Interviewer: Nikhat Parveen (Delhi, India) Editor: Pooja Vishwanathan (Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India) In the wake of the Hallyu wave, Korean literature has gone far beyond mere music and TV, and some people devote themselves to it for its translation work that links two cultures. One such voice is Gene Png, a Singaporean literary translator and…
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K-Book Review: “The Wings” by Yi Sang
Writer: Shivani Singh Chhaunkar (Delhi, India) Editor: Prachi Vaid (Delhi, India) Kim Hae-gyeong, known by his pen name Yi Sang, was born in 1910 and is one of the most prominent writers and a revolutionary figure of Modern Korean Literature. Though he was an architect by profession, he is well known for his short story…
K-Book Review: Untold Night and Day by Bae Suah
Writer: Jayati Bhardwaj (Delhi, India) Editor: Divya Sonawane (Pune, Maharashtra, India) Untold Night and Day (알려지지 않은 밤과 하루), written by Bae Suah (배수아), was initially published in 2013 and was later translated by Deborah Smith and published worldwide in 2020. It is a surrealist narrative that is multi-layered with numerous symbols. It explores magical…
K-Book Review: The Power of Nunchi by Euny Hong
Nikhat Parveen, Delhi ‘Don’t put yourself in someone else’s shoes but move. Perch yourself in a different part of the room, like cat.’ Nunchi, sometimes noonchi (눈치), is a Korean concept signifying the subtle art and ability to listen and gauge others’ moods. There are unwritten rules and subtle cues in voice, intonation, body language,…
K-Book Review: Why ‘Please Look After Mom’ should be your next read?
Ritika Jain, New Delhi “To you, Mom was always Mom. It never occurred to you that she had once taken her first step, or had once been three or twelve or twenty years old. Mom was Mom. She was born as Mom.” – Please Look After Mom I always find it magical that words in…