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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewAn elegy for a literature that is disappearing. Korea Herald Well worth a thorough read by those interested in colonial and modern Korean literature.The Journal of Asian Studies -- Kelly Y. Jeong The Journal of Asian Studies The field of Korean Studies is indebted to Janet Poole for setting a new standard of literary translation and analysis.Korean Studies Review -- Samuel Perry Korean Studies Review Yi is an engaging writer, and he is fortunate to have found such an empathetic translator. Asian Review of Books an enjoyable, varied collection. The Complete Review
Table of ContentsTranslator's Acknowledgments Introduction Walls Water Night Early Ripening Death Mountains The Flowerbed The Banana Plant Feet Compassion Stones The Sea The City Wall Autumn Flowers Dawn Loneliness Narcissus History For Whom Do We Write? The Critic Eastern Sentiments The Short Story and the Conte Titles and Other Matters Korea's Fiction The Taste of Fiction The Fiction Writer Friendship Between Men and Women This Thing Called the Popular The Taste of The Tale of Ch'unhyang Kisaeng and Poetry Orchid Night Flight Books Brush and Ink Copying One Part Words Nature and Books The Love of a Work Other People's Writing After Illness The New Bride and an Ink Painting of Bamboo Readers' Letters The Year of the Ox Trees Plum Blossom The Classics A Poor Drinker The Carpenters Fishing Oriental Painting Antiques Antiques and Daily Life Fiction Greetings The Old Writings of Two Qing Poets Diary from a Seaside Village (Sh?wa 11) Record of a Journey to Manchuria
