Kim Chiwon et al / 김지원 et al / 1997 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Eight stories by Korean writers. In The Last of Hanak O, the male narrator muses on why he is both drawn to and frightened by a college girlfriend, in Almaden, a Korean immigrant to New York tries to understand her obsession with a customer to her liquor store, and Scarlet Fingernails is on a family's reaction to a Communist defector.     https://www.worldcat.org/title/wayfarer-new-fiction-by-korean-women/oclc/35822519&referer=brief_results

Hyun Jin-geon et al / 현진건 et al / 2005 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection & Library (more than 2 writers)

To represent the past century of Korean fiction, this definitive collection extends beyond familiar writers, challenges cultural norms, and crosses political borders. By inlcuding stories from neglected female, North Korean, and wolbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged works together with experimental ones, this anthology articulates the ruptures and resolutions that have makred the peninsula. From sketches of desperate peasants in straitened circumstances to fast-moving, visceral tales of contemporary South Korea, the works in this collection bear witness to the dramatic transformations and events in twentieth-century Korean history, including Japanese colonial rule, civil war, and economic modernization in the South. The writers explore these developments through a variety of literary and political lenses, revealing wtih precision and poignancy their impact on Korean society and the lives of ordinary Koreans. This anthology includes an introduction, which synthesizes the key developments in modern Korean literature, and a comprehensive bibliography of Korean fiction in translation   http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Korean-Fiction-Bruce-Fulton/dp/0231135130/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1437532411&sr=1-1&keywords=0231135130&pebp=1437532414313&perid=141FNT9TFYXDV5YFBXBV

Yi Kwang-Su et al / 이광수 et al / 1998 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection & Library (more than 2 writers)

This anthology of short stories reflects the writers’ shared core experience of Korea’s trajectory from an inward-looking feudal state, through Japanese colony and battle-ground for the Korean War, to a modernizing society. Three stories have been added to the original edition. Source : https://londonkoreanlinks.net/book_item/the-rainy-spell-and-other-korean-stories/

Yi Mun-Yol et al / 이문열 et al / 1999 / -

A collection of seven short stories providing a picture of Korean family life in the 1940s to the 1990s. Their themes include family and community ties, respect for tradition, survival in the face of repeated national disasters, and wrenching social upheaval.   https://www.amazon.in/Golden-Phoenix-Contemporary-Korean-Stories/dp/089410862X

Choe Yun et al / 최윤 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story

Ch'oe Yun is a Korean author known for her breathtaking versatility, subversion of authority, and bold exploration of the inner life. Readers celebrate her creative play with fantasy and admire her deep engagement with trauma, history, and the vagaries of remembrance. In this collection's title work, There a Petal Silently Falls, Ch'oe explores both the genesis and the aftershocks of historical outrages such as the Kwangju Massacre of 1980, in which a reported 2,000 civilians were killed for protesting government military rule. The novella follows the wanderings of a girl traumatized by her mother's murder and strikes home the injustice of state-sanctioned violence against men and especially women. "Whisper Yet" illuminates the harsh treatment of leftist intellectuals during the years of national division, at the same time offering the hope of reconciliation between ideological enemies. The third story, "The Thirteen-Scent Flower," satirizes consumerism and academic rivalries by focusing on a young man and woman who engender an exotic flower that is coveted far and wide for its various fragrances. Elegantly crafted and quietly moving, Ch'oe Yun's stories are among the most incisive portrayals of the psychological and spiritual reality of post-World War II Korea. Her fiction, which began to appear in the late 1980s, represents a turn toward a more experimental, deconstructionist, and postmodern Korean style of writing, and offers a new focus on the role of gender in the making of Korean history.     Source: http://www.amazon.com/There-Petal-Silently-Falls-Weatherhead/dp/023114296X

Choe Yun et al / 최윤 / 2003 / -

Choe Yun et al / 최윤 / 1999 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Une jeune femme a tout abandonné en quelques jours. Sa soeur jumelle lui parle, à moins qu'elle ne se parle à elle-même, par un jeu de miroirs. Elle semble broyée, contaminée par les règles de leur pays, par la mélancolie issue d'un bonheur castré. Dans un second récit plus long, l'auteur se révèle. Ses fragments autobiographiques s'appuient sur des mots, catalyseurs de mémoire et de nostalgie...   Source: http://books.google.co.kr/books/about/Poétique_de_la_soif.html?id=_8SVAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y  

Choe Yun et al / 최윤 / 2000 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Short Story

De la terrible répression qui a ensanglanté la ville de Kwangju en 1979, la romancière tire un récit à plusieurs voix dont la modernité souligne la dimension tragique.   Source: http://www.actes-sud.fr/catalogue/romans-nouvelles-et-recits/la-bas-sans-bruit-tombe-un-petale

Choe Yun et al / 최윤 / 2002 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Aux yeux d'un Occidental, Séoul n'est ni une ville de charme ni un haut lieu du tourisme, ni une de ces métropoles modernes que le cinéma ou les livres de voyage nous ont préalablement rendues familières. La langue qu'on y parle, et qui s'inscrit sur ses enseignes, nous est énigmatique. La ville expose quelques richesses, mais en dissimule bien d'autres. Pour découvrir Séoul, pour la comprendre, il vaut mieux user de ce singulier sauf-conduit : la littérature. Telle est la voie qu'adopte ce " Passeport ". A mi-chemin entre guide de voyage et anthologie littéraire, le visiteur y trouvera autant d'informations subjectives que de renseignements d'ordre pratique. Dire Séoul, la raconter, c'est d'abord évoquer, par le poème, par la nouvelle, les sentiments mêlés que suscitent le gigantisme urbain, le dynamisme immobilier et démographique, la cherté de la vie. Mais c'est aussi décrire les échappatoires, les pratiques sociales ou religieuses, l'évolution des relations hommes/femmes. Révéler, donc, dans les interstices de la promenade touristique, cette vérité immatérielle : comment les Séouliens vivent leur ville.   Source: http://books.google.co.kr/books/about/Passeport_pour_Séoul.html?id=W_5XAAAACAAJ&redir_esc=y  

Kyung Ran et al / 조경란 et al / 2002 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century