Korean Literature

When Eugene Kim assembles his three estranged daughters at his deathbed, he means to put them to the test. Vicious and pathetic in equal measure, he wants to test who will abject themselves for his favor—and, more importantly, his fortune. Each isolated and desperate to escape their circumstances, the sisters wrestle with the legacy of their abusive father as they attempt to imagine a future with others—colleagues, lovers, friends, family—as rage and shame courses through their blood.

Riley Oh can't wait to see her sister get initiated into the Gom clan, a powerful lineage of Korean healing witches their family has belonged to for generations. Her sister, Hattie, will earn her Gi bracelet and finally be able to cast spells without adult supervision. Although Riley is desperate to follow in her sister's footsteps when she herself turns 13, she's a saram - a person without magic. Riley was adopted, and despite having memorized every healing spell she's ever heard, she often feels like the odd one out in her family and the gifted community.

어느 날 여진이는 학교 근처 허름한 건물에서 귀신 소리가 들려온다는 소문을 듣게 됩니다. 과연 소문처럼 지하실에 귀신이 사는지 궁금해하는 아이들이 점점 늘어났지요. 그런데 여진이와 친구들이 우연히 그 건물 근처를 지나다가 지하실에서 뭔가 검은 물체가 움직이는 것을 목격하게 됩니다. 혼비백산해서 달아난 아이들은 지하실 귀신의 실체를 밝히려고 머리를 맞대게 되지요.

Margot Lee's mother is ignoring her calls. Margot can’t understand why, until she makes a surprise trip home to Koreatown, LA, and finds that her mother has suspiciously died. Determined to discover the truth, Margot unravels her single mother’s past as a Korean War orphan and an undocumented immigrant, only to realize how little she truly knew about her mother, Mina.

〈잘 혼나는 기술〉에는 상반된 두 명의 캐릭터가 등장합니다. 자신의 잘못에 대한 반성보다는 늘 다른 사람을 탓하면서 억울해 하는 '도룡이'와 잘못을 저지르더라도 반성하는 척하면 크게 혼나지 않는다고 믿는 '수용이'입니다. 두 캐릭터가 만들어 가는 이야기 속에서 우리 어린이들이 '진심이 가진 힘'을 느낄 수 있기를 바랍니다.

어린이들도 친해지고 싶은 아이가 있지만 어떤 이유로 쉽게 다가가지 못하는 경우가 있습니다. 〈잘 훔치는 기술〉은 '자신의 모습을 진실하게 드러내고 진심으로 상대를 대하면, 상대도 마음을 열게 된다.'라는 메시지를 담고 있습니다. 친구는 어린이들의 사회성 발달과 인성 발달에 큰 영향을 미칩니다. 우리 어린이들이 〈잘 훔치는 기술〉을 읽고 진심이 가진 힘을 알고 좋은 친구 관계를 맺기 바랍니다.

Born with mysterious powers she does not know how to control, young Jieun accidentally causes her family to vanish. She vows to live a million lives in search of them. Finally, one night, she brings the Marigold Mind Laundry into existence. Its service: to remove the deepest pain from our hearts. Jieun listens while customers share their unhappy memories. As they speak, she transfers their sadness onto T-shirts as stains. After a spin in the washing machine, the stains become flower petals that soar into the air, and Jieun’s customers find solace.

Sori has worked her whole life to become a K-pop idol, until she realizes she doesn’t want a life forever in the spotlight. But that’s not actually up to Sori—she’s caught between her exacting mother’s entertainment company and her father’s presidential aspirations. And as the pressure to keep her flawless public image grows, the last person she should be thinking about is her ex-boyfriend.

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1999: At the end of the millennium, the Kim family is struggling to move on after their mother, Sunny, vanished a year ago. Sixty-one-year-old John Kim feels more isolated from his grown children than ever before. One evening, their fragile lives are further upended when John finds the body of an unhoused stranger in the backyard with a letter to Sunny, leaving the family with more questions than ever. 1977: Newly married, Sunny is pregnant and has just moved to Los Angeles from Korea with her hardworking and often-absent husband.

