On the eve of the uprising; and other stories from colonial Korea
Showing 4721–4736 of 5446 resultsSorted by latest
-
-
A Moment’s Grace: Stories from Korean in Transition
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…
-
The long road
In-Suk Kim is one of the best of the new breed of socially- and politically-conscious writers to come out of Korea. She has an intense, internalized style of writing, with strong narrative skills. A short novel, The Long Road has many characteristics of a play, with the three main characters articulating their disappointments, disillu-sionments, anger…
-
A house on the road
“A House on the Road” features a disintegrating process of the patriarchal headship of a family, the basic pillar of Korean society, and the family members inner struggles in the process against the backdrop of political turmoil in the 1970s and the 1980s. The novel also features Korean womens life that had to undergo sacrifice…
-
-
I Drift on Unknown Waters in a Glass Boat
I Drift on Unknown Waters in a Glass Boat is the story of Eun-ryeong Kim, a restless, lonely young woman who moves to a small seaside town after breaking off an engagement with a man she does not love. There she is unexpectedly swept into a turbulent relationship with two men: the attractive, young poet…
-
The Cozy Path
This searingly poignant collection of seven short stories portrays the lives of characters destined to tragedy by recent events in Korean history and by the harsh realities of a capitalistic society. Author Chan Jungs prophetic imagination renders the misfortunes and anguish of his protagonists with unflinching realism and metaphysical insight. Especially, The Symphony of Sorrowful…
-
-
Until peonies bloom: the complete poems of Kim Yeong-nang
Kim Yeong-nang(1903-1950) is highly reputed in Korea for the delicate lyricism of his poems. Yet in many ways he has remained little known, even in Korea, limited to a small number of often anthologized poems. Although he was a resolute opponent of Japanese colonial rule, he did not suffer frequent imprisonment, or death, so his…
-
-
-
From Wonso Pond
“A fatherless young girl now poised to become the victim of [the landlord’s] lecherous fangs and paws,” begins one of the original newspaper teasers describing The Country and the City and the fate of its heroine Sonbi. In a plot rich with Dickensian overtones, the novel paints a vivid picture of life in what is…
-
-
-
-
SUSAEK
Susaek tells the story of a writer who, in the midst of a mid-life crisis, begins a search for his identity. As a child and encouraged by his family, Lee Su-Ho mistakenly believed that he was the child of his father s mistress. When the mistress left, Su-Ho felt abandoned by both his real mother…