Category Archives: Times (UK)

Fun on the dark side

Posted on 28 June 2013 by admin

http://www.the-tls.co.uk/tls/reviews/other_categories/article1279157.ece AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER Victor Cha THE IMPOSSIBLE STATE North Korea, past and future 530pp. Bodley Head. £25. 978 1 84792 235 9 John Everard ONLY BEAUTIFUL, PLEASE A British diplomat in North Korea 260pp. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center. Paperback, £12.99 … Continue reading →

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Pak Kyung-ni’s epic novel of Korean history

Posted on 22 June 2011 by admin

June 22, 2011 http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/the_tls/article7176556.ece Land is a remarkable and important work in which Eastern and Western traditions fruitfully meet Margaret Drabble Pak Kyung-ni’s novel, Land, opens colourfully in 1897 at the traditional feast of the harvest moon, still one of … Continue reading →

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Park Kyung Ni: South Korean novelist

Posted on 8 June 2008 by admin

Author whose epic novel, Toji, is regarded as one of the greatest contributions to Korean literature Park Kyung Ni was one of the leading South Korean novelists of her generation. In her own country and abroad, she was best known … Continue reading →

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