Un Su Kim: 벗 캐비닛 (The Cabinet)
The latest addition to my website is Un Su Kim's 벗 캐비닛 (The Cabinet). This is a wildly inventive novel, telling of Deok-geun Kong, a South Korean office worker, who…
Choi Jin-young : 해가 지는 곳으로 (To the Warm Horizon)
The latest addition to my website is Choi Jin-young's 해가 지는 곳으로 (To the Warm Horizon). This is the first full-blown pandemic novel I have read since covid but do…
Yun Ko-eun: 밤의 여행자들 (The Disaster Tourist)
The latest addition to my website is Yun Ko-eun's 밤의 여행자들 (The Disaster Tourist). Yona works for Jungle, a Korean disaster tourism company. When she has problems at work with…
Hye Young-Pyun: 선의 법칙 (The Law of Lines)
The latest addition to my website is Hye Young-Pyun's 선의 법칙 (The Law of Lines). This is another first-class novel from the South Korean writer. It tells the tales of…
Kim Sagwa: 나b책 (b, Book and Me)
The latest addition to my website is Kim Sagwa's 나b책 (b, Book and Me). The novel tells the story of three Korean misfits, b, Book and Rang (the me of…
Hwang Sok-yong: 해질무렵 (At Dusk)
The latest addition to my website is Hwang Sok-yong's 해질무렵 (At Dusk). This is a superb book about an architect who, though successful, is a bit lost in his life,…
Hye Young-Pyun: 재와 빨강 (City of Ash and Red)
The latest addition to my website is Hye Young-Pyun's 재와 빨강 (City of Ash and Red). This a grim Kafkaesque story about an unnamed man from an unnamed country, who…
Yi Mun-Yol: 아우와의만남 (An Appointment with My Brother; later: Meeting with My Brother)
The latest addition to my website is Yi Mun-Yol's 아우와의만남 (An Appointment with My Brother; later: Meeting with My Brother), a new translation of a book that was previously published…
Hwang Jungeun: 百의 그림자 (One Hundred Shadows)
The latest addition to my website is Hwang Jungeun's 百의 그림자 (One Hundred Shadows). This is a very original work, which has had considerable success in South Korea, about very…
Han Kang: 소년이 온다 (Human Acts)
The latest addition to my website is Han Kang's 소년이 온다 (Human Acts). This novel concerns the Gwangju Uprising of May 1980 against the military dictatorship of Chun Doo-hwan. Han…