K-LIT REVIEW | Bora Chung’s ‘Red Sword’ keeps readers on edge
Many works of science fiction begin with extensive exposition, providing backstory and technical details before the narrative unfolds. Others immerse the reader in a narrative that gradually unveils the scientific details, sometimes leaving them a mystery indefinitely.
Bora Chung, Anton Hur reunite for outer space war epic 'Red Sword'
Author Bora Chung and translator Anton Hur began their shared literary voyage with the English edition of “Cursed Bunny,” a genre-blurring short story collection that leapt onto the global stage as a finalist for the 2022 International Booker Prize and the 2023 National Book Award.
Han Kang's first post-Nobel book tops bestseller list
Nobel literature laureate Han Kang's latest book has topped a local bestseller list upon its release. Major bookstore chain Kyobo Book Center said Friday that the book, titled "Light and Thread," claimed the No. 1 spot on its bestseller list for the last week of April.
Han Kang's 'Light and Thread' paints intimate portrait of novelist beyond her writing desk
“After having lived a little more / When I stand at the edge of death / Will I be able to think / That I truly held life tight (through writing).”
BOOK REVIEW | Robin Ha's graphic novel 'The Fox Maidens' offers fierce tale of gumiho
"The Fox Maidens" is an inspired take on one of the most subversive themes in East Asian folktales: that of the female cooptation of the male body in a patriarchal society. Among the most common representations of this theme are the tales involving a nine-tail fox (gumiho) that takes on the form of
K-LIT REVIEW | Reality TV becomes reality in Soyoung Park's sci-fi YA novel 'Snowglobe'
"Snowglobe," written by Soyoung Park and translated by Joungmin Lee Comfort, is a sci-fi YA novel about uncovering the secrets of a climate-controlled city called Snowglobe. It was originally published in Korean in 2020. The sequel will come out in spring 2025.
No win for 'Your Utopia' at Philip K. Dick Award, but Bora Chung still makes history
Bora Chung’s short story collection “Your Utopia,” translated by Anton Hur, did not take home this year’s Philip K. Dick Award. The top honor went instead to Brenda Peynado’s “Time’s Agent,” as announced Friday (local time) at Norwescon in Seattle.
NTERVIEW | Bora Chung shows us what sci-fi with its fists raised looks like
An AI-powered elevator harbors an unrequited love for an apartment resident it ferries up and down each day. It hides secrets in its coded database, pines in tender silence and serenades her with a 1941 poem by a Polish resistance fighter — its language so achingly sensuous, “it feels like gold and
K-LIT REVIEW | Bora Chung's 'Your Utopia' offers the breath-giving sci-fi we needed
As a university student, I needed a third-year art elective. Another science major had told me about a class that was popular among our cohort — a comparative literature course with a focus on science fiction. I needed no further convincing.