Korean Literature

Short Stories in Korean for Intermediate Learners has been written especially for students from low-intermediate to intermediate level, designed to give a sense of achievement, a feeling of progress and most importantly - enjoyment! Mapped to B1-B2 on the Common European Framework of Reference, these eight captivating stories are designed to give you a sense of achievement and a feeling of progress when listening.

병자호란 때문에 힘들었던 우리 백성에게 희망을 준, 영웅 임경업을 주인공으로 한 군담소설이다. 무과에 일등으로 합격한 임경업은 어린 시절부터 열심히 병서를 읽으며 공부한다. 벼슬할 때는 맡은 일에 최선을 다하고, 함께 일한 군사와 백성들을 아껴 준다. 명나라에 사신으로 갔다가 호국(후금, 후에 청나라로 이름을 바꿈)을 도와주라는 부탁을 받고 전쟁에 나가 전쟁을 승리로 이끈다. 이 일로 임경업 장군의 이름이 널리 퍼지게 된다.

When the beautiful Korean housewife Bae learns that her college student daughter Hwan could be attending a party at a Fraternity House linked to numerous sex scandals, she races to prevent the corruption of her little girl. How could Bae have known that she would be the one corrupted by the boys of Phi Upsilon Kappa?

Ian McAllister has searched the world over, hunting for that all-elusive perfect photograph. He finds it on a tourist trip to North Korea when he stumbles upon a young street kid foraging for roots. Unaware that this single act will brand him a spy and cost his freedom, Ian takes the shot. Now, he must pay the penalty.

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로맨스 소설의 고전이자, 19세기 초 영국에서 유행한 고딕 소설로도 평가 받는, 여성 작가 샬럿 브론테의 대표작. 책은 가난한 고아 가정교사 제인 에어와 부유하지만 불행한 에드워드 로체스터의 사랑 이야기가 작품의 중심축을 이루고 이들의 사랑을 방해하는 장애물이 주된 갈등으로 작용한다. 작가는 자매들과 함께 다녔던 기숙 학교의 기억과, 비련으로 끝나고 만 사랑의 경험을 작품 속에 녹여낸다.

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문학동네작가상과 자음과모음문학상을 수상하며 현대인의 불온한 삶과 부조리한 세계에 대한 예민하고 단단한 시선으로 남다른 작품 세계를 구축해온 작가 안보윤의 여섯 번째 장편소설 『밤의 행방』.

Two Russian agents discover a missing nuclear weapon was hidden in an American city by North Korea. Another nuclear weapon nears Seoul in a tunnel built by North Koreans. And North Korea's new military dictator launches an all-out invasion. Will Seoul or Pyongyang be the new capital of a united Korea?

Some R&R in Paris is just what the doctor ordered for Rachel Prescott, until she starts to attract unwanted attention. Casey Reddick is visiting a friend and witnesses a devastating attack that almost claims his life.

Hope is not your typical teenage girl. After a tumultuous childhood, she is once again in a new town and a new school which her mother has dragged her to. As is often the case, she is one of the only Asian kids in an all-white school and is still dealing with family issues. Hope is struggling to adjust to her new environment as a freshman in high school, where she meets a school counselor who helps her wade through the entire school year as well as pushes her to explore her past.

North Korea's deadliest weapon is sleeper agent Song Sun Young. Married with children and living the good life in New York City, she has waited seven years to activate the mission she was trained to do: infiltrate America's financial infrastructure. She prays the call from her handlers will never come, because she loves her husband and kids and affluent New York lifestyle. But the call does come. During volatile negotiations between the White House and Pyongyang, Song is hurled back into a reality she had hoped to leave behind forever.

'A harrowing, off-beat novella about the ways in which young teenagers process trauma -- think MY DARK VANESSA meets EARTHLINGS. A truly unique gut-punch of a read' Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller 'The Crustacean isn't a novel, it's an obsession . . . I would kill and die for this...

Step into the enchanting world of Korea's most beloved fairy tales, retold and expanded for a new generation. Originally collected by the renowned American scholar William Elliot Griffis, Korean Fairy Tales Revived introduces timeless stories of gods, heroes, talking animals, and spirits that have been passed down through generations.

THE KOREAN SENSATION For lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away… If you're lost or grieving, you'll find The Memory Bookshop, where the...

제인 오스틴이 선사하는 해학과 유머 가득한 자기 성찰의 드라마. 호기심과 오해가 빚어낸 사건들 속에서 완성되는 엠마의 좌충우돌 성장기. 철없는 독신주의자 엠마 우드하우스. 무료하고 권태로운 시간을 어떻게 보낼지 고민하는 그녀에게 가장 흥미로운 일은 바로 다른 사람들의 결혼을 주선하는 것. 그러나 자신을 따르는 친구 해리엇의 짝사랑을 부추기며 좋은 남자들과 맺어 주려는 그녀의 시도는 연달아 실패로 돌아가고.

사랑과 열정, 속죄와 용서의 테마! 영국 여성작가의 계보를 잇는 샬럿 브론테의 대표작. 로맨스 소설의 고전이자, 19세기 초 영국에서 유행한 고딕 소설로도 평가 받는, 여성 작가 샬럿 브론테의 대표작. 책은 가난한 고아 가정교사 제인 에어와 부유하지만 불행한 에드워드 로체스터의 사랑 이야기가 작품의 중심축을 이루고 이들의 사랑을 방해하는 장애물이 주된 갈등으로 작용한다. 작가는 자매들과 함께 다녔던 기숙 학교의 기억과, 비련으로 끝나고 만 사랑의 경험을 작품 속에 녹여낸다.

Set against the backdrop of the 2002 World Cup and rising anti-American sentiment due to a deadly tank accident involving two young Korean girls, The Korean Word for Butterfly is told from three alternating points-of-view.

『이 세상에 태어나길 참 잘했다』는 경제 위기로 가정이 해체되어 가는 우리 사회에 가족의 소중함과 사랑을 주제로, 이 사회의 기둥이 될 어린이들을 위한 특별한 성장동화입니다. 태어나자마자 어머니가 돌아가시고, 아버지마저 떠난 후에 이모와 외할머니 품에서 자라게 되는 초등 5학년 '김복동'이 주인공입니다. 복동이가 미국에서 새로운 가정을 일구고 있는 아버지를 만나게 되면서, 서로의 존재와 가정이 무엇인가를 생각하게 합니다. 새로운 가족(필리핀계 어머니와 이복 동생들)을 만나면서 처음에는 서로의 존재를 이해하는 것이 쉽지 않습니다. 하지만 그들은 차츰 서로의 존재를 받아들이며, 이 세상의 생명에는 다 뜻이 있으며, 어느 것 하나 하잘 것 없는 것이 없고, 생명을 잉태해 준 가족의 소중함을 깨닫게 됩니다.

Elsa Park is a particle physicist at the top of her game, stationed at a neutrino observatory in the Antarctic, confident she's put enough distance between her ambitions and the family ghosts she's run from all her life. But it isn't long before her childhood imaginary friend—an achingly familiar, spectral woman in the snow—comes to claim her at last. Years ago, Elsa's now-catatonic mother had warned her that the women of their line were doomed to repeat the narrative lives of their ancestors from Korean myth and legend. But beyond these ghosts, Elsa also faces a more earthly fate.