When I was fifteen, my parents returned to South Korea and left me behind with my brother in America. My mother started writing me letters in Korean, a language I could not fully understand at the time. Over a decade after she wrote me, I translated her letters into English. In one letter, she writes: …
Whether The Story of Hong Gildong is the oldest extant Korean prose fiction or the second oldest, whether it was written by poet and statesman Heo Gyun (1569-1618) about a real bandit or whether it’s popular fiction by an anonymous commoner in the second half of the 19th century matters greatly to some. Not so …
History enthusiasts – have I got a book for you! I believe I’m in great company in knowing very little about the Korean war. Blaine Harden, author of the NYT best seller Escape from Camp 14, has penned an absolutely fascinating and enlightening book that will both startle and mesmerize you. Using the individual stories …
