I go to Gyeongju and visit the Pak Mok-wol and Kim Dong-ni Literary House. Along the way I go to several temples, a sea-burial site of an ancient Korean King, and much more. You can watch live at 1 pm Seoul Time, 4 am GMT, 11 pm EST and 8pm in California. Watch live here: http://www.arirang.co.kr/Player/TV_Live.asp?code=TVonAir…
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,…
As part of the “All Modern Korean Literature in Translation Online” project KTLIT has some new authors and works available (they are also in the big database at the link above): Ch’oe In-Hun A Sonata of Lost Spring Ch’oe Song-Yu Mountain Berries Chong Ch’ol Exile Ho Nansolhon Till her fingers cramp… Hwang Sok-Yong Mr. Han’s…
Shamanism was one of the first powerful forces to mold Korean society, and it has left its mark on Korean literature.
LOESS VALLEY And Other Korean Short Stories brings together the stories of Korean authors Kim Dong-ni and O Yong-su.
The Portable Library of Korean Literature • Short Fiction • 3 • Jimoondang Publishing • Seoul The Cry of the Magpies, By Kim Dong-Ni begins with an unusual literary conceit. The narrator tells us that what we are about to read is his retelling of a book he once came across that moved him as…