The Future of Silence: Fiction by Korean Women

Galleys to top media (Library Journal, PW, etc.) and review copies to extensive list of literary journals and media Special promotions to Korean Studies Programs in North America (Berkeley, LA, Universities of Chicago, Michigan, PA, Hawaii, Indiana and Washington, Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Ohio State, Vancouver, Toronto, York), and Korean/Asian academic associations Feature and review campaign to Korean and Asian media in US (Korean Quarterly, Asian American Press, and other Asian media in US), Asian literary journals (Manoa, Rice Paper, Asian Review of Books, Asian Literary Review), and markets with substantial Korean populations (LA, NYC, San Francisco) Promotion to women's studies programs in North America and women's media (Feminist Magazine, Bust.org, Bitch, Ms., Women's Review of Books) Promotions for readings and other events at Korean cultural centers in LA, DC, NYC, Dallas Online promotion through Goodreads and Library Thing Online promotions through social media Some coop funding available for bookstores Featured title at Brooklyn Book Festival, Boston Book Festival, AWP, and possibly LA Festival of Books

Stories by Korean women from the 1960s to 2000s illuminate the complex lives, psyches and struggles of women.These nine stories span half a century of contemporary writing in Korea (1970s-2010s), bringing together some of the most famous twentieth-century women writers with a new generation of young, bold voices. Their work explores a world not often seen in the West, taking us into the homes, families, lives and psyches of Korean women, men, and children. In the earliest of the stories, Pak Wan-so, considered the elder stateswoman of contemporary Korean fiction, opens the door into two "Identical Apartments" where sisters-in-law, bound as much by competition as love, struggle to live with their noisy, extended families. O Chong-hui, who has been compared to Joyce Carol Oates and Alice Munro, examines a day in the life of a woman after she is released from a mental institution, while younger writers, such as Kim Sagwa, Han Yujoo and Ch'on Un-yong explore violence, biracial childhood, and literary experimentation. These stories will sometimes disturb and sometimes delight, as they illuminate complex issues in Korean life and literature. Internationally acclaimed translators Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton have won several awards and fellowships for the numerous works of Korean literature they have translated into English. Featuring these authors and stories: Pak Wan-so: "Identical Apartments" Kim Chi-won: "Almaden" So Yong-un: "Dear Distant Love" O Chong-hui: "Wayfarer" Kong Son-ok: "The Flowering of Our Lives" Kim Ae-ran: "The Future of Silence" Han Yujoo: "I Am the Scribe-Or Am I" Kim Sagwa: "Today Is One of Those The-More-You-Move-the-Stranger-It-Gets Days, and It's Simply Amazing" Ch'on Un-yong: "Ali Skips Rope"