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THE PENGUIN BOOK OF KOREAN SHORT STORIES

'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

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