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Baek Seok:
Poems of the North
A bilingual illustrated edition of Korean poetry.
Book information
Food, weather, village life, family and longing fill Baek Seok’s poems. This edition places Korean originals alongside Peter N. Liptak’s English translations, with artwork by Choi Joongwon. Notes, an introduction, a biographical timeline and a list of onomatopoeia offer context for readers who want to follow the poems further.
- Poet
- Baek Seok
- Translation
- Peter N. Liptak
- Artwork
- Choi Joongwon
- Publisher
- Exile Press
- Format
- Hardcover · 324 pages · Korean and English
- ISBN
- 9781936342099
- Retail price
- $28.95 USD
Conversation possibilities
A poem in two languages
A Korean reading, its English translation, and a conversation about what changes between them.
Food, weather and memory
Enter the poems through ordinary things and the world they make visible.
Facing pages
For reading groups and classrooms: compare the original, the translation and the illustration.