not necessarily make them good reads for English-language readers. Comments, as always, welcome. Heartless (무정 1917) by Yi Kwang-su Could have been more usefully titled “Endless.” This work is known…
Found on the web #11. More on Yun Danyeong’s “Between Heaven and Earth,” Hwang Sok-yong reads from “The Old Garden,” and a Writer’s Residency in Seoul
KTLIT has put Yun Dae-nyeong on the internet, and it looks a bit like this: Yun Dae-nyeong Born December 0, 1962 (1962-00-00) (age 48) Occupation Novelist Nationality South Korea Period 1962-present This is a Korean name; the family name is Yun. Yun Dae-nyeong (born 1962) (Hangul: 윤) is a South Korean writer. Life Yun Dae-nyeong was…
Yun Daenyoeng’s “Between Heaven and Earth,” which I really wasn’t fond of when I reviewed it on KTLIT, is available free online from the irreplaceable Brother Anthony. If you’d like to take a look at something I completely couldn’t understand,^^ feel free to have a look.
“Between Heaven and Earth” is one of the few Jimoondang non-pundan munhak publications that I really can’t recommend.