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Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology
Bruce Fulton
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Description for Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology
Paperback. Presenting stories from neglected female, North Korean, and wolbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged works together with experimental ones, this anthology articulates the ruptures and resolutions that have marked the peninsula. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 574.
To represent the past century of Korean fiction, this definitive collection extends beyond familiar writers, challenges cultural norms, and crosses political borders. By inlcuding stories from neglected female, North Korean, and wolbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged works together with experimental ones, this anthology articulates the ruptures and resolutions that have makred the peninsula. From sketches of desperate peasants in straitened circumstances to fast-moving, visceral tales of contemporary South Korea, the works in this collection bear witness to the dramatic transformations ... Read more
To represent the past century of Korean fiction, this definitive collection extends beyond familiar writers, challenges cultural norms, and crosses political borders. By inlcuding stories from neglected female, North Korean, and wolbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged works together with experimental ones, this anthology articulates the ruptures and resolutions that have makred the peninsula. From sketches of desperate peasants in straitened circumstances to fast-moving, visceral tales of contemporary South Korea, the works in this collection bear witness to the dramatic transformations ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231135139
SKU
V9780231135139
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About Bruce Fulton
Bruce Fulton occupies the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia. He is coeditor of Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers, Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction, and A Ready-Made Life: Early Masters of Modern Korean Fiction.Youngmin Kwon is professor of Korean literature at Seoul National University.
Reviews for Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology
A remarkable, diverse collection of short stories.
Terry Hong Asian Week At the heart of this collection reverberates the anguished question of what is Korean... A rich variety of imaginative writing.
Wingate Packard Seattle Times This is a striking and highly readable collection of writings.
Bill Drucker Korean Quarterly The short stories in Modern Korean Fiction are ... Read more
Terry Hong Asian Week At the heart of this collection reverberates the anguished question of what is Korean... A rich variety of imaginative writing.
Wingate Packard Seattle Times This is a striking and highly readable collection of writings.
Bill Drucker Korean Quarterly The short stories in Modern Korean Fiction are ... Read more