These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s–2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families,...

Memorias de una niña de la guerra narra las penalidades de una niña coreana, padecidas en el curso de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y de la guerra fratriciada por la que debió pasar su país entre 1950 y 1953. Alimentada por los recuerdos de su niñez y de su primera juventud, la autora contrapone la...

Well before her death in 2011, Park Wan-Suh had established herself as a canonical figure in Korean literature. Her work—often based upon her own personal experiences, and showing keen insight into divisive social issues from the Korean partition to the position of women in Korean society—has...

Книга «Очень одинокий человек» — седьмой сборник рассказов писательницы, названной крестной матерью современной корейской литературы. Как пишет сама Пак Вансо в своем предисловии: «С точки зрения...

Аннотация к книге "Действительно ли была та гора?" Этот роман - история жизни одной девушки, глазами которой мы видим события, происшедшие во время корейской войны (1950-1953), которые показывают нам...

This book is about a coming of age of a young woman trapped in a war-torn city of Seoul with her family in the 1950s. It’s an educational and a fascinating read about the Korean War. Not much...

Theo bình luận của báo Kinh tế Seoul: “Thời đại đã thay đổi. Số người già tăng đột biến và không thể coi nhẹ trình độ cũng như tiềm năng kinh tế của đối tượng này. Việc tầng lớp thanh niên và trung...

Park Wansuh was born in 1931. She appeared on the literary scene in 1970 at the rather late age of forty, but has been pursuing an extremely active writing career ever since. Now, at the age of seventy-seven, she is one of the oldest writers in Korea. She has written novels in diverse genres...

Park Wansuh was an outstanding storyteller and prolific writer who filled Korean literature with spirit and vigor. Park’s novels are characterized by her straightforward and penetrating style. Her style, which is like a skillful weaving of boldness and sensitivity makes readers feel as if they...

Park Wansuh’s autobiographical novel Who Ate Up All the Shinga? offers an intriguing and highly personalized insight into one of the most turbulent periods in modern Korean history, and for this reason alone this translation is a highly welcome addition to the growing number of Korean literary...