Yi Sang: Selected Works - (Paperback)

This groundbreaking collection of works by Yi Sang, a major Korean writer of the modernist era, presents a visionary and daring response to personal and national trauma.

With carefully curated selections of poems, essays, and stories, this book showcases the influential Korean modernist master's innovative engagement with European modernism, especially that of Surrealism.

Don Mee Choi's expert translations deftly activate a poetry of great speed, volume, and vision, reminding us that to write from the avant-garde is a form of civil disobedience.

This book is a must-read for anyone interested in modern Korean literature, and its impact will be felt long after the final page has been turned.