My Recommendations of Korean Literature
This is a collection of works of Korean Literature that I hold very close to heart. They are special works of fiction that have so much meaning in my life and I hope that they give such meaning for everyone else. Hence, here they are.
The quintessential read for understanding Korean feminism
A careful and poignant examination into what makes us human
The representative magic realism book from Korea, on par with 100 Years of Solitude
A thought-provoking and intimate, raw look at what it means to be a gay man in Korea
Yun Ko-eun’s slow burning thriller about a society that seeks out disaster for entertainment reminds us that the final frontier of capitalism is our emotions.
An inventive collection of interrelated stories. A soliloquy to all the imperfections that make us human
A sincere family drama that looks at what makes our lives worthwhile, as well as how we deal with grief.
A dreamlike novel by a literary master. Surreal, bewildering, and utterly fantastic.
A novel about identity, self determination, the idea of ideology being lost to everyday desires. A portrait of a man fighting his desires to stay in a society of pleasures rather than go back to a society of ideology.
This book is about a family's search for their missing mother and the profound reflections it triggers about love, sacrifice, and the complexities of family relations.
An intense book that forces you to be at peace with that uncomfortable, yet refreshing taste of the unresolved, throwing a very important question at the reader: must human life and death have any meaning at all?
The titular story, is about a cursed bunny that literally causes the fall of an entire family. It’s an examination of capitalism and greed. It’s nuts, it’s amazing.