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"While translation requires getting words correct—and thus shares Ch’oe’s own obsession with the correct placing of words—it also asks for the recovery of time."—Janet Poole on Translating Ch’oe Myŏngik, author of PATTERNS OF THE HEART AND OTHER STORIES. https://buff.ly/3ZqPas7#KoreanLiterature

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Maybe you have to be an international literature nerd to be as excited as I am rn but... I have a short story collection SIGNED by O Jeonghui... And it's inscribed by the author to Marilynne Robinson! #KoreanLiterature #rarebooks #AmericanLiterature

A book held open to show the front jacket flap and the front free endpaper, which is signed by the author and dated October 28, 2013
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From the Five Books site, an intriguing list of Korean novels to read, from the editor of THE PENGUIN BOOK OF KOREAN SHORT STORIES https://fivebooks.com/best-books/the-best-korean-novels-bruce-fulton/ #worldliterature #koreanliterature #literatureintranslation

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