Nonfiction. Korean Language Reference. Writing Systems. Southeast Asia Studies. Hangeul, the indigenous writing system of Korea, was promulgated in 1446. It is an ingenious system that utilizes modern
Film Studies. Asian Studies. Kim Ki-young is often acclaimed as an auteur whose films seem to contain new scenes every time you watch them. Though he was a leading director with unique artistic style
Nonfiction. Southeast Asia Studies. It is often said that Korea did in 50 years what the developed nations of the West took 200 years to do. This is not that great an exaggeration. When Korea was libe
Fiction. Announcing the long-awaited reprint of Steve McCaffery's rare 1984 intervention into fiction (if "fiction" indeed this be). Taking its inspiration from Jeremy Bentham's "Panopticon Papers" Mc
JRGEN LETH is one of Denmarks foremost modern poets and a leading international filmmaker. Poems and films: two sides of his extensive ouevre, intricately interwoven. Films like The Perfect Human, pla
Poetry. "Sobin's work has an inevitability in its momentum and its music that only great poems achieve. This is not an imitation of motion, a copy of nature, but true poiesis in which meaning is synon
"The history of modern Korea consists of many fetters, in which different generations live with very different experiences. Many artists left records rof their generations but Im Kwon-Taek is the only
Poetry. "Gordon Osing's new book THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPENED is brilliant,soul-deep, questing, and fun. One thinks of Wordsworth's Preludedone with a great jazz beat, and then one thinks of all the goo
Film Studies. Asian Studies. This book is the result of efforts to reach a deeper and broader understanding of the director Bong Joon-ho, who has been the subject of a great deal of popular interest a
Poetry. Translated from the Dutch by Jacquelyn Pope. The first major collection of Hester Knibbe's work to be published in English, HUNGERPOTS brings together a selection of poems displaying the range
Contributed articles presented at the Crisis/Media Workshop organized by Sarai-CSDS, Delhi in March 2003 analysing media coverage on wars and internal disturbances in various South Asian countries.
Poetry. Music. Art. Combining whimsical illustrations with poems of love, humour and celebration of the ups and downs of being a touring recording artist, IDIOT VERSE is a delightful book in the tradi