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Tag Archives: The Place where the Harmonium Was

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Review: Shin Kyung-sook’s The Place Where the Harmonium Was

Shin Kyung-sook’s Where the Harmonium Was is an excellent short story that  could be recommended to almost anyone. Published in 1993 it tells the story of a woman who is haunted by 10 days of her life when she was “six or seven”, the 10 days, after her mother deserted the family that another woman,…

7 March, 2013 in Korean Literature.

Asia Publishers puts out a massive collection of retreads :-(

The Korea Herald notes that Asia Publishers has just put out a 15-volume bilingual Korean literature series, titled Bi-lingual Edition Modern Korean Literature. But it seems to feature all the usual suspects and previously translated works. Really? This is getting past ridiculous. I suppose the defense will be that this volume is for “Korean Studies” courses,…

27 July, 2012 in Korean Literature, Korean Translation.

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