Death, to put it indelicately, has worked for artists before – re-emerging artists into the public eye, and re-invigorating sales of back titles. So while it was very sad to note the passing of Kim Moon-Soo on November 5th, the author of the very excellent Chronicles of Manchwidang, I hoped that some of the press…
It is with regret that KTLIT notes the passing of Korean author Kim Moon-soo, who wrote the awesome (a literary term I seldom use^^) The Chronicle of Manchwidang, a clever and often funny reflection on the costs of modernization. As far as I can tell from the obituaries in Korean, Kim passed away on either…
This is another way (other than that link you see on the right: Where to Start in Korean Modern Fiction) to gain a quick understanding of Korean Modern Literature. That way is to collect the books in the excellent LTI Korea / Jimoondang collaborative series The Portable Library of Korean Fiction. These books are now,…
There is no better time than now to begin to read modern Korean literature. It’s many talented authors write in myriad genres and in the past 25 years have begun to skillfully meld innately Korean history and culture to stories with international appeal.
The Chronicle of Manchwidang, by Kim Moon Soo, is one of the funniest, if not the funniest, translated Korean stories.