Some Things from London Korean Links

KTLIT follows some literary links from the London Korean Links site

Kim Young-Ha’s “Your Republic is Calling You” a Review

“Your Republic is Calling You” is taut, engaging, ironic, scathing, brutal and resigned in turns.

Kim Young-ha’s Works Available in English

All the known translations of Kim Young-ha, including several available online.

Cool “Video Trailer” for Kim Young-ha’s “Your Republic is Calling You”

Something I’d never heard of before, a Video Trailer on YouTube for Kim Young-ha’s “Your Republic is Calling You”: This will be a totally cool thing to see for other books.. I wonder who thought this one up and how long it will be before Amazon.com will show them? ^^ . . . . .…

A Rave Review for “Your Empire Is Calling You” at 10 Magazine

And I should know, because I wrote it. The review is here on the 10 Mag site. By the way, if you like Korean literature, you should probably subscribe to 10 Mag as it is the only English monthly magazine in Korea that covers Korean literature. That’s kind of weird, but there you have it.…

My Meeting with Kim Young-ha

Kim Young-ha is slender, surprisingly youthful and was extremely polite. His English is excellent. He was with his wife…..

Reviews of “Your Republic is Calling You” Already Sneaking Out.

Two reviews of Kim Young-ha’s Your Republic is Calling You are out, one lukewarm, the other wildly laudatory.

Interesting Interview with Kim Young-ha

Interesting Interview with Kim Young-ha in Yonhap

A Radical Proposal – Translate Names, Don’t Romanize?

Being one of the luckiest men in Seoul, I am reading an advance copy of Kim Young-ha’s “Your Republic is Calling You.” I’m about 100 pages in and it is already brilliant (this is the time I get scared that the author will lose steam, or has a cruddy ending in mind. Oh well). It…