Available for the first time in English, the ten short stories by modern Korean women collected here touch in one way or
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Traditions in Modern Korean Women’s Fiction Writing, by Yung-Hee Kim
1. Kim Myŏng-sun: A Girl of Mystery (1917)
2. Na Hye-sŏk: Kyŏnghŭi (1918)
3. Kim Wŏn-ju: Awakening (1926)
4. Han Mu-suk: Hydrangeas (1949)
5. Kang Sin-jae: The Mist (1950)
6. Song Wŏn-hŭi: When Autumn Leaves Fall (1961)
7. Yi Sun: A Dish of Sliced Raw Fish (1979)
8. Yi Sŏk-pong: The Light at Dawn (1985)
9. Ch’Oe Yun: Stone in Your Heart (1992)
10. Pak Wan-sŏ: Dried Flowers (1995)
Notes
Bibliography
Index