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Mina
by Kim Sagwa, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton
Paperback, 280 Pages, Published 2018 by Two Lines Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-931883-74-0, ISBN: 1-931883-74-2

"“Kim Sagwa is South Korea’s young, brilliant, fearless writer.” ― Don Mee Choi, author of Hardly War“She doesn’t know what to do, and that amounts to a state of torture.”Crystal toils day and night to earn top grades at her cram school. She’s also endlessly texting, shopping, drinking, vexing her boyfriends, cranking up her mp3s, and fantasizing about her next slice of cheesecake. Her non- stop frenzy never quite manages the one thing t ..."






The Future of Silence
Fiction by Korean Women
by Bruce Fulton, Pak Wan-So, O. Chong-Hui, Kim Sagwa, Han Yujoo, Kim Chi-Won, Kong Son-Ok, So Yong-Un, Ju-Chan Fulton, Kim Ae-Ran, Ch'on Un-Yong, Zephyr Press, Professor Bruce Fulton
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2016 by Zephyr Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-938890-17-8, ISBN: 1-938890-17-5

"These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s–2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families, lives and psyches of Korean women, men, and children.In the earliest of the stories, Pak Wan-so, considered the elder stateswoman of contempor ..."






Trees on a Slope
by Hwang Sun-Won, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Sun-Waeon Hwang, Sun-Wŏn Hwang
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-2887-5, ISBN: 0-8248-2887-9

"Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) is one of modern Korea's masters of narrative prose. Trees on a Slope (1960) is his most accomplished novel - one of the few Korean novels to describe in detail the physical and psychological horrors of the Korean War. It is an assured, forceful depiction of three young soldiers in the South Korean army during the latter stages of the war: Hyon-t'ae, the arrogant and overconfident squad leader; the stolid and d ..."






The Red Room
Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea (Modern Korean Fiction)
by Associate Professor Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Mr Bruce Cumings, Chor-U Im, Won-So Pak, Chong-Hui O., Bruce Fulton, Bruce Cumings, Bruce Cummings, Chʻŏr-U Im
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-3397-8, ISBN: 0-8248-3397-X

"Modern Korean fiction is to a large extent a literature of witness to the historic upheavals of twentieth-century Korea. Often inspired by their own experiences, contemporary writers continue to show us how individual Koreans have been traumatized by wartime violence - whether the uprooting of whole families from the ancestral home, life on the road as war refugees, or the violent deaths of loved ones. "The Red Room" brings together sto ..."






There a Petal Silently Falls(Reprint)
Three Stories by Ch'oe Yun (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by Ch'oe Yun, Ju–Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton
Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2020 by Columbia University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-14297-7, ISBN: 0-231-14297-8

"Ch'oe Yun is a Korean author known for her breathtaking versatility, subversion of authority, and bold exploration of the inner life. Readers celebrate her creative play with fantasy and admire her deep engagement with trauma, history, and the vagaries of remembrance.In this collection's title work, There a Petal Silently Falls, Ch'oe explores both the genesis and the aftershocks of historical outrages such as the Kwangju Massacre of 19 ..."






Words of Farewell(1st Edition)
Stories by Korean Women Writers (Women in Translation)
by Kang Sok-Kyong, Kim Chi-Won, Seal Press Staff, O. Chong-Hui, B. Fulton, Ju-Chan, Sŏk-Kyŏng Kang, Chi-Wŏn Kim, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Chng-Hi O., Chŏng-Hŭi O.
Paperback, 294 Pages, Published 1993 by Seal Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-931188-76-3, ISBN: 0-931188-76-8

"we are the translators of this volume and wish to correct the title appearing to the right of the cover image: it should read "Words of Farewell: Stories by Korean Women Writers" followed by "translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton"Thank you for your assistance with this.Sincerely,Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton"






The Human Jungle
by Cho Chongnae, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Professor Bruce Fulton
Paperback, 432 Pages, Published 2016 by Chin Music Press Inc.
ISBN-13: 978-1-63405-910-7, ISBN: 1-63405-910-7

"Equal parts muckraking novel, transnational love story, and socially engaged panorama, Cho Chongnae s "The Human Jungle "portrays China on the verge of becoming the world s dominant economic force.Against a backdrop of rapidly morphing urban landscapes, readers meet migrant workers, Korean manufacturers out to save a few bucks, high-flying venture capitalists, street thugs, and shakedown artists. The picture of China that emerges is at ..."






Wayfarer(1st Edition)
New Fiction by Korean Women
by Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton
Paperback, 220 Pages, Published 1997 by Women In Translation
ISBN-13: 978-1-879679-09-2, ISBN: 1-879679-09-4

"Wayfarer: New Fiction by Korean Women"






The Dwarf
(Modern Korean Fiction)
by Se-Hui Cho, Ju-Chan Fulton, Professor Bruce Fulton, Bruce Fulton
Paperback, 248 Pages, Published 2006 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-3101-1, ISBN: 0-8248-3101-2

"The dark side of South Korea’s "economic miracle" emerges in The Dwarf, Cho Se-hŭi’s enormously popular and critically acclaimed work. First published in 1978, it speaks to the painful social costs of reckless industrialization, even as it tellingly portrays the spiritual malaise of the newly rich and powerful and a working class subject to forces beyond its control. Cho’s lean, clipped, deceptively simple style, the rapidly shifting po ..."






Land of Exile(2nd Edition)
Contemporary Korean Fiction: Contemporary Korean Fiction (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works)
by Marshall R. Pihl, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Kwon Youngmin, Professor Bruce Fulton
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1993 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-56324-195-6, ISBN: 1-56324-195-1

"An anthology of contemporary Korean fiction including: "The Wife and Children"; "The Post Horse Curse"; "Mountains"; "Kapitan Ri"; "The Winter"; and "A Dream of Good Fortune.""






