韩国: 文学
A Floating City on the Water: A Novel
Author: Jang-Soon Sohn
Translator: Jin-Young Choi, Ph.D.
ISBN-13: 9781931907187
ISBN-10: 1931907188
Order No. 1026
Size: 5 � x 8 �
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pages: 178
Pub Year: 2004
Price: $14.95
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A Floating City on the Water is a novel that carves in powerful relief how ideological division between South and North Korea wreaks tragic consequences upon a family for three generations. It is also a poignant story of incest between Sujin, an older sister born and raised in South Korea and Hansuk, a younger brother born in North Korea, who meet and fall in love in Paris, and who find out much later that they are siblings of the same parents.
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A Love Song for the Earnest: Selected Poems of Shin Kyungrim
Author: Translated by Won-Chung Kim and James Han
Order No. 1037
ISBN-13: 9781931907392
ISBN-10: 1931907390
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2006
Pages: xxiv, 72
Language: English
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Price: $11.95
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For the Korean farmers of the second half of the twentieth century, Korea抯 shift from a farming to an industrial society imposed hardship on their lives. Shin Kyungrim, who understood their pain and suffering, recorded their feelings in A Love Song for the Earnest, a collection of over sixty poems that not only mirrors the lives of Korea抯 impoverished but also hopes for a brighter future to everyone in every social class. Within Shin抯 extraordinary sense of sympathy lies an innate humor and will to live, which makes his poems warm and positive. Learn More...
An Empty House: Korean-American Poetry
Editor: Dr. Yearn Hong Choi
Order No. 1053
ISBN-13: 9781931907491
ISBN-10: 1931907498
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2008
Language: English
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Page: 133
Price: $11.96
A sequel to Fragrance of Poetry, a much acclaimed poetry collection, An Empty House contains ninety-four poems by twelve Korean-American poets. It is a work that represents significant thought, effort, and collaboration. Poems in this volume show the breadth and depth of Korean-American poets� homesickness, grief, pain, and joy of life in lyricism. With nostalgia at the heart of their poetry, the poets sing the praise of the 揹ailyness of life敆small, sparkling moments that pass every day. They also share sorrows of the victims� families of the Virginia Tech rampage in April 2007 and the tragedy of the on-going war against terror.
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Cracking the Shell: Three Korean Ecopoets
Author: Seungho Choi, Chiha Kim, and Hyonjong Chong
Order No. 1038
ISBN-13: 9781931907408
ISBN-10: 1931907404
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2006
Pages: xxviii, 108
Language: English
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Price: $12.95
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This poetry anthology contains ninety poems by three prominent Korean ecopoets who write about the endangered environment and deplore its impact on nature and mankind. Seungho Choi抯 poetry is filled with explicit descriptions and pessimism that condemn the capitalist society and man抯 selfish desires, which, he believes, can ultimately ruin the ecosystem and mankind. Chiha Kim抯 somewhat-cynical poetry encourages the fulfillment of each creature抯 life through harmonious living among all living things. Hyonjong Chong抯 poetry, with the earth goddess Gaia in mind, writes about the bliss that could be found in living amicably with the ecosystem. Learn More...
The Curse of Kim's Daughters - A Novel
Author: Park Kyong-ni
Order No. 1018
ISBN-13: 9781931907101
ISBN-10: 1931907102
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2004
Pages: 320
Language: English
An intriguing and engaging novel, The Curse of Kim's Daughters takes a fascinating look at the vast evolution of the Korean society in the first half of the 20th century.
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Farmers: A Novel
Author: Lee Mu-young, Translator: Yu Young-nan
Order No. 1014
ISBN-13 9781931907088
ISBN-10: 1931907080
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2002
Pages: 210
Language: English
The year is 1894, Korea's Tonghak Uprising whose members are primarily poor farmers. In two farming villages, rumors circulate that the Tonghak army is approaching to punish the two local exploitative families. Counselor Kim is distraught over the report that Chang-soe, who left the village several years ago in the wake of a severe flogging by him, has returned as a Tonghak member. Meanwhile, Il-yang, Adviser Pak' son, falls in love with Mi-yon, the daughter of Kim, his father's archrival. One night, he is caught by a Tonghak scout and taken to a cave in the mountains where he witnesses a mass trial. When Counselor Kim faces torture, Mi-yon, disguised in men's clothing, intervenes and begs the commander of the Tonghak force for mercy.
