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Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction, Expanded Edition
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Description: Since its original publication in 1993, this powerful collection has served as a vivid gateway to the history, society, and culture of contemporary South Korea, reflecting the poignant motif of exile in Korea's experience of modernity.
This new edition has been expanded to include four new stories--"Scarlet Fingernails" (1987) by Kim Minsuk; "The Last of Hanak'o" (1992) by Ch'oe Yun, one of Korea's most important living writers; "Conviction" (2003) by Ch'oe Such'ol; and "From Powder to Powder" (2004) by Kim Hun--adding two important women's voices and extending the anthology's range into the new millennium. None of the stories in this expanded edition remains in print in any other volume, and "Conviction" and "From Powder to Powder" appear here in English for the first time.
Selected Contents:
Preface to the Expanded Edition
Introduction
The Wife and Children (Ch'oja, 1948), Ch'ae Manshik
The Post Horse Curse (Yongma, 1948), Kim Tongni
Mountains (San, 1956), Hwang Sunwon
Kapitan Ri (Kkoppittan Ri, 1962), Cohn Kwangyong
Seoul: 1964, Winter (Soul, 1964 nyon kyoul, 1965), Kim Sungok
The Boozer (Sulkkun, 1970), Ch'oe Inho
A Dream of Good Fortune (Twaeji kkum, 1973), Hwang Sogyong
Winter Outing (Kyoul naduri, 1975), Pak Wanso
The Man Who Was Left as Nine Pairs of Shoes (Ahop k'yolle ui kudu ro namun sanae, 1977), Yun Hunggil
Land of Exile (Yuhyong ui ttang, 1981), Cho Chongnae
The Bronze Mirror (Tonggyong, 1982), O Chonghui
A Shared Journey (Tonghaeng, 1984), Im Ch'oru
Scarlet Fingernails (Pongsunga kkonmul, 1987), Kim Minsuk
The Last of Hanak'o (Hanak'o nun opta, 1992), Ch'oe Yun
Conviction (Hwakshin, 2003), Ch'oe Such'ol
From Powder to Powder (Hwajang, 2004), Kim Hun
Suggestions for Further Reading
Comment(s): "The expanded edition of Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction offers English-speaking readers the richest, most comprehensive selection of postcolonial South Korean short fiction currently available. Ranging from the postliberation texts of writers active during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945) to newly included contemporary work by a younger generation of writers confronting new forms of exile and alienation in postmodern South Korea, Land of Exile is an invaluable resource as a textbook, as well as for anyone seeking a window to the complexity and diversity of post-1945 South Korean literature and society." -- Theodore Hughes, Columbia University
"Praise for the previous edition: Translation is elegantly done, and the brief biographical entry to each author provides a useful guideline for the selected works, together with their sociopolitical contexts. ...highly recommended to those readers who are eager to read contemporary Korean fiction in quality English translations." -- Pacific Affairs, 02/15/1995
"By the end of this book, one has a genuine sense of what everyday Korea is like. Land of Exile is a solid anthology, well translated, thoughtfully assembled, and worth every hour devoted to reading its pages." -- Manoa--A Pacific Journal of International Writing, 03/18/1995
Review(s): These stories suggest an alienation not entirely unfamiliar to American readers, but infused with a powerful cultural strain that ought not be ignored. Kitsap Sun
Marshall R. Pihl and Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton bring a lifetime of translation and Korean cultural studies to the table, with a memorable array of impressions and emotions. Northwest Asian Weekly, Vol.27, No.3
The text is smooth and elegantly idiomatic while the essentially Korean nature of the works shines through clearly. ... The editors have done an outstanding job choosing stories that will engage western readers. ...the upgrade to Land of Exile is substantial and impressive. Acta Koreana
    
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