The memoir is based on notes Sledge kept tucked away in a pocket-sized Bible he carried with him during battles he fought at Peleliu and Okinawa

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 Hyosŏk and Ch'ae Manshik) and ending with works by four of the most imaginative contemporary writers (Kim Yŏngha, Ha Sŏngnan, P'yŏn Hyeyŏng, and Kim Chunghyŏk)

Kim Seung-Hee’s poetry is usually described in Korea as "feminist," "subversive," and "surrealist." Most important is the way her poetic voices differ radically from any other Korean poet’s, male or female. Her work has sometimes found a readier acceptance among readers of the English translations than among Koreans reading the originals, who are often puzzled by the seeming lack of conventional poetic themes and female sensitivity

Robert "Bobby" Washkowiak battles his way through the first bitter winter of the Korean War longing for home, his wife and newborn son. Fifty years later, his son and grandson come across his wartime letters and together, they try to find out what happened to Bobby on one of the battlefields of that forgotten war

llustrieren und Text vervollkommnen, ergänzen, kontrastieren, widersprechen einander. Aus dieser spannungsreichen Kombination entsteht schelmische Poesie des Alltags: Kürzestgeschichten und Tuschezeichnungen erzählen gemeinsam surreale, groteske, humorvolle, auch ernste oder traurige Sekundengeschichten und ergeben miteinander viel mehr als jedes für sich gelesen oder betrachtet

Freundschaften, die sich verändern, Eltern, die getrennt leben, neue Geschwister und die erste Verliebtheit, das alles mögen schwierige Themen sein, aber Tamara Bach gelingt es wie keiner zweiten von dieser Zeit des Umbruchs leicht und vielschichtig zugleich zu erzählen