{"product_id":"modern-korean-fiction-an-anthology-9780231135139","title":"Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eTo represent the past century of Korean fiction  this definitive collection extends beyond familiar writers  challenges cultural norms  and crosses political borders. By inlcuding stories from neglected female  North Korean  and wolbuk writers (those who migrated to the North after 1945 and whose works were widely banned in South Korea) and by bringing politically engaged works together with experimental ones  this anthology articulates the ruptures and resolutions that have makred the peninsula.  From sketches of desperate peasants in straitened circumstances to fast-moving  visceral tales of contemporary South Korea  the works in this collection bear witness to the dramatic transformations and events in twentieth-century Korean history  including Japanese colonial rule  civil war  and economic modernization in the South. The writers explore these developments through a variety of literary and political lenses  revealing wtih precision and poignancy their impact on Korean society and the lives of ordinary Koreans. This anthology includes an introduction  which synthesizes the key developments in modern Korean literature  and a comprehensive bibliography of Korean fiction in translation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45648173236277,"sku":"ByrdShop_0231135130","price":29.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780231135139.jpg?v=1781711592","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/modern-korean-fiction-an-anthology-9780231135139","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}