The Age of Doubt

The Age of Doubt collects some of Pak Kyongni’s most famous works, including her 1955 debut & other stories featuring characters that would appear in her 21-volume epic, Toji. Many of Pak’s stories reflect her own turbulent experiences during the period following the Korean war & the various South Korean dictatorships throughout the twentieth century.

Pak Kyongni (1926-2008) is one of Korea’s most venerated writers & was hugely influential during her almost forty-years-long career. As one of the most highly respected writers in Korea, Pak’s work is included in textbooks, made into TV dramas & films, & several organisations are devoted to preserving her legacy, including the Pak Kyongni House & Literary Park & the Pak Kyongni Memorial Museum.

Translated by: Sophie Bowman, Anton Hur, Slin Jung, You Jeong Kim, Paige Aniyah Morris, Mattho Mandersloot, Emily Yae, Won & Dasom Yang, with insightful commentary by Professor Kang Ji Hee.

MATTHO MANDERSLOOT is a translator from Amsterdam. He reads Dutch, English, French, Latin, Greek, & Korean. Based in London, most of his current translation work is of Korean fiction.