[Audiobook/Excerpt] Downpour

2020-09-01 / II00000313

For the purpose of generating a discourse on Korean literature and introducing Korean writers and works to general readers and experts overseas, KLN publishes excerpts of translated Korean literary works. This is an excerpt from Son Bo-mi’s “Downpour”.

[Cover Feature] The Place of Hope

2022-09-07 / II00001135

This is a Cover Feature essay of KLN Vol. 57. Under the theme “The Place of Hope,” literary critic Yiso presents the interconnectedness between society and the narratives of three novels that do not ignore life’s contradictions and “barely manage to create hope”—Son Bo Mi’s A Small Neighborhood, Sim Yunkyung’s Eternal Heritage, and Lee Seo Su’s Help Me, Sister.

KLN(Korean Literature Now) Vol.65

2024-09-01 / II00001493

The theme of KLN Vol. 65 is “A Day in the Life of a Seoulite.” In the Cover Feature essays, a writer, a novelist, and an essayist discuss the issue’s theme. The Featured Writer section presents an interview with the featured writer Son Bo-mi, her short story “The Substitute Teacher,” and a critical essay on her artistic world. The Bookmark section features the short stories “Dear My Bias” by Ryu Si-eun and “Method of Mourning” by An Boyun, as well as two poems each by Ko Sunkyung and Im Yu Young. This issue also introduces an excerpt of Record of the Virtue of Queen Inhyeon, Lady Min in English. Lastly, a team of reviewers consisting of critics, writers, translators, and an editor have written reviews of five books: Dawn of Labor by Park Nohae, Counterattacks at Thirty by Won-Pyung Sohn, The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-mo, Veda (Farewell) by Kim Young-ha, and To the Warm Horizon by Choi Jin-Young.

Interview with Son Bo-mi: Parallel Worlds, Not Knowing, and the Art of Gaping

2024-09-01 / II00001495

This is an interview of Son Bo-mi, the featured writer of KLN Vol. 65. Writer and translator Janet Hong interviews Son, asking questions about her works, including her debut short story collection Bringing Them the Lindy Hop, as well as aspects of the author’s life, literary experience, and artistic world.