Jazbaatan Da Kinara (Coastline of Emotions) by Gurinder Mann
Publication title: Jazbaatan Da Kinara (Coastline of Emotions) Publication year: 2023 Author: Gurinder Mann About the book Jazbaatan Da Kinara (Coastline of Emotions) is Gurinder Mann’s debut book, where he will take you on a journey of heart felt emotions through Punjabi poetry. These poems touch upon various topics, issues, and sentiments, and uses the […]
The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories edited by Bruce Fulton (2023)
Publication title: The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories Publication year: 2023 Author: Introduced by Kwon Youngmin, edited by Bruce Fulton About the book Journeying through Korea’s dramatic recent past, from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating war between north and south and the rapid, disorienting urbanization of later decades, The Penguin […]
Togani by Gong Ji-young, Translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (2023)
Publication title: Togani Publication year: 2023 Author: Translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton; Series edited by Bruce Fulton About the book Atmospheric and fast-paced, this novel of manners set in a provincial South Korean city leads readers through the silent corridors of a school for hearing-impaired children and the city’s foggy back streets and murky […]
In Search of Liberty: Lin Yusheng’s Life and Thought by Josephine Chiu-Duke (2023)
Publication title: In Search of Liberty: Lin Yusheng’s Life and Thought Publication year: 2023 Author: Dr. Josephine Chiu-Duke About the book Professor Lin Yu-sheng (1934-2022) was one of the leading scholars in modern Chinese intellectual history. His 1979 English book, The Crisis of Chinese Consciousness is a systematic study of radical anti-traditionalism in the May […]
A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Reading of the Zhongyong by Don Baker (2023)
Publication title: A Korean Confucian’s Advice on How to Be Moral: Tasan Chŏng Yagyong’s Reading of the Zhongyong Publication year: 2023 Author: Translated, annotated and with an introduction by Dr. Don Baker About the book Tasan Chŏng Yagyong (1762–1836) is one of the most creative thinkers Korea has ever produced, one of the country’s first Christians, […]
Death of a Crow by Kim Sok-pom, translated by Christina Yi
Publication title: Death of a Crow Publication year: 2022 Author: Kim Sok-pom, translated by Christina Yi About the book Kim Sok-pom (b. 1925) is widely considered one of the most important zainichi (literally, “resident in Japan”) Korean writers of his generation. His seminal short story collection Death of a Crow (Karasu no shi) features three interlinked […]
Perception of Lexical Tones by Homeland and Heritage Speakers of Cantonese (2022)
Publication title: Perception of Lexical Tones by Homeland and Heritage Speakers of Cantonese Publication year: 2022 Author: Zoe Wai-Man Lam About the book Perception of Lexical Tones by Homeland and Heritage Speakers of Cantonese compares the lexical tone perception abilities of two populations with different bilingual configurations: Cantonese-dominant adults who grew up in Hong Kong (referred […]
The Deadly Intersections of COVID-19: Race, States, Inequalities and Global Society edited by Sunera Thobani (2022)
Publication title: The Deadly Intersections of COVID-19: Race, States, Inequalities and Global Society Publication year: 2022 Editor: Sunera Thobani About the book This pioneering book demonstrates the disproportionate impact of state responses to COVID-19 on racially marginalized communities. Written by women and queer people of colour academics and activists, the book analyses pandemic lockdowns, border controls, […]
The Catcher in the Loft, co-translated by Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton (2019)
Publication title: The Catcher in the Loft Publication year: 2019 Author: Ch’ŏn Un-yŏng Translators: Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton About the book Inspired by the case of a torture specialist in 1980s South Korea who from 1988 to 2000 was a fugitive in his own house, The Catcher in the Loft (published in South Korea in 2011 […]
What is Korean Literature?, co-written by Youngmin Kwon and Bruce Fulton (2020)
Publication title: What is Korean Literature? Publication year: 2020 Authors: Youngmin Kwon and Bruce Fulton About the book This volume outlines the major developments, characteristics, genres, and figures of the Korean literary tradition. It includes examples, in English translation, of each of the genres and works by several of the major figures discussed in the […]