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Times like this are no good. They’re too distant from the root cause. I think I was a weaver in a factory a hundred years ago. Maybe a handweaver for hire a thousand years ago. I’m now weaving things that aren’t easily woven. Language? What language? I fail each time. When I fail, I can…
‘K-포엣’ 시리즈 열네 번째는 유형진의 신작 시선집 『마트료시카 시침핀 연구회』다. ‘K-포엣’ 시리즈에서는 처음 선보이는 연작시집이며, 유형진은 “이 연작시들은 모두 2016년 가을부터 모이게 된 광화문 광장의 사람들에게 빚지고 있다”고 말한다. 박동억 문학평론가는 “유형진의 시는 마트료시카의 존재 방식과 닮아있다”며, “여러 겹의 환상으로 이루어진 세계를 구상하는 작업”이 바로 유형진만의 시 세계라고 평한다. 유형진은 ‘환상’으로 만들어진 찰나의 순간들을 ‘시침핀’으로…
Pak Chiwon diarizes the experiences of his remarkable overland journey on horseback from the northern border region of Korea to China’s imperial summer residence in Jehol. Having been commanded by King Chongjo, the Korean monarch, to undertake the journey, Pak accompanied the royal envoys in 1780 on their tributary visit to the Chinese Emperor Qianlong,…
“”Admonitions on Governing the People” is the most highly regarded and celebrated work by one of Korea’s most creative thinkers. This carefully translated English language edition will be widely consulted by serious scholars of Korean intellectual history.”–Mark Setton, author of “Chong Yagyong: Korea’s Challenge to Orthodox Neo-Confucianism”
A Moment s Grace presents short stories that depict the core of the process of Korea s modernization, from Liberation in 1945 to the Seoul Olympics in 1988. The stories here provide a view of the process through the eyes of ordinary people as they were affected by the historical and social forces that formed…
