Harvard Review, December 1st, 2006
Modern Korean Fiction: An Anthology, edited by Bruce Fulton and Youngmin Kwon, Columbia University Press, 2005, $27.50 paper, ISBN 0231135130.
On the dust jacket of this anthology is a fascinating acrylic painting called Bi-Uh, which depicts a flying fish with large wings seated on the head of a girl. What does this surreal tableau have to do with modern Korean fiction? The Korean word "Bi-Uh" is a homonym that can mean either secret language or a flying fish; it seems to suggest that Korean fiction, which has not been readily available to international audiences, unshackles itself and flie...
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