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Chan, Jeong—Yoo-Jung Kong, Translator Pilate's Jesus
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2011 0893041424 / 978-0-89304-142-7 First in English Hard Cover New Historical Novel/Religion 5 1/2x8 1/2 Tchouki
This literary rewriting of the life of Pontius Pilate is a South Korean contribution to the rich body of world literature based on the life of Jesus and other biblical characters, including the philosopher Philo, Saul, who later became the apostle Paul, and finally Jesus himself. Based on considerable historical research on the period, this novel is bound to spark controvery with its interpretation of sacred texts and figures.
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Chan, Jeong—Yoo-Jung Kong, Translator Pilate's Jesus
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2011 0893041432 / 978-0-89304-143-4 First in English Perfect New Historical Novel/Religion 5 1/2x8 1/2 Tchouki
This literary rewriting of the life of Pontius Pilate is a South Korean contribution to the rich body of world literature based on the life of Jesus and other biblical characters, including the philosopher Philo, Saul, who later became the apostle Paul, and finally Jesus himself. Based on considerable historical research on the period, this novel is bound to spark controvery with its interpretation of sacred texts and figures.
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Ko, Won The Turn of Zero
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 1974 & 2005 0893040487 / 9780893040482 Second Hard Cover New Poetry & Art 5 1/2x8 1/2 Cover art, book design and text illustrations by Bebe Barkan
A groundbreaking collection by America's foremost Korean poet.
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Ko, Won The Turn of Zero
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 1974 & 2005 0-89304-003-7 / 9780893040031 Second Paperback New Poetry & Art 5 1/2x8 1/2" Cover art, book design, and text illustrations by Bebe Barkan
A groundbreaking collection by America's foremost Korean poet.
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Ko, Won & Barkan, Stanley H., Editors Korean Writers: Ko Won, Yun Humyong, Yang Guija
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2005 0-89304-977-8 / 9780893049775 First Midibox New Literature 6x9" Kang Sin Suk, Tchouki
Includes paperback copies of SOUTHKOREAN POETS OF RESISTANCE, THE TURN OF ZERO, VOICES IN DIVERSITY, THE LOVE OF DUNHUANG, and STRENGTH FROM SORROW
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Ko, Won, Editor/Translator Voices in Diversity: Poets from Postwar Korea
Merrick, NY/USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2001 0893048860 / 9780893048860 First Paperback New New Poetry 5 1/2x 8 1/2, 127 pp Kang Sin Suk
This anthology contains 92 poems by 97 poets who were born in or after 1945. The end of World War II, August 15, 1945, is an epoch-making date in the history of contemporary Korea in that it brought about Korea's liberation from Japanese rule. —from the Preface by Ko Won
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Ko, Won, Editor/Translator Voices in Diversity: Poets from Postwar Korea
Merrick, NY/USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2001 0893048852 / 9780893048853 First Hardcover New New Poetry 5 5/8x8 3/4, 127 pp Kang Sin Suk
This anthology contains 92 poems by 97 poets who were born in or after 1945. The end of World War II, August 15, 1945, is an epoch-making date in the history of contemporary Korea in that it brought about Korea's liberation from Japanese rule. --fro
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Lee, Sung-Il The Brush and the Sword: Kasa: Korean Classical Poems in Prose--Parallel Texts in Korean and English
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2009 0893041211 / 9780893041212 First Hard Cover New Poery 5 1/2x8 1/2 Book design by Tchouki
"Sung-Il Lee lays before us samples of the great clasical form of Korean poetry called Kasa, so sadly unknown to western readers along with any coherent knowledge of the country's past and its culture. One will be so much better off for having read this book." --Gregory Rabassa, Translator of Nobel Prize Winners, Miguel Angel Asturias and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Winner of National Book Award, the PEN Translation Award, the National Medal of Arts
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Lee, Sung-Il The Brush and the Sword: Kasa: Korean Classical Poems in Prose--Parallel Texts in Korean and English
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2009 089304122X / 9780893041229 First Paperback New Poetry 5 1/2x8 1/2 Book design by Tchouki