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Father and Son: A Novel
Author: Han Sung-won, Translators: Yu Young-nan & Julie Pickering
Order No. 1010
ISBN-13: 9781931907040
ISBN-10: 1931907048
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2002
Pages: 285
Language: English
Focuses on the age-old struggle between the generations within the context of modern industrialization and the battle for democratic freedoms in Korea. The author explores the role of the intellectual in modern Korean society and the changing face of the Korean family as tradition gives way to economic growth and social upheaval.
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Fragrance of Poetry
Korean-American Literature
Editor: Yearn Hong Choi, Ph.D.
ISBN-13: 9781931907224
ISBN-10: 1931907226
Order No. 1027
Size: 5 � x 8 �
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pages: 108
Pub Year: 2005
Price: $13.95
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Fragrance of Poetry contains seventy-five poems by fifteen Korean-American poets. These poets are all first-generation immigrants from Korea whose primary language is Korean. Naturally, the poems in this book show the Korean immigrants' solitude, nostalgia, pathos, anger, laughter, and love. They are cross-cultural communications from Korea to America, with the themes of longing and displacement in the two cultures.
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Korean Drama Under Japanese Occupation
Plays by Ch'I-jin Yu and Man-sik Ch'ae
Author: Ch'i-jin Yu and Man-sik Ch'ae
Translator: Jinhee Kim, Ph.D.
ISBN-13: 9781931907170
ISBN-10: 193190717X
Order No. 1025
Size: 5 � x 8 �
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pages: 178
Pub Year: 2004
Price: $16.95
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From 1910 to 1945, Japan occupied Korea and controlled every aspect of the Korean life. This book selects three plays by two prominent Korean writers, Ch抜-jin Yu and Man-sik Ch抋e, who ventured to voice anti-Japanese sentiments in their plays despite the harsh censorship.
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What the Spider Said - Poems of Chang Soo Ko
Author: Chang Soo Ko
Order No. 1024
ISBN-13: 9781931907149
ISBN-10: 1931907145
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2004
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 96
Language: English
This is a collection of short "epigrammatic" poems by Chang Soo Ko originally written in Korean. The narrator of the poems is conceived to be a "spider," which to the poet's mind represents a mystic observer with "spiderly" sense of humor. The poems were written with substantial attention to poetic vision and metaphor.
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Flowers in the Toilet Bowl -
Selected Poems of Choi Seungho
Author: Choi Seungho
Order No. 1022
ISBN-13: 9781931907118
ISBN-10: 1931907110
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Binding: Paperback
Pub Year: 2004
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 112
Language: English
This volume brings together 65 poems from Choi Seungho's ten books that best illustrate his thought and art. In many of his poems, Choi portrays the rampant desires of the "hypnotized" man and the gray landscape of the late consumer society. Choi tries to expose the illusory nature of man's desire by graphically portraying its dire consequences.
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I Want to Hijack an Airplane -
Selected Poems of Kim Seung-hee
Author: Kim Seung-hee
Order No. 1021
ISBN-13: 9781931907132
ISBN-10: 1931907137
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2004
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 208
Language: English
The 103 poems in this volume by Kim Seung-hee cover a number of themes: sacredness of the life force, conditions of women, mother-daughter relationship, and husband-wife relationship. Her works also deal with the cold and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban life, and the longing for freedom as an absolute ideal. "Hijacking an Airplane" best expresses her desire to transcend existence and liberate the individual from everything that confines and oppresses.
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Drawing Lines - Selected Poems of Moon Dok-su
Author: Moon Dok-su
Order No. 1023
ISBN-13: 9781931907125
ISBN-10: 1931907129
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2004
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Pages: 112
Language: English
This selection of Moon Dok-su's poems includes some eighty of his poems chosen from among a dozen different books and magazines. These poems cover a variety of subjects and show Moon's perception of the world as well as his modernistic approach to poetic inspiration.
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Reflections on a Mask: Two Novellas
Author: Choe In-hun, Translators: Stephen Moore & Shi C. P. Moore
Order No. 1011
ISBN-13: 9781931907057
ISBN-10: 1931907056
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2002
Pages: 258
Language: English
Reflections on a Mask: Two Novellas explores the disillusionment and search for identity of a young man in the post-Korean War era. A war veteran and writer, Min finds his life unfulfilled until he stumbles upon a mysterious organization that offers a procedure to aid in his search for his true nature. In the resultant hypnotic journey to a mythical Indian kingdom, Min pursues a warrior princess, whose "mask" he must take as his own.
