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'An ever-surprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come' Literary Review
This eclectic, moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea's dramatic twentieth century, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating war between North and South and the rapid, disorienting urbanization of later decades, The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories captures a hundred years of Korea's vibrant short-story tradition.
Here are peddlers and donkeys travelling across moonlit fields; artists drinking and debating in the tea-houses of 1920s Seoul; soldiers fighting for survival; exiles from the war who can never go home again; and lonely men and women searching for connection in the dizzying modern city. The collection features stories by some of Korea's greatest writers, including Pak Wanso, O Chonghui and Cho Chongnae, as well as many brilliant contemporary voices, such as P'yon Hyeyong, Han Yujoo and Kim Aeran. Curated by Bruce Fulton, this is a volume that will surprise, unsettle and delight.
Edited by Bruce Fulton
With an introduction by Kwon Youngmin
Contents
Chronology
Introduction by Kwon Youngmin
Editorial Note by Bruce Fulton
Further Reading
Note on Korean Name Order and Pronunciation
TRADITION
Yi Hyosŏk
When The Buckwheat Blooms
Translated by Kim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton
Ch'ae Manshik
A Man Called Hŭngbo
Translated by Ross King and Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Chu Yosŏp
Mama and the Boarder
Translated by Kim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton
Yi Munyŏl
The Old Hatter
Translated by Suh Ji-Moon
Kim Taeyong
Pig on Grass
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
WOMEN AND MEN
Pak T'aewŏn
A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist
Translated by Sunyoung Park in collaboration with Jefferson J.A. Gatrall and Kevin O'Rourke
Kim Yujŏng
Spicebush Blossoms
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Ch'oe Yun
The Last of Hanak'o
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Hong Sŏkchung
A chapter from Hwang Chini
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Ch'ŏn Unyŏng
Needlework
Translated by Na-Young Bae and Bruce Fulton
PEACE AND WAR
Hwang Sunwŏn
Time for You and Me
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Pak Wansŏ
Winter Outing
Translated by Marshall R. Pihl
Cho Chŏngnae
Land of Exile
Translated by Marshall R. Pihl
HELL CHOSŎN
Yi Sang
Wings
Translated by Kevin O'Rourke
Kim Sŭngok
Seoul: Winter 1964
Translated by Marshall R. Pihl
O Chŏnghŭi
Wayfarer
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Kyung-sook Shin
House on the Prairie
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
P'yŏn Hyeyŏng
The First Anniversary
Translated by Cindy Chen with Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Choi Suchol
River Dark
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
INTO THE NEW WORLD
Ch'oe Inho
The Poplar Tree
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Hwang Chŏngŭn
The Bone Thief
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Jung Young Moon
Home on the Range
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Kim Chunghyŏk
The Glass Shield
Translated by Kevin O'Rourke
Han Yujoo
Black-and-White Photographer
Translated by Janet Hong
Kim Aeran
The Future of Science
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
Glossary
Notes
Map of the Korean Peninsula
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