I Met Loh Kiwan
(Modern Korean Fiction)
by Haejin Cho, Bruce Fulton, Ji-Eun Lee
Hardcover, 134 Pages, Published 2019 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-8002-6, ISBN: 0-8248-8002-1

"This poignant short novel follows North Korean refugee Loh Kiwan to a place where he doesn’t speak the language or understand the customs. His story of hardship and determination is gradually revealed in flashbacks by the narrator, Kim, a writer for a South Korean TV show, who learned about Loh from a news report. She traces his progress from North Korea to Brussels to London as he struggles to make his way and find a home in an unfamil ..."






Sunset
A Ch'ae Manshik Reader (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by Manshik Ch'ae, Ju-Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton, Ju–Chan Fulton
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Columbia University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-18101-3, ISBN: 0-231-18101-9

"Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader is the first English-language anthology of works in a variety of genres--novella, short fiction, conte, anecdotal essay, travel writing, children's essay, one-act play, three-act play, and roundtable discussion--by an individual Korean writer. Ch'ae Manshik is one of the most accomplished writers of modern Korea yet is underrepresented in English translation because of the challenges posed by his distincti ..."






River of Fire and Other Stories(Reprint)
(Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by Chong-Hui O., Ju-Chan Fulton, Bruce Fulton, Professor Bruce Fulton
Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2016 by Columbia University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-16067-4, ISBN: 0-231-16067-4

"O Chonghui crafts historically-rooted yet timeless tales imagining core human experiences from a female point of view. Since her debut in 1968, she has formed a powerful challenge to the patriarchal literary establishment in Korea, and her work has invited rich comparisons with the achievements of Joyce Carol Oates, Alice Munro, and Virginia Woolf. These nine stories range from O Chonghui's first published work, in 1968, to one of her l ..."






The Red Room
Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea (Modern Korean Fiction)
by Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Chor-U Im, Chong-Hui O., Won-So Pak, Foreword-Bruce Cumings, Chʻŏr-U Im
Hardcover, 216 Pages, Published 2009 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-3326-8, ISBN: 0-8248-3326-0

"Modern Korean fiction is to a large extent a literature of witness to the historic upheavals of twentieth-century Korea. Often inspired by their own experiences, contemporary writers continue to show us how individual Koreans have been traumatized by wartime violence―whether the uprooting of whole families from the ancestral home, life on the road as war refugees, or the violent deaths of loved ones. The Red Room brings together stories ..."






Lost Souls
Stories (Weatherhead Books on Asia)
by Sunwon Hwang, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Professor Bruce Fulton
Hardcover, 360 Pages, Published 2009 by Columbia University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-231-14968-6, ISBN: 0-231-14968-9

"These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War. Lost Souls echoes the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's ..."






Modern Korean Fiction Ser.
Trees on a Slope Vol. 1
by Hwang Sun-Won, Bruce Fulton, Ju-Chan Fulton, Sun-Waeon Hwang, Sun-Wŏn Hwang, Professor Bruce Fulton
Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of Hawai'i Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-2767-0, ISBN: 0-8248-2767-8

"Hwang Sun-won (1915-2000) is one of modern Korea's masters of narrative prose. Trees on a Slope (1960) is his most accomplished novel - one of the few Korean novels to describe in detail the physical and psychological horrors of the Korean War. It is an assured, forceful depiction of three young soldiers in the South Korean army during the latter stages of the war: Hyon-t'ae, the arrogant and overconfident squad leader; the stolid and d ..."






Jungle Planet
And Other New Stories From The Pacific, Asia, and the Americas (Manoa: Pacific Journal of International Writing)
by Frank Stewart, Eric Gamalinda, Leigh Saffold, Arthur Sze, Associate Professor Bruce Fulton, John Whalen-Bridge, Alfred A. Yuson, Karen Gernant
Paperback, 204 Pages, Published 2004 by Univ Of Hawaii Pr
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-2906-3, ISBN: 0-8248-2906-9

"This volume highlights contemporary literature from throughout the Pacific hemisphere, featuring prose by writers from the Philippines, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, Korea, and the U.S., including Native Americans and Pacific islanders. Among these are Lysley Tenorion, Andrew Lam, Robert Barclay, Bay Anapol, and Eddie Chuculate from the U.S.; Lakambini Sitoy from the Philippines; Kim Yong-ha from Korea; Zhu Wenyin from the P ..."






Seeing the Invisible New Writing from America, the Pacific, and Asia
(Manoa; 8: 2)
by Frank Stewart, Associate Professor Bruce Fulton, William Losinger, Kim Hyong Kyong, Yang Kwi-Ja, Ch'oe Yun, Walter Collett, Cole Swenson, Eric Panky, Elizabeth Trotter, James Mccorkle, Alice Friman, Jennifer Richter, Et Al
Paperback, 239 Pages, Published 1997 by University Of Hawaii Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8248-1906-4, ISBN: 0-8248-1906-3

"Sharon helped Roger deal with feelings of anxiety concerning his career: bartenders were so underappreciated, the pay wasn't the greatest, ... Sunday noons, when the sun hung on T. so ot to: got orio & wo to: 174 Mānoa • Seeing the Invisible."






What is Korean Literature?
by Yŏng-Min Kwŏn, Bruce Fulton
Published 2019
ISBN-13: 978-1-55729-187-5, ISBN: 1-55729-187-X

""Outlining the major developments, characteristics, genres, and figures of the Korean literary tradition from earliest times into the new millennium, this volume includes examples, in English translation, of each of the genres and works by ..."






The Red Room
Stories of Trauma in Contemporary Korea
by Bruce Fulton
ISBN-13: 978-1-4416-7127-1, ISBN: 1-4416-7127-7



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