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Description of  Sunset: A Ch'ae Manshik Reader (Weatherhead Books on Asia)

Chae Manshik is one of the most accomplished modern Korean writers yet is underrepresented in English translation because of the challenges posed by his distinctive voice and colloquial style. Sunset: A Chae Manshik Reader is the first English-language anthology of his works and features a variety of genresnovella, short fiction, anecdotal essay, travel writing, childrens story, one-act play, three-act play, and roundtable discussion. This anthology moves beyond the usual representative works to provide a well-rounded selection of writing by one of Koreas most innovative and memorable voices, drawing on Ch'ae's ten-volume Read more