Kori : The Beacon Anthology of Korean American Fiction

by Fenkl, Heinz Insu; Lew, Walter K.

• ISBN13: 9780807059166
• ISBN10: 0807059161
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Random House Inc

Summary

Since the 1930s, Korean American writers have come to maintain an important place in our national literature, publishing some of the most exciting fiction of the twentieth century. The stories in this first anthology of Korean American fiction represent the very best work of these writers, including several pieces published for the first time. Contributors include Patti Kim, Chang-rae Lee, Susan Choi, Heinz Insu Fenkl, Leonard Chang, Nora Okja Keller, and Richard E. Kim.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. xi
from A Cab Called Reliable	p. 5
from Living in Half Tones	p. 18
"The Valley of the Dead Air"	p. 31
from Native Speaker	p. 45
from The Fruit 'N Food	p. 60
from Memories of My Ghost Brother	p. 70
from The Grass Roof	p. 88
from East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee	p. 93
from Clay Walls	p. 105
from Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood	p. 126
from The Foreign Student	p. 147
"Severance"	p. 168
"The Water Tower"	p. 186
from "The Movieteller"	p. 209
from Dancer Dawkins and the California Kid	p. 220
from Comfort Woman	p. 228
from DICTEE	p. 246
Suggested Readings	p. 259
Credits	p. 265
Acknowledgments	p. 267
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