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Sunrise over the East Sea: Selected Poems of Park Hi-jin
Author: Translated by Chang Soo Ko and Julie Pickering
Order No. 1039
ISBN-13: 9781931907415
ISBN-10: 1931907412
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2006
Pages: xiv, 124
Language: English
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
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This selection of Park Hi-jin抯 poems includes about ninety of his poems of diverse lengths from among some two thousand poems he has published so far. Though they may not represent a fair cross section of his poetic works in content and expression, they do convey some of his more important poetic utterances.
Park抯 subject matter subsumes the worlds of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and Pungryudo. His persistent pursuit of the Korean cultural identity stands as unmistakable signposts throughout his poetic career. Many of his poems pay tribute to the mysterious harmony among heaven, earth, and humanity. All in all, his work as a whole presents memorable vignettes and vistas of Korean history, culture and traditions. Learn More...
Surfacing Sadness: A Centennial of Korean-American Literature 1903-2003
Author: Edited by Yearn Hong Choi, Ph. D. & Haeng Ja Kim
Order No. 1017
ISBN-13: 9781931907095
ISBN-10: 1931907099
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2003
Pages: 216
Language: English
An anthology of poems, essays and short stories by thirty-seven Korean-American writers, Surfacing Sadness is the first serious effort to bring together the Korean-American literary experiences to join mainstream American literature.
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SUSAEK: A Novel
Author: Lee Sun-Won
Order No. 1051
ISBN-13: 9781931907477
ISBN-10: 1931907471
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2008
Language: English
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Page: 186
Price: $16.95
Susaek tells the story of a writer who, in the midst of a mid-life crisis, begins a search for his identity. As a child and encouraged by his family, Lee Su-Ho mistakenly believed that he was the child of his father抯 mistress. When the mistress left, Su-Ho felt abandoned by both his real mother and 搕hat Mom,� but he suppressed the painful memories. A chance visit to Susaek, where he believes 搕hat Mom� has moved, leads Su-Ho to embark on a quest for 搕hat Mom,� which forces him to reexamine his past, his relationship with his wife, his mother, and women in general. The journey returns him to his hometown and an emotional encounter with his real mother that results in a deeper understanding of who he is and how his past has affected his life.
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The Dream of Things: Selected Poems of Hyonjong Chong
《梦幻中的事物：钟弘久诗选》
Author: Hyonjong Chong
Order No. 1052
ISBN-13: 9781931907484
ISBN-10: 193190748X
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2008
Language: English
Size: 5.5 x 8.5
Page: 108
Price: $10.36
The Dream of Things brings together about 80 poems by Hyonjong Chong that best illustrate his unusual poetic imagination and polished skill. In these poems, Chong demonstrates his persistent pursuit of the relationship between poet and object. It is through thoughtful meditation about language and meticulous precision in word choice that he relates this relationship.
Chong often extends his metaphors through unique word play and the use of puns, which serves to dislocate readers from common perceptions and prejudices. He enjoys poetic experimentation in order to push conventional boundaries, which allows him to convey his profound meditation on the relationship between 搈an and man� and 搈an and things.�
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The General抯 Beard: Two Novellas
Author: Lee Oyoung, Translator: Brother Anthony
Order No. 1013
ISBN-13: 9781931907071
ISBN-10: 1931907072
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2002
Pages: 186
Language: English
Two stories by a leading Korean thinker explore the ambiguities of a rapidly changing culture. In The General's Beard, a journalist tries to solve the mystery of a young photographer's death. He explores hints from the dead man's journal and interviews his former girlfriend but remains far from an explanation. In Phantom Legs, a young girl studying French literature meets a student wounded during demonstrations and begins an ambiguous relationship with him. An ironic commentary is provided by extracts from Stendhal's romantic story Vanina Vanini, in which a countess saves the life of a rebel outlaw, with whom she falls in love.
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Unspoken Voices: Selected Short Stories by Korean Women Writers
Author: Compiled and Translated by Jin-Young Choi, Ph.D.
Order No. 1012
ISBN-13: 9781931907064
ISBN-10: 1931907064
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Homa & Sekey Books
Pub Year: 2002
Pages: 266
Language: English
The stories in this collection are written by twelve Korean women writers whose experience, insight, and writing skill make them truly representative of Korean fiction at its best.
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