Tag Archives: Short Stories

Discoveries of Korea: 20 Expats’ Tales

“Discoveries of Korea” consists of “My Korea” short stories by 20 expatriates, who stay in Korea , share their stories about their cultural encounters in Korea. It may be a cultural shock, at first, but some are quite interesting elements …
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The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly by Sun-Mi Hwang

Sprout, an egg-laying hen, has the dream: roam free and hatch an egg on her own. She looks to her future every morning while being stuck in the cage. When she is unwell, the farmer and his wife put her …
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Home by Hyun Jin-Geon

The story is set in the 1920s when the Japanese Empire’s colonial exploitation is in full force in the Korean peninsula. The narrator meets a man who wear an unusual set of clothing at the train carriage. He finds out …
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Broken Strings by Gang Gyeong-Ae

Hyeong Cheol is standing in between two decisions which he had to choose one of them: (1) take the path to have a better life or (2) fighting what is right for the society. Later, he decides to throw everything …
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A Chain of Dark Tales by Jung Young Moon

A Chain of Dark Tales consists of 45 short stories that depict fictional situations and characters. These short stories have darker metaphorical aspects which are combined together into a single platform. Furthermore, this book is described as “The Great Quilt” …
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There a Petal Silently Falls by Ch’oe Yun

There a Petal Silently Falls consist of three short stories. The first story, ‘There a Petal Silently Falls’, tells a story about a girl who looks for her long lost brother. Before that, she was shocked by seeing her mother’s …
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