Hwang Chini
by Hong Sŏkchung, translation Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton
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“The novel Ju-Chan and I are translating is by a writer who grew up in North Korea and attended university there, fulfilled his obligatory military service, and then wrote a novel about an iconic Korean entertaining woman called Hwang Chini. Hwang Chini is an iconic figure in Korean tradition, and it is notable that the author—instead of writing a novel of socialist realism about present-day life in Korea—chose to go back 500 years or so. I think this is what made it possible for this novel to be published in North Korea. The writing is superb.” Read more...
Bruce Fulton, Translator
