Unspoken Voices: Selected Short Stories by Korean Women Writers
by Jin-Young Choi
Book Description
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. "The Rooster" is a comical revelation of an old man who accepts the truth that Man and Nature revolve around the same immutable natural law. In "The Fragment," refugees who flee to Pusan during the Korean War suffer the unspeakable squalor and despair when jammed in a warehouse. "The Young Elm Tree" tells the story of a high school girl who falls in love with the son of her mother's new husband. What all these twelve writers share in common is a keen eye that penetrates into the lives of Korean women from the early part of the 20th century to the present.
About the Author
Stories by twelve Korean women writers whose writings penetrate into the lives of Korean women from the early part of the 20th century to the present. Writers included are: Choi Junghee, Han Musook, Kang Shinjae, Park Kyongni, Lee Sukbong, Lee Jungho, Song Wonhee, Park Wansuh, Yoon Jungsun, Un Heekyong, Kong Jeeyoung and Han Kang.Authors included fall into two groupsâ€"those born during the Japanese occupation of Korea (1910-1945) and those born after 1945. All the eight authors in the first group experienced the Second World War in childhood and the Korean War as adults. They saw pain, hardship, and death, but they observed courage, resilience, humor, and love even in the most dire times. The four younger writers are active creators of works that have won top literary awards. Their fresh new look at life, their bold experimental style, and their refreshing voices are a reflection of their generation. Compiler and Translator Jin-Young Choi is Professor of English at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. A graduate of Seoul National University, she holds an MA and a Ph. D. in English Literature. She began translating Korean literature into English in the 1960s and has since translated two novels, numerous short stories and children's tales. Her Saturday columns, carried in The Korea Herald, were collected in one volume titled One Woman's Way. All of her translated short stories were published in Korean Literature Today, a quarterly of Korean literary works in English translation.
Keywords: Unspoken Voices: Selected Short Stories by Korean Women Writers, Books, Jin-Young Choi
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