The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories

A revelatory and richly varied collection of Korea’s greatest short stories A Penguin Classic This eclectic,movingand wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Korea’s dramatic twentieth centuryfrom the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating war between North and South and the rapiddisorienting urbanization of later decadesThe Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories captures a hundred years of Korea’s vibrant short-story tradition. Here are peddlers and donkeys traveling 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 writersincluding Pak WansoO Chonghuiand Cho Chongnaeas well as many brilliant contemporary voicessuch as P’yon HyeyongHan Yujooand Kim Aeran. Curated by Bruce Fultonthis is a volume that will surpriseunsettleand delight.