Korean Literature

This audiobook contains touching accounts of struggles and achievements of Korean Americans and serves an important primary source material for understanding the Korean teenage experience in the United States. This audiobook contains biographical accounts of a diverse group Korean Americans. Kenny Yoon, a junior at Horace Mann School in New York, is a part of the gifted music program at The Julliard School. Kenny describes how he came to play violin and how he hopes to bring joy to people through music.

미래를 비관해 수명의 대부분을 팔아버린 나는, 얼마 안 되는 여생에서 행복을 잡으려고 혈안이 되지만 무엇을 해도 엉뚱한 결과를 낳는다. 헛돌기만 하는 나를 차가운 눈으로 바라보는 "감시원" 미야기. 그녀를 위해서 사는 것이야말로 가장 행복한 것임을 깨달았을 때, 나의 수명은 2개월도 남지 않았다.

Helena Rho was six years old when her family left Seoul, Korea, for America and its opportunities. Years later, her Korean-ness behind her, Helena had everything a model minority was supposed to want: she was married to a white American doctor and had a beautiful home, two children, and a career as an assistant professor of pediatrics. For decades she fulfilled the expectations of others. All the while Helena kept silent about the traumas - both professional and personal - that left her anxious yet determined to escape.

Years later, the Korean War is a distant memory for the parents hosting their children for a Christmas party. But when an old photograph rekindles those memories, they're soon wrapped up in telling their children how they fell in love. As a nurse and a downed pilot, they'd found themselves on the run from the enemy - but the only thing that could snare them was true love.

한중록은 혜경궁 홍씨가 사도세자와 결혼하여 뒤주에 갇혀 죽을 때까지의 비극적인 역사 사건을 그린 수필집이다. 초등학생들이 이해할 수 있도록 다소 어려운 궁중 용어를 쉬운 단어로 고르는 대신 정확하게 알게 하기 위해 그대로 쓰고 상세한 주석으로 이해를 높이고 있다. 또한, 책 후반에 사도세자의 죽음에 얽힌 임오화변에 대해 기술된 역사와 한중록의 내용과의 다른 점을 비교하게 하였다. 역사가들 사이에서도 설왕설래하는 비극의 역사 속 미스터리를 푸는 것도 또 하나의 재미를 줄 것이다.

It’s finally summer break, and twelve-year-old Yumi is headed to Korea with her older sister, Minji, for the very first time. She can’t wait to explore the city of Seoul together—but Minji has other plans. The moment they land, Minji ditches Yumi to hang out with their cousins, who are more fashionable, better at soccer, and all-around cooler than Yumi. Lost and alone, Yumi is stuck at home painting with her grandfather. Everything changes when she finds an intriguing ink brush in a neighborhood art shop.

Zwischen Sturm und Schicksal. Jedes Jahr wüten in Minas Heimat tödliche Stürme. Und jedes Jahr wird das schönste Mädchen in die Fluten geworfen. Denn eines Tages, so die Legenden, soll die wahre Braut des Meeresgottes auserwählt werden und den Unwettern ein Ende bereiten. Doch dieses Jahr greift Minas Bruder in das Ritual ein und gerät dabei in Lebensgefahr. Um ihn zu retten, opfert Mina sich freiwillig. Im Reich der Geister stellt sie allerdings fest, dass auf dem Meeresgott ein Fluch liegt.

Korean-American adoptee Siobhan O'Brien has spent much of her life explaining her name and her family to strangers, but a more pressing problem is whether to carry on the PI agency that her dead boss unexpectedly left to her. Easing into middle age, Siobhan would generally rather have a glazed donut than a romance, but when an old friend asks Siobhan to find her daughter who has disappeared from her dorm, the rookie private detective's search begins at Llewellyn College.

Judith's struggles to fit in as a half-Korean, half-Jewish kid in a tough urban neighborhood. But music lessons gave her a purpose and passion. Then chaos strikes: Judith's first love, who dumped her decades ago, returns to dazzle her with his golden pedigree and brilliant career. Her long-absent father arrives out of the blue with a snazzy car and a con man's patter, turning her mother into a love-struck flirt whom Judith barely recognizes.

기괴한 요괴 레스토랑에서 벌어지는 시아의 신비한 모험. 우연히 발견한 고양이에게 이끌려 기괴한 레스토랑에 들어가게 된 주인공 시아. 레스토랑 주인인 해돈에게 자신의 심장이 먹힐 위기에 처한다.

