An eversurprising and stylistically diverse anthology that will surely stand as the touchstone collection of Korean literature for decades to come Literary ReviewThis eclectic moving and wonderfully enjoyable collection is the essential introduction to Korean literature. Journeying through Koreas dramatic twentieth century from the Japanese occupation and colonial era to the devastating war between North and South and the rapid disorienting urbanization of later decades The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories captures a hundred years of Koreas vibrant shortstory tradition.Here are peddlers and donkeys travelling across moonlit fields artists drinking and debating in the teahouses of 1920s Seoul soldiers fighting for survival exiles from the war who can never go home again and lonely men and women searching for connection in the dizzying modern city. The collection features stories by some of Koreas greatest writers including Pak Wanso O Chonghui and Cho Chongnae as well as many brilliant contemporary voices such as Pyon Hyeyong Han Yujoo and Kim Aeran.