Secret Agency-less Men: Part III
Shamanism was one of the first powerful forces to mold Korean society, and it has left its mark on Korean literature.
Shamanism was one of the first powerful forces to mold Korean society, and it has left its mark on Korean literature.
Reading an introduction to a collection of Korean short stories, I was struck by the introduction in which the editor attempted to explain why Korean fiction was sometimes unsatisfying for Western readers. His argument, essentially, focused on style, which I thought was a bit shallow, but he did mention something that I had already noted…