The Penguin Book of Korean Short Stories is a 2023 short story anthology edited by Bruce Fulton. The introduction was written by Kwon Youngmin. Marking the first collection of Korean literature in the Penguin Classics series, the book's 26 short stories span the years of 1934 to 2013 and are arranged thematically.
Critical reception Asian Review of Books admired the book's curation spearheaded by Fulton and called it "a truly fine collection of Korean stories" but wished that more stories from North Korea were included.
Korean Quarterly called the book "a delightful collection of modern Korean short stories" and lauded Fulton's discretion in showing a diverse array of writers, stories, and experiences.
Literary Review lauded Fulton's judgment of "what makes a good anthology" commended the book as "a literature bound to the events of a tumultuous century, one that holds up to the light all the tragedies, great and small, of its upheavals."
Table of contents +TitleAuthorTranslatorTradition"When the Buckwheat Blooms"Yi HyoseokKim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton"A Man Called Hǔngbo"Chae Man-sikRoss King, Bruce Fulton, and Ju-Chan Fulton"Mama and the Boarder"Chu YosǒpKim Chong-un and Bruce Fulton"The Old Hatter"Yi MunyeolSuh Ji-moon"Pig on Grass"Kim TaeyongBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan FultonWomen and Men"A Day in the Life of Kubo the Novelist"Park TaewonSunyoung Park, Jefferson J. A. Gatrall, and Kevin O'Rourke"Spicebush Blossoms"Gim YujeongBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"The Last of Hanak'o"Choe YunBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan FultonA chapter from Hwang ChiniHong Sok-jungBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"Needlework"Ch'ǒn UnyǒngNa-Young Bae and Bruce FultonPeace and War"Time for You and Me"Hwang Sun-wonBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"Winter Outing"Pak WansŏMarshall R. Pihl"Land of Exile"Cho ChǒngnaeMarshall R. PihlHell Chosǒn"Wings"Yi SangKevin O'Rourke"Seoul: Winter 1964"Kim SǔngokMarshall R. Pihl"Wayfarer"O Chong-huiBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"House on the Prairie"Shin Kyung-sookBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"The First Anniversary"P'yǒn HyeyǒngCindy Chen, Bruce Fulton, and Ju-Chan Fulton"River Dark"Choi SucholBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan FultonInto the New World"The Poplar Tree"Choe InhoBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"The Bone Thief"Hwang ChǒngǔnBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"Home on the Range"Jung Young-moonBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton"The Glass Shield"Kim ChunghyǒkKevin O'Rourke"Black-and-White Photographer"Han YujooJanet Hong"The Future of Silence"Kim AeranBruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton
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