(NOTE: You can also follow KTLIT on Twitter @ktlit) TONGUE by Jo Kyung Ran (the author’s preferred Romanization), begins with a broken relationship; a 7 years’ relationship ends and the narrator loses her connection to food, up to and including her sense of taste. Unusually, however, for Korean fiction, it does not have any scenes in…
Here we are again! You’ll notice we continue to tweak the set so as to finally make it perfect for Stephane at Seoul Village! Because Jo Kyung Ran spoke at the 10 Magazine Book Club, we made her our first topic and discussed her 4 books in English: • Tongue • Looking For the Elephant…
It was a packed house at Haechi Hall for a question and answer session with Korean author Jo Kyung-ran (Tongue, and I Live in Bongcheon-dong). Korean-American author Krys Lee (Drifting House) moderated and a great time was had by all! I managed to get two books autographed And then we had dinner with luminaries (as well…
Two reviews of Kim Young-ha’s Your Republic is Calling You are out, one lukewarm, the other wildly laudatory.
Chi-Young Kim, Kim Young-ha, Lee Dong-Ha, North Korea, Yi Mun-yol, Kyung-ran Jo,I Have the Right to Destroy Myself, Tongue, Toy City. All in one splendid mess!