[KS] New Korean fiction in translation: No Hand Held Mine

[Aimee Lee]

I wanted to share a new publication 
<https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/no-hand-held-mine/9781978842809/> 
coming this fall from Rutgers University Press' DITTA series, a 
translation of Kim Soom's fiction and non-fiction in one volume. My 
colleague Joon-Li Kim worked hard on the translation with Doo-Sun Ryu, 
and Joon-Li asked to use an image of one of my hanji dress art pieces 
for the cover.

The goal of this series 
<https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/search-results-grid/?series=ditta-korean-humanities-in-translation> 
is to bring more Korean literature into translation for English readers, 
and I hope you and your libraries consider it for your collections and 
teaching.

More about /No Hand Held Mine/:

An elderly Korean woman talking about being forced into sexual slavery 
during World War II. A modern Korean woman extricating herself from a 
failing relationship with an artist. Award-winning South Korean writer 
Kim Soom presents us with portraits of two women who couldn’t be more 
different but who both show resilience and compassion. /No Hand Held 
Mine: Stories/, containing one non-fiction piece and one short story, 
demonstrates the power and breadth of Kim’s writing. “Granny Wild Goose” 
uses former Comfort Woman Gil Won-Ok’s own words, recorded during 
conversations with Kim, to tell her life story of brutality, betrayal, 
and survival. In “The Root’s Tale,” the female protagonist comes to 
understand the strength of solitary women. Both devastating and 
reaffirming, /No Hand Held Mine/ shows why Kim Soom has received every 
major literary award in Korea. Joon-Li Kim and Doo-Sun Ryu’s sensitive 
translation maintains Kim’s lyricism and exquisite imagery.

This book is published with the support of The Daesan Foundation.

https://www.rutgersuniversitypress.org/no-hand-held-mine/9781978842809/

Thanks,
Aimee
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aimeelee.net
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