It’s as if her life only began once Moon appeared in it. The desultory copywriting work, the boyfriend, and the want of anything not-Moon quickly fall away when she beholds the idol in concert, where Moon dances as if his movements are creating their own gravitational field; on live streams, as fans from around the world comment in dozens of languages; even on skincare products endorsed by the wildly popular Korean boy band, of which Moon is the youngest, most luminous member. Seized by ineffable desire, our unnamed narrator begins writing Y/N fanfic.

여진이의 친구 이대팔은 같은 반 윤지에게 푹 빠집니다. 종일 윤지 뒤만 졸졸 따라다녀서 '윤지 꼬리'라는 별명을 갖게 되지요. 여진이와 친구들은 윤지 뒤만 따라다니는 이대팔이 도무지 이해가 되지 않습니다. 그런데 어느 날 갑자기 학교에 이상한 소문이 돌기 시작합니다.

Meet Noh Inji: thirty years old, five wedding rings and counting, and she’s never once been in love. When Inji takes a job at Wedding & Life, the popular matchmaking service, she never imagines her role will be with NM, their secretive marriage division that rents out “field spouses” for a fixed period to their elite clientele. Just like a real marriage, Inji’s assignments involve a wedding, some sex, and a spot of housework. It’s all tailored exactly to the client’s desires—no legal battles, no fights, no emotional baggage.

가짜 뉴스가 어떤 피해를 주며 가짜 뉴스에 현혹되지 않으려면 어떤 자세를 가져야 하는지, 교실에서 벌어지는 사건으로 어린이의 시선에 맞게 이야기를 구성하였습니다. 늘 골치 아픈 사건에 휘말리면서 엉뚱한 행동으로 웃음을 주는 주인공 도룡이와 잔꾀로 도룡이를 골려 주려는 친구 수용이의 이야기 속에서 우리 어린이들은 가짜 뉴스나 헛소문에 현혹되지 않고 사실을 제대로 밝히려는 자세의 중요성을 느낄 것입니다.

배우 클라리사 라일은 미모와 거침없는 술수로 악명이 높았다. 이제 그녀는 자신의 계략으로 인해 더는 누구도 믿을 수 없는 악몽의 주인공 자리를 맡고야 말았고, 사립탐정 코델리아 그레이는 은밀하게 생명의 위협에 시달리는 배우를 지켜달라는 의뢰를 받고, 햇빛 찬란한 코시섬으로 초대를 받는다. 그러나 코시섬의 막이 오르자 모든 일은 예상 밖으로 흘러가고, 코델리아 그레이는 곧 이 모든 게 죽음을 위해 마련된 무대임을 깨닫게 되는데….

In “The Center for Immortality Research,” a low-level employee runs herself ragged planning a fancy gala for donors, only to be blamed for a crime she witnessed during the event, under the noses of the mysterious celebrity benefactors hoping to live forever. But she can’t be fired—no one can. In “One More Kiss, Dear,” a tender, one-sided love blooms in the AI-elevator of an apartment complex; as in, the elevator develops a profound affection for one of the residents.

In an Empire run on necromancy, dead sorcerers are the lifeblood. Their corpses are wrapped in chains and drained of magic to feed the unquenchable hunger for imperial conquest. Born with magic, Arienne has become resigned to her dark fate. But when the voice of a long-dead sorcerer begins to speak inside her head, she listens. There may be another future for her, if she’s willing to fight for it. Miles away, beneath a volcano, a seven-eyed dragon also wears the Empire’s chains. Before the imperial fist closed around their lands, it was the people’s sacred guardian.

After crashing their spacecraft in the middle of nowhere, a shapeshifting alien finds themself stranded on an unfamiliar planet and disabled by Earth’s gravity. To survive, they will need to practice walking. And what better way than to hunt for food? As they discover, humans are delicious. Intelligent, clever, and adaptable, the alien shifts their gender, appearance, and conduct to suit a prey’s sexual preference, then attacks at the pivotal moment of their encounter.

두려움, 회피, 슬픔 등 음식으로 나쁜 기억을 치유할 순 없을까? 심리적 편식은 '나쁜 습관'이 아닌, '아픈 기억'이라는 말이 있다. 아픈 몸을 의사가 치료하듯 아픈 기억은 요리사가 치료해줄 수 있지 않을까 하는 생각에서 이 이야기는 시작된다.