Korea's most prized literary masterpiece- a Buddhist journey questioning the illusions of human life-presented in a vivid new translation by PEN/Hemingway finalist Heinz Insu Fenkl
Heinz Insu Fenkl is a writer, editor, translator, and folklorist.
His first novel, Memories of My Ghost Brother, was a PEN/Hemingway
finalist. He is an associate professor of English at SUNY New
Paltz. He also serves on the editorial board of Azalea- Journal of
Korean Literature and Culture, and is a consulting editor for Words
Without Borders. His fiction has been published in The New Yorker,
and his story collection, Skull Water, is forthcoming from Graywolf
Press.
Kim Man-Jung (1637-1692) is generally accepted as the author of The
Nine Cloud Dream (Kuunmong), often considered the greatest classic
Korean novel. He is said to have composed it in exile as a comfort
to his mother. A member of the yangban (ruling class) literati, Kim
Man-Jung rose to become the head of the Confucian Academy. His
other works include The Record of Lady Sa's Journey South (Sassi
Namjeongg).
“Man-Jung’s tale is a hypnotic journey, a scholarly, instructive Buddhist bildungsroman set across Tang dynasty China, and in Insu Fenkl’s skilled translation, a glimpse into the rich crossroads of religions and society therein.”—Publishers Weekly
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