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Impressions of Laura VanArendonk Baugh’s Traditional Japanese Novella Kitsune-Tsuki
Another American author featured as a speaker at the recent virtual World Fantasy Con 2020 is Laura VanArendonk Baugh, and when I saw she had a few books set in Japan, I was intrigued since I love the East Asian fox myth and have written some far less traditional books featuring them myself. The first […]
The Life and Works of Korean Author Kim Dongni
This year on my main blog, the Ice Pine Palace (see links in the left column here for my affiliate blogs), my Literati Corner selection will be a novella and short stories by a very famous Korean author. Kim Dongni (김동리金東里) was born in 1913 in the historical city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, […]
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The Life and Works of Korean Author Kim Dongni
This year on my main blog, the Ice Pine Palace (see links in the right column here for my affiliate blogs), my Literati Corner selection will be a novella and short stories by a very famous Korean author. Kim Dongni (김동리金東里) was born in 1913 in the historical city of Gyeongju in North Gyeongsang Province, […]
Sohyeon After Midnight Book Reading Videos and Character Roll-Call
I had some time this weekend to prepare a few videos for everyone to enjoy. The first video is my character roll-call, which I made for my readers who have been struggling to pronounce my characters’ names in a couple of my novels. Character Roll-Call: Then I prepared a three-part series of me reading selections […]
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The singing voices of the trees communicated with her heart, even more than the bands and other festivities – The Old Capital, Part 2 – Literati Corner
This is my second post on Yasunari Kawabata’s The Old Capital (川端康成の”古都”), which I will wrap up this time as the mystery surrounding Chieko’s birth deepens. In chapter 5, Chieko goes shopping for tofu at the market in anticipation of … Continue reading
An Ominous Murder Attempt – Land, Vol.6, Part 6
I’m going to quickly finish up this volume of the second story arc of Kyeongni Park’s Land series (박경리의《토지》) this time. The rest of part 5 has 10 more chapters to review, which is the end of the story arc. … Continue reading
Digging Your Grave With A Pearl Oyster Shell – Ten Nights of Dreams, Part 1
The next Japanese language selection I have chosen for this year is Natsume Soseki’s “Ten Nights of Dreams” (夏目漱石の”夢十夜”), which is a short story rather than a novel. All of the dreams are written from the first person perspective and … Continue reading
Detection and the Root of the Crime – Land, Vol.2, Part 6
Today we will finish up volume two of the first story arc of Kyeongni Park’s monumental novel Land (박경리의《토지》). The story kicks off in the next chapter with Wife Yoon and more details on how her son Choi Chisu was … Continue reading
Sweeping Reforms Hit Korea at the End of Ninteenth Century – Land, Vol. 2, Part 4
As we start the second volume of Kyeongni Park’s Land (박경리의《토지》), the first story arc, I want to go back to the appendices again and take a look at appendix two where they have the family trees and try to … Continue reading
A Henpecked Husband Meets An Old Flame On Market Day – Land, Vol.1, Part 2
Kyeongni Park’s Land series (박경리의《토지》) kicks off in volume 1 with part 1, which is titled “Footsteps in Darkness.” The first chapter begins with a description of Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving, which is on Hangawi, or August 15, in 1897. Children … Continue reading
Spring Schedule of Author Appearances
As spring kicks into high gear, I will be speaking and appearing at a few upcoming events around town. First up, on May 24th at 7PM, I will be giving my presentation “‘Godzilla, Monster Movies, and Toho Studios” at the … Continue reading
Dishcloth Enchantment – Suspicious Maids, Part 4
This time I’m going to wrap up our current series on Suspicious Maids by Jingyu Park (박진규의”수상한 식모들” ), but instead of doing the usual rundown of the plot, I will just select some details and images to highlight. It’s … Continue reading
The Rodent Creature in the Test Tube – Suspicious Maids, Part 3
As we continue our look at Suspicious Maids, by Jingyu Park (박진규의”수상한 식모들” ), it’s becoming clearer that the story is very fragmented and doesn’t seem to have at this point any overarching storyline. It seems to flow from Kyeongho’s … Continue reading
Bullies and a Fake Homepage – Suspicious Maids, Part 2
As we continue the novel we’re working on for this series, Suspicious Maids, by Jingyu Park (박진규의”수상한 식모들” ), I’m finding myself rather confused and wondering if we have wildly unreliable first person narrator. There were already signs even in … Continue reading
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