Pak Kyongni et al / 박경리 / 2005 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

金家富甲一方,兄长奉济是当地官营药店的主人,他性情儒雅,一派儒生风度;与兄长的性情相反,兄弟奉龙性格粗暴,是个暴君式的人物,他杀死了思慕自己妻子的郁家少爷,最后不得不远走他乡,无影无踪......

Pak Kyongni et al / 박경리 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

Hong Sung-won et al / 홍성원 / 2003 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)

本书收集了洪盛源的“南道纪行”、“雪原”、“宁静的莽林”等九篇具有代表性的短篇小说。这些作品题材新颖、文学朴素简练,让读者从一个侧面了解到韩国社会的现状。

Kang Kyung-ae et al / 강경애 et al / 1983 / -

Jung Yeonhi et al / 정연희 et al / 1993 / -

The Korean War and its aftermath serve as the backdrop for the six selections showcased in this collection offering the reader a rarely-glimpsed view of Korean life. Each of the authors represented here has been the recipient of the prestigious Korean People’s Literary Award . Their work focuses on ordinary Korean people and the impact of the war on their lives. https://www.amazon.com/Snowy-Road-Other-Stories-Anthology/dp/1877727199

Pak Kyongni et al / 박경리 / 2004 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Songsu Kim is orphaned when his father runs away from home and his mother takes poison. He is raised by his uncle, who chooses for him Punshi to be his wife. Together they have five daughters, all of whom lead cursed lives - the eldest is accused of infanticide; the second has a failed love affair; the third goes insane in her shameless pursuit of personal happiness; and the fourth has a grave accident at sea. Born in 1926, Park Kyong-ni is one of the most accomplished writers in Korea, best known for her voluminous novel Land (1994).

Pak Kyongni et al / 박경리 / 1996 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social

A novel of Korea dealing with a rebellion against the Japanese occupation early this century. Through the eyes of nobles and peasants is seen the conflict between nationalists who want to fight and conservative supporters of the status quo. The novel was made into a TV serial.     https://www.worldcat.org/title/land-a-novel/oclc/32347066&referer=brief_results

Jo Jung-Rae et al / 조정래 / 1997 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

In this work, the smoldering hatred of the Korean War period resurfaces decades later in the form of a ruthless quest for justice. The main character, a successful Seoul businessman, has a secret past: unknown to his wife and son, he once led another life under another name as a ruthless communist partisan. After a lifelong search, the son of one of his wartime victims discovers his true identity, then proceeds calmly and deliberately to exact a terrible revenge.  Playing With Fire was awarded the prestigious Korean National Literature Prize upon its publication in 1982. Cho Chong-Rae's novella "Land of Exile" appeared in English translation in 1992. Cho subsequently published the immensely popular ten-volume historical novel The Taebaek Mountains (Taebaek Sanmaek), which sold millions in Korea in the late 1980s and was successfully adapted into a film. In the 1990s Cho continued his success with Arirang, another ten-volume roman fleuve set in the period of Japan's occupation of Korea.     http://www.amazon.ca/Playing-Fire-Cho-Chong-Rae/dp/1885445652/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437723218&sr=1-1&keywords=1885445652

Jo Jung-Rae et al / 조정래 / 2001 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story

Choi Chung-Hui et al / 최정희 et al / 2002 / -

The stories in this collection are written by twelve Korean women writers whose experience, insight, and writing skill make them truly representative of Korean fiction at its best. "The Rooster" is a comical revelation of an old man who accepts the truth that Man and Nature revolve around the same immutable natural law. In "The Fragment," refugees who flee to Pusan during the Korean War suffer the unspeakable squalor and despair when jammed in a warehouse. "The Young Elm Tree" tells the story of a high school girl who falls in love with the son of her mother's new husband. What all these twelve writers share in common is a keen eye that penetrates into the lives of Korean women from the early part of the 20th century to the present. THE AUTHORS Authors included fall into two groups-those born during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945) and those born after 1945. All the eight authors in the first group experienced the Second World War in childhood and the Korean War as adults. They saw pain, hardship, and death, but they observed courage, resilience, humor, and love even in the most dire times. The four younger writers are active creators of works that have won top literary awards. Their fresh new look at life, their bold experimental style, and their refreshing voices are a reflection of their generation. THE TRANSLATOR Dr. Jin-Young Choi is Professor of English at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. She has translated two novels, numerous short stories and tales. Her Saturday columns in The Korea Herald were collected into one volume form One Woman's Way. All of her translated short stories were published in Korean Literature Today. https://www.amazon.com/Unspoken-Voices-Selected-Stories-Writers/dp/1931907064