via koreaweb.ws on Feb. 8: ...*Waxen Wings: The* Acta Koreana *Anthology of Short Fiction from Korea*, edited by
Bruce Fulton and published in the United States by Koryo Press. [short extract from the editor's introduction] The short story has been the genre of choice for writers of literary fiction in modern Korea and it continues to thrive in the new millennium. *Waxen Wings: The* Acta Koreana *Anthology of Short Fiction from Korea* offers a diverse sampling from a century of modern Korean short fiction, beginning with stories from two early masters (Yi Hyos?k and Ch'ae Manshik) and ending with works by four of the most imaginative contemporary writers (Kim Y?ngha, Ha S?ngnan, P'y?n Hyey?ng, and Kim Chunghy?k). In between are the two writers who are primarily responsible for the visibility enjoyed by Korean women fiction writers today (O Ch?ngh?i and Pak Wans?), and a writer, Kim W?nil, who has made it his lifework to address the territorial and spiritual division of the Korean peninsula. The title of the anthology, from Ha S?ngnan's 1999 story, suggests the transcendental qualities of the finest Korean short fiction. The book can be purchased on-line from Amazon and Barnes and Noble. 
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