Lee Min Jin et al / 이민진 / 2017 / -

A New York Times Top Ten Book of the Year and National Book Award finalist, Pachinko is an "extraordinary epic" of four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family as they fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan (San Francisco Chronicle). NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2017 * A USA TODAY TOP TEN OF 2017 * JULY PICK FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR-NEW YORK TIMES BOOK CLUB NOW READ THIS * FINALIST FOR THE 2018DAYTON LITERARY PEACE PRIZE* WINNER OF THE MEDICI BOOK CLUB PRIZE Roxane Gay's Favorite Book of 2017, Washington Post NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * #1 BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER * WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER * WASHINGTON POST BESTSELLER "There could only be a few winners, and a lot of losers. And yet we played on, because we had hope that we might be the lucky ones." In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja, the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant—and that her lover is married—she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son's powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations. Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan's finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee's complex and passionate characters—strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis—survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history. *Includes reading group guide* Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/B92D0B34-D678-4F54-A411-5C3875385DE1

Hwang Sok-yong / 황석영 / 2017 / -

Seoul. On the outskirts of South Korea's glittering metropolis is a place few people know about: a vast landfill site called Flower Island. Home to those driven from the city by poverty, is it here that 14-year-old Bugeye and his mother arrive, following his father's internment in a government 're-education camp'. Living in a shack and supporting himself by weeding recyclables out of the refuse, at first Bugeye's life on Flower Island is hard. But then one night he notices mysterious lights around the landfill. And when the ancient spirits that still inhabit the island's landscape reveal themselves to him, Bugeye's luck begins to change – but can it last? Vibrant and enchanting, Familiar Things depicts a society on the edge of dizzying economic and social change, and is a haunting reminder to us all to be careful of what we throw away. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/3267060

Han Kang / 한강 / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Gwangju, South Korea, 1980. In the wake of a viciously suppressed student uprising, a boy searches for his friend's corpse, a consciousness searches for its abandoned body, and a brutalised country searches for a voice. In a sequence of interconnected chapters the victims and the bereaved encounter censorship, denial, forgiveness and the echoing agony of the original trauma. Human Acts is a universal book, utterly modern and profoundly timeless. Already a controversial bestseller and award-winning book in Korea, it confirms Han Kang as a writer of immense importance. source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/2475613?cid=37224

Baek Se Hee et al / 백세희 / 2024 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Essay > 21st century

The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize–shortlisted Anton Hur When Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist, her hope was to create a reference for herself. She never imagined she would reach so many people, especially young people, with her reflections. I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki became a runaway bestseller in South Korea, Indonesia, and the U.S., and reached a community of readers who appreciated depression and anxiety being discussed with such intimacy. Baek's struggle with dysthymia continues in I Want to Die but I Still Want to Eat Tteokbokki. And healing is a difficult process; the inner conflict she experiences in treatment becomes more complex, more challenging. With this second book, Baek Sehee reaches out to hold the hands of all those for whom grappling with everyday despair is part of a lifelong project, part of the journey.

Sohn Won-pyung et al / 손원평 / 2024 / -

El mayor fenómeno de la novela coreana, ahora en una nueva edición ilustrada. ¿CÓMO LLORAN LAS PERSONAS QUE NO PUEDEN SENTIR NADA? «La última sensación de la literatura surcoreana.» La Vanguardia «La propuesta de Sohn es realmente original y potente, y aunque el protagonista no las sienta, es una obra cargada de emociones.» El País «A través de la historia de un adolescente diagnosticado con alexitimia, la autora coreana Won-Pyung Sohn reflexiona sobre el complejo mundo de las emociones y la dificultad de comunicarnos a través de ellas de forma adecuada.» Vogue Yunjae está en la edad de las emociones desbordadas, el amor y la rabia. Pero sufre alexitimia —las amígdalas de su cerebro son pequeñas, más pequeñas que una almendra— y por eso es incapaz de sentir nada. Ha aprendido a pasar desapercibido con la ayuda de su madre y de su abuela, con quienes vive en un pequeño piso decorado a base de coloridas notas adhesivas que le recuerdan cuándo debe sonreír y cuándo decir «gracias». Su vida da un vuelco en Nochebuena, el día de su cumpleaños, cuando un violento acontecimiento destroza su mundo y lo condena a vivir solo, sin deseo de derramar una lágrima, sin tristeza ni felicidad. Las personas menos pensadas serán las que quiebren su soledad y le tiendan la mano: una compañera del colegio, un antiguo amigo de su madre... y Goni, un adolescente abusón y problemático con el que Yunjae desarrolla un vínculo muy especial. Gracias a ellos descubrirá cómo el amor, la amistad y la perseverancia pueden cambiar una vida para siempre. EL GRAN FENÓMENO DE LA LITERATURA COREANA Incluye ilustraciones a todo color a cargo de Gema Vadillo, autora de Shizein y la ciudad donde ya no sale el sol y de El amarillo no existe. source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/10655499