Comfort Woman, by Nora Okja Keller
A mother’s mental illness rooted in a tortured past as a comfort woman is discovered by her daughter through interesting use of alternating chapters of voices past/present, real and ghost.
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Yi Kwang-su and Modern Korean Literature: Mujong, by Ann Sung-hi Lee
Yi Kwang-su is considered among the first major modern Korean novelists, with his book Mujong, published in 1917 during the Japanese occupation.
The Fold, by An Na
Na’s second novel (YA) addresses the notions about Asian beauty and the prevalent eye surgery that make Asian eyes “more Western.”
YELL-Oh Girls! Emerging Voices Explore Culture, Identity, and Growing Up Asian American, by Vickie Nam
An anthology of stories, poems, essays and letters by young (ages 15-22) Asian-American women who write about coming of age, identity, sexuality, stereotypes, school, culture, isolation and interracial dating.
Missionary Photography in Korea: Encountering the West through Christianity, by Donald N. Clark
A 2009 exhibition by the Korea Society in New York of missionary photography from the late 19th century reveals a period of change in the previously isolated nation.
Samguk Yusa: Legends and History of the Three Kingdoms of Ancient Korea, by Ilyon
This 13th century historical classic, written by a monk, merges myths and folktales into the ancient history of Korea.
Echoing Song: Contemporary Korean Women Poets, by Peter H. Lee
Scholar and translator Peter Lee anthologizes contemporary Korean women poets whose work received acclaim in the latter part of the 20th century.
Everlasting Flower: A History of Korea, by Keith Pratt
Published in 2006, this history of Korea provides a broad perspective on the traditions, culture, ancient foundations and recent divide of the peninsula.
A Ricepaper Airplane, by Gary Pak
From a hospital bed a dying man unfolds the tale of an arduous life on the fringes of a Hawai’i sugar plantation in the 1920s.
Unspoken Voices: Selected Short Stories by Korean Women Writers, by Jin-Young Choi
An important anthology of stories (in translation) by twelve women writers, divided by those who lived through the Japanese Occupation and those who experienced the Korean War.
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