Are Books Dead: Implications for Korean Translation (Part II and Partial Mailbag)?

In response to Part I of this series – The Guardian asks, “Are books dead?” If so, what that might mean for Korean literature: Part I – reader and author David Wills replies with a bit more optimism than the Guardian could muster. David is the author of a book about Korea, or more appropriately…

The Guardian asks, “Are books dead?” If so, what that might mean for Korean literature: Part I

A very interesting post in the Guardian entitled Are books dead, and can authors survive? In short, it argues that books are likely dead, an argument that I agree with in parts, and that “authors” as a kind of hallowed creature, will certainly decline, if not disappear. The author, Ewan Morrison, is clearly in a great…