정원사에게 선물 받은 약초를 구하고 말리며 어느새 시아와 쥬드는 둘도 없는 친구가 된다. 게다가 시아는 레스토랑에서의 첫 번째 미션을 수행하며 요괴들의 도움을 받게 되는데, 이들의 도움을 탐탁지 않게 생각하는 이가 있으니 바로 하츠였다. 루이의 공연장에서 만난 시아와 하츠. 하츠는 시아를 불러 친구들을 향한 경고를 하는데....

After catching her fiancé cheating, Naomi spirals emotionally. One rainy night, she drunkenly returns to the house they once shared—only to discover that it’s no longer his. The new owner, Minjae Park, is calm, kind, and startlingly handsome. His peaceful spirit and quiet faith contrast deeply with the chaos in Naomi’s heart. As Naomi begins to heal, the two form a slow-burning friendship rooted in trust, compassion, and shared spiritual values. But both carry past wounds.

His tour is over, but the war rages on for Dickie, one of the forever-haunted veterans who gave up his soul during the Forgotten War. Here is a glimpse of his story, of the battleground he can never leave. Only death can conclude his final objective: closure, and peace. Join him on his road, the Korean Road, as he battles horrors he carries and those that he meets along the way.

The Korean Soul: A Collection of Poems by H. C. Kim explores themes and ideas that are of importance to Koreans around the world, such as the current stand-off between South Korea and North Korea. By hearing H. C. Kim's poems, the listener will be able to see through the soul of Koreans. These poems are powerful testimonies to collective experiences of a people who boast 5,000+ years of history.

"그는 땅에 발을 딛고 시동을 껐다. 헬멧을 벗으며 머리를 좌우로 흔들자 어깨쯤 오는 금빛 머리카락이 흩날렸다. 마치 최면에 걸린 듯 나는 그 모습을 지켜보았다. 등줄기를 타고 전율이 흘렀다. 올려다보고 싶은 욕망이 참을 수 없을 정도로 들끓어 더는 지체하지 않고 그를 올려다보았다. 그와 시선이 맞닿은 순간, 짜릿한 감각이 온몸에 솟구쳤다. 나는 숨 쉬는 것조차 잊어버렸다. 폐가 더는 숨을 참지 못할 지경이 돼서야 가쁜 숨을 몰아쉬었다." 이 단편 소설은 스웨덴 출신 영화 제작자 에리카 루스트와 공동으로 작업한 출판물입니다. 그녀는 강렬한 스토리에 에로틱한 요소를 결합하여 열정, 친밀감, 욕망, 사랑 이야기를 통해 인간의 본성과 다양성을 묘사합니다. 린다 G.는 덴마크의 에로틱 단편 소설 작가입니다.

맑고 청명한 스위스 산골, 그곳에서 자유분방하게 자라나는 알프스 소녀 하이디. 애니메이션 속 하이디는 알프스 공기만큼이나 싱그러운 아이로, 언제나 통통거리며 뛰어다닌다. 소설 『하이디』가 발표된 후 전 세계인들은 대자연을 만나기 위해 알프스를 찾았고, 『하이디』는 스위스를 대표하는 문학 작품이 되었다.

Kate Daniels is a co-pilot aboard the space shuttle Liberty. Liberty is to deploy a space defense system satellite created with the latest American technology. The shuttle crash-lands in the uncharted, mountainous frontier between North Korea and China. As the ranking able-bodied officer, Kate takes charge, evacuating the crew from the crash site. A mountain warlord captures the Liberty's crew, intending to sell the shuttle and its cargo to the highest bidder. On the world stage, this crisis rapidly escalates. The North Koreans forbid an American search and rescue operation, sending their own troops into the region instead.

Based on a true story. As the Korean War threatens to ignite a global nuclear inferno, the fate of the free world rests on a razor's edge, while on the home front, two towering American titans – the resolute President Truman and the legendary General MacArthur – engage in a perilous battle of wills that could either avert Armageddon or tear the nation apart.

North Korea has achieved a breakthrough with nuclear warheads and is about to arm their strategic missiles - weapons that could set the world ablaze. The Echo Six unit commander, Abe Talley, is ordered to take his men across the 38th Parallel. Their mission is to locate and destroy the nukes, as well as their creators. They must enter the heart of the most secretive, repressive, and brutal nation on Earth - and somehow find a way back.

Mina is a professional pickpocket and thief for a huge South Korean conglomerate (chaebol) into which she was born. Having brought great shame to the chaebol as a teenager, she is obligated to work as a criminal for them. This chaebol is also a crime syndicate. She desperately wants out of her dangerous and depressing existence. She sees a ray of hope in the character of Sienna who is the complete opposite to her. She becomes obsessed with Sienna to the point she complicates things on a truly horrific scale.