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,…
There is no better time than now to begin to read modern Korean literature. It’s many talented authors write in myriad genres and in the past 25 years have begun to skillfully meld innately Korean history and culture to stories with international appeal.
A reader asks about humorous translations of Korean literature (LOL, by which I actually mean translations of Korean humorous literature, not translations that make us laugh). As I make my list of translations of this kind of literature, I note how short it is. My list is complete at only five stories and in all…
The Portable Library of Korean Literature • Short Fiction • 14 • Jimoondang Publishing • Seoul I read my first stories of Kim Yu-Jeong while concurrently reading the essay Extravagance and Authenticity by Kim Uchang. This proved an interesting set of readings as the essay and the stories focus on romantic love. Kim Uchang’s essay…