Mum and I were very different. We shared a body at one time (though it would be more accurate to say I invaded her), but she didn’t think we had much in common. From what she saw, I was slow and uncoordinated.
Read MoreThe night before
The author of One Hundred Shadows on the Yongsan Disaster, the novel as a song and light that can emerge from darkness.
Read MorePEN Atlas Q&A: Korean writers in the limelight
Asia Literary Review managing editor Phillip Kim talks to South Korean authors Cheon Myeong-kwan and Han Yujoo about the rising profile of K-Lit, Korean pop-culture and themes in their work.
Read MoreHow Korean it is
Deborah Smith writes for PEN Atlas about the complex experience of bringing a hit South Korean novel to an English-speaking audience
Read MoreMy Literary Form(s)
In the run-up to London Book Fair 2014, where Korea is the market focus, Han Kang writes about women that turn into plants, the intuitive process in choosing between prose and poetry, and what the future holds for her writing
Read MoreThe suffering healers
Ahead of his appearances with English PEN at the Free Word Centre and London Book Fair 2014, Hwang Sok-Yong takes us into the shamanistic past of Korean culture
Read MoreCapturing the mood
In the run-up to the London Book Fair 2014, where South Korea is the market focus, we have the first in a series of pieces from the region: today Chi Young-Kim writes about the varied places translators go to, from baseball blogs to animal fables, when transporting the reader into the world of the novel
Read MorePEN Atlas – One Year On
PEN Atlas editor Tasja Dorkofikis looks back at a year of dispatches from around the world, and looks forward to more cutting-edge literature, essays and articles in translation​ in 2013
Read MoreWhat We Don’t Know About North Korea
This week’s PEN Atlas despatch comes from Krys Lee, who takes a look at the literature from (and about) North Korea
Read MoreWhat We Don't Know About North Korea
This week’s PEN Atlas despatch comes from Krys Lee, who takes a look at the literature from (and about) North Korea
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