[KS] New Publication Announcement

[Michael Finch]

Dear members of the KS list,

On behalf of Academia Koreana, the Korean studies research institute of
Keimyung University, I would like to announce the recent publication of *Waxen
Wings: The* Acta Koreana *Anthology of Short Fiction from Korea*, edited by
Bruce Fulton and published in the United States by Koryo Press.

The following is a short extract from the editor's introduction:

The short story has been the genre of choice for writers of literary fiction
in modern Korea and it continues to thrive in the new millennium. *Waxen
Wings: The* Acta Koreana *Anthology of Short Fiction from Korea* offers a
diverse sampling from a century of modern Korean short fiction, beginning
with stories from two early masters (Yi Hyosŏk and Ch'ae Manshik) and ending
with works by four of the most imaginative contemporary writers (Kim Yŏngha,
Ha Sŏngnan, P'yŏn Hyeyŏng, and Kim Chunghyŏk). In between are the two
writers who are primarily responsible for the visibility enjoyed by Korean
women fiction writers today (O Chŏnghŭi and Pak Wansŏ), and a writer, Kim
Wŏnil, who has made it his lifework to address the territorial and spiritual
division of the Korean peninsula. The title of the anthology, from Ha
Sŏngnan's 1999 story, suggests the transcendental qualities of the finest
Korean short fiction.

The book can be purchased on-line from Amazon and Barnes and Noble.

Best wishes,

Michael Finch
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