"Sung-Il Lee lays before us samples of the great clasical form of Korean poetry called Kasa, so sadly unknown to western readers along with any coherent knowledge of the country's past and its culture. One will be so much better off for having read this book." --Gregory Rabassa, Translator of Nobel Prize Winners, Miguel Angel Asturias and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Winner of National Book Award, the PEN Translation Award, the National Medal of Arts
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Yang, Guija—Youngju Ryu, Translator Strength from Sorrow
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2005 0893047392 / 9780893047399 First in English Translation Hard Cover New Fiction: Stories 5 1/2x8 1/2 Tchouki
This volume contains five stories—"Mountain Flowers," "The Road to Cheonma Tomb," "An Opportunist," "The Hidden Flower," and "Strength from Sorrow." The title story features a group of teachers who struggle to uphold their consciences as educators in an era of authoritarian politics. In "The Road to Cheonma Tomb," the protagoist searches for a means to come to terms with unforgotten memories of a past trauma and the sense of powerlessness that dominate his present life. "An Opportunist" explores problems inherent to organization of labor and underscores the importance of self-scrutiny in a society driven by the power of rhetoric. "The Hidden Flower" is a a sort of meta-fiction. The narrator is a writer who has been suffering from a prolonged spell of non-productivity. On a trip to a remote temple, she rediscovers the meaning of the writer's craft in a changing world.
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Yang, Guija—Youngju Ryu, Translator Strength from Sorrow
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2005 0893047406 / 9780893047405 First in English Translation Paperback New Fiction: Stories 5 1/2x8 1/2 Tchouki
This volume contains five stories—"Mountain Flowers," "The Road to Cheonma Tomb," "An Opportunist," "The Hidden Flower," and "Strength from Sorrow." The title story features a group of teachers who struggle to uphold their consciences as educators in an era of authoritarian politics. In "The Road to Cheonma Tomb," the protagoist searches for a means to come to terms with unforgotten memories of a past trauma and the sense of powerlessness that dominate his present life. "An Opportunist" explores problems inherent to organization of labor and underscores the importance of self-scrutiny in a society driven by the power of rhetoric. "The Hidden Flower" is a a sort of meta-fiction. The narrator is a writer who has been suffering from a prolonged spell of non-productivity. On a trip to a remote temple, she rediscovers the meaning of the writer's craft in a changing world.
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Yun Humyong—Kyung-nyun Kim Richards & Steffen F. Richards, translators The Love of Dunhuang
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2005 0893047384 / 9780893047382 First Paperback New Novel 5 1/2x8 1/2 Tchouki
Yun Humyong's first novel, THE LOVE OF DUNHUANG, originally published in Korean in 1982, takes as its theme the melancholy and despair common to contemporary life. The main character/narrator is unemployed after having quit his job as a magazine reporter. He barely survives on the money his girlfriend earns. One day, he wanders through the streets of Seoul while his girlfirend is in the hospital. He visualizes himself as a lion walking through the desert under the moon in western China. The duality of the character's feelings about his meaningful world of fantasy based on cultural and historical content and the unreality of his ordinary life provides an escape for this lonely individual. Ultimately, it is this duality which enables him to survive in a meaningless world. Winner of the 2006 Korea Prose Translation Award Winner of the 2006 Korea Prose Translation Award
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Yun Humyong—Kyung-nyun Kim Richards & Steffen F. Richards. translators The Love of Dunhuang
Merrick, New York, USA Cross-Cultural Communications 2005 0893047376 / 9780893047375 First Hard Cover New Novel 5 1/2x8 1/2 Tchouki
Yun Humyong's first novel,THE LOVE OF DUNHUANG, originally published in Korean in 1982, takes as its theme the melancholy and despair common to contemporary life. The main character/narrator is unemployed after having quit his job as a magazine reporter. He barely survives on the money his girlfriend earns. One day, he wanders through the streets of Seoul while his girlfirend is in the hospital. He visualizes himself as a lion walking through the desert under the moon in western China. The duality of the character's feelings about his meaningful world of fantasy based on cultural and historical content and the unreality of his ordinary life provides an escape for this lonely individual. Ultimately, it is this duality which enables him to survive in a meaningless world. Winner of the 2006 Korea Prose Translation Award
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