LTI Korea Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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The Old Garden
Hwang Sok-YongWe're making sure to #namethetranslator 🫶❣️ 1️⃣ Human Acts: by Han Kang / tr. Deborah Smith 2️⃣ The Old Garden: by Hwang Sok-young / tr. Jay Oh 3️⃣ Gwangju Uprising: by Lee Jae-eui , Jeon Yong-ho, Hwang Sok-young / tr. Slin Jung
Paperback, 2012
$24.95Member price:$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
My Brilliant Life
Ae-Ran KimApril 20 is Day of #PWD in South Korea. How about reading a #Koreanbook dealing with disabilities today? ▶ Jun by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim: https://t.co/2kmX12uRUQ ▶ Almond by Sohn Won-pyung: https://t.co/TOS5khDRJC ▶ My Brilliant Life by Ae-ran Kim: https://t.co/Nr3rKZEUqw https://t.co/gNZ2U36MNs
Paperback, 2022
$17.99Member price:$8.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Dog Who Dared to Dream
Sun-Mi HwangThe eleventh translation of Hwang Sun-mi’s fable, “The Dog Who Dared to Dream”🐶 has been published. Translated by Zeina Idriss, the Arabic translation of “The Dog Who Dared to Dream” was published with the assistance of an LTI Korea grant this year. https://t.co/8espy5BX8g
Paperback, 2016
$18.99Member price:$18.99 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Love in the Big City
Sang Young Park🏆 International Literary Award Candidates 📗 Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny (transl. Anton Hur) 📗 Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City (transl. Anton Hur) 📗 Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, The Waiting (transl. Janet Hong) 📗 Hwang Sok-yong, На закате (transl. Kuznetsova Maria)
Paperback, 2022
$17.00Member price:$8.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Cursed Bunny: Stories
Bora Chung🏆 International Literary Award Candidates 📗 Bora Chung, Cursed Bunny (transl. Anton Hur) 📗 Sang Young Park, Love in the Big City (transl. Anton Hur) 📗 Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, The Waiting (transl. Janet Hong) 📗 Hwang Sok-yong, На закате (transl. Kuznetsova Maria)
Paperback, 2022
$18.99Member price:$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The World's Lightest Motorcycle
Won YiThe grand prize for 2022 was awarded to four translations in three different languages. 📍 English : E. J. Koh· Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello - Cotranslation of The World’s Lightest Motorcycle, a poetry collection by Yi Won
Paperback, 2021
$16.00Member price:$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
I Have the Right to Destroy Myself
Young-Ha Kim✒️The seventeenth translation of Kim Young-ha’s novel, “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself” has been published. https://t.co/azNDcjzyTC
Paperback, 2012
$12.95Member price:$6.47 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Disaster Tourist
Yun Ko-Eunand Serpent’s Tail(UK), the publisher of Yun Ko-eun’s The Disaster Tourist, which is the winner of the CWA Crime Fiction in Translation Dagger 2021. These publishing companies will attend consultation sessions with Korean publishers
Paperback, 2020
$16.95Member price:$8.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Gwangju Uprising: The Rebellion for Democracy in South Korea
Hwang Sok-YongWe're making sure to #namethetranslator 🫶❣️ 1️⃣ Human Acts: by Han Kang / tr. Deborah Smith 2️⃣ The Old Garden: by Hwang Sok-young / tr. Jay Oh 3️⃣ Gwangju Uprising: by Lee Jae-eui , Jeon Yong-ho, Hwang Sok-young / tr. Slin Jung
Paperback, 2022
$39.95Member price:$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Climate Grief: From Coping to Resilience and Action
Shawna Weaver(1/2) 📚 Summer reading just got better! Experience the allure of Korean literature this #summer with #LTIKorea! 🌞 Discover exclusive interviews, insightful features, and a special focus on #climategrief in the latest issue of @koreanlitnow! 🌊 #SummerReads #KLN https://t.co/9GnVPMI9MM
Paperback, 2023
$19.95Member price:$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book