The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories (Hardcover)

Contents

Chronology
Introduction by Kwon Youngmin
Editorial Note by Bruce Fulton
Further Reading
Note on Korean Name Order and Pronunciation

Tradition

YI HYOSOK
When the Buckwheat Blooms
Translated by Kim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton

CH'AE MANSHIK
A Man Called Hungbo
Translated by Ross King and Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

CHU YOSOP
Mama and the Boarder
Translated by Kim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton

YI MUNYOL
The Old Hatter
Translated by Suh Ji-moon

KIM TAEYONG
Pig on Grass
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

WOMEN AND MEN

PAK T'AEWON
A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist
Translated by Sunyoung Park in collaboration with Jefferson J.A. Gatrall and Kevin O'Rourke

KIM YUJONG
Spicebush Blossoms
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

CH'OE YUN
The Last of Hank'o
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

HONG SOKCHUNG
A chapter from Hwang Chini
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

CH'ON UNYONG
Needlework
Translated by Na-Young Bae and Bruce Fulton

PEACE AND WAR

HWANG SUNWON
Time for You and Me
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

PAK WANSO
Winter Outing
Translated by Marshall R. Pihl

CHO CHONGNAE
Land of Exile
Translated by Marshall R. Pihl

HELL CHOSON

YI SANG
Wings
Translated by Kevin O'Rourke

KIM SUNGOK
Seoul: Winter 1964
Translated by Marshall R. Pihl

O CHONGHUI
Wayfarer
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

KYUNG-SOOK SHIN
House on the Prairie
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

P'YON HYEYONG
The First Anniversary
Translated by Cindy Chen with Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

CHOI SUCHOL
River Dark
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

INTO THE NEW WORLD

CH'OE INHO
The Poplar Tree
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

HWANG CHONGUN
The Bone Thief
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

JUNG YOUNG MOON
Home on the Range
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

KIM CHUNGHYOK
The Glass Shield
Translated by Kevin O'Rourke

HAN YUJOO
Black-and-White Photographer
Translated by Janet Hong

KIM AERAN
The Future of Silence
Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton

Glossary
Notes
Map of the Korean Peninsula
Permissions