And I GAVE a copy to Chocoballnoona! Here it is.. and it made me wonder about some of the other LTI Korea/JImoondang books, so I did a bit of research below. Kim is the most highly-priced author, but others are following The Camellias (Quite funny and quite good) and The Rainy Spell (pundan…
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,…
Choe In-ho’s Deep Blue Night is one of my favorite of the Portable Library of Korean Literature translations, partly because it’s theme is so accessible to a western reader. It is a combination of a travelogue and that most quintessential American literary form, the buddy road-trip. The story begins with a scene reminiscent of the…