"The Hand" by Choi Jung-hwa 2021-04-20 Choi Jung-hwa’s “The Hand” was published in 2018. The story starts with the narrator’s monologue about how she wakes ... Listen
"And Do You Also Rent out Umbrellas?" by Hwang Hyun-jin 2021-04-13 Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongShe lives by herself in Seoul but her life isn’t easy. She has to look through a pile of clothes in ... Listen
"Snow in April" by Sohn Won-pyung 2021-04-06 Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongA person’s memories of a shocking or scary experience often remain in her subconscious mind. ... Listen
"City and Ghost" by Lee Hyo-seok 2021-03-30 Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongThe protagonist is a plasterer who works in the city’s building projects. But ironically he doesn’t ... Listen
"In Front of the Door" by Lee Dong-ha 2021-03-23 The protagonist is a teacher in his late 40s, whose workplace is in another province, so he comes home only once a month. Today he came home without ... Listen
"A Pale Corridor" by Lee Chae-won 2021-03-16 The truth is that Yeong-sik and Mi-yeon had been paying back Yeong-seon’s debt for the past 30 years. The cash gifts they got for their son’s ... Listen
"Looking for a Horse" by Lee Sun-won 2021-03-09 Su-ho found out that his aunt was infertile when he was in fourth grade. His relatives decided for the boy be a foster son to his uncle.More shameful ... Listen
"To the Desert" by Cheon Seon-ran 2021-03-02 Cheon Seon-ran’s “To the Desert” is a science fiction novel published in 2020. While traveling to an unknown planet, the protagonist ... Listen
"The Sound of a Gong" by Moon Soon-tae 2021-02-23 Moon Soon-tae’s “The Sound of a Gong” was published 1978. The story is set against a rural village flooded when a dam was built ... Listen
"A Dandelion on the Rooftop" by Park Wan-suh 2021-02-16 Interview by literary critic Jeon So-yeongThe narrator is the only person in the story who understand the elderly ladies because he had once felt ... Listen