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20th c. Korean Literature

My Very Last Possession, by Pak Wan-so

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Apartment Women, by Gu Byeung-Mo

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Women, Seated, by Zhang Yueran

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After the Banquet, by Mishima Yukio

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Hunchback, by Saou Ichikawa

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Beauty and Sadness, by Kawabata Yasunari

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Contemporary Taiwanese Women Writers: An Anthology

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The Owl Cries, by Pyun Hye-yong

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20th c. Chinese Literature

Ward Four: A Novel of Wartime, by Ba Jin

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Dust and Other Stories, by Yi T’aejun

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I teach 9th-grade Literature and Composition and AP Literature at a private school for girls in New England. We have a small boarding program of domestic and international students. Many of the latter are from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, South Korea, and Japan. Because these students work so hard to engage with the Western canon, I decided that the best way to honor their spirit would be to educate myself about their literature. This blog is about my experience of trying to learn the culture and history of East Asia by reading literature in translation.

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