James Nicoll Reviews

Wildest Dreams

The Melancholy of Untold History

By Minsoo Kang

30 Aug, 2024

**Doing the WFC's Homework**

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Minsoo Kang’s 2024 The Melancholy of Untold History is a secondary-universe history… of sorts.

What, if anything, do a doomed storyteller, four angry gods, and a heartbroken historian, have to do with each other?

A Vision of New Horizons

The Story of Hong Gildong

(Translated by Minsoo Kang)

19 Apr, 2023

**Translation**

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2016’s The Story of Hong Gildong is a translation, by Minsoo Kang, of a classic Korean tale.

Born to high-ranking Minister Hong, Gildong is bright, talented, and clearly destined for a glorious future serving the kingdom. Or he would be, if only he were the son of the minister’s legal wife, rather than being the son of a concubine.