Through more than twenty episodes of James Bond 007, we have never been privy to what happens to the Bond Girls. Where have all the Bond Girls gone? Mimi, the Bond Girl who defied the fate of Bond Girls who must be "discarded" after a mission, decides to become a spy herself.

After a challenging mission involving the usual daring action and technical gizmos, James Bond turns into a typical Korean man who sprawls on the sofa watching TV all day, prefers sex to conversations, and skips the foreplay. When James Bond dumps Mimi, she is determined to become a spy on her own. Far from a knockout blonde, Mimi is a young, unemployed woman who applied to and was rejected by forty companies. A former keeper of the cash register at her older sister’s restaurant, Mimi puts herself through arduous training to earn a 013 (license to kill) and become a spy. Initially a way of getting back at James, her life as a spy becomes a fulfilling identity as she completes the cutthroat training and carries out one deadly mission after another. She finally becomes “herself,” not another throwaway “Bond Girl.”
One day, Mimi is assigned to a mission called "Mission White Fear Exile," which fails due to internal treachery. While getting to the bottom of the conspiracy, Mimi discovers a shocking truth. The traitor is M, 007’s boss and the one who accepted Mimi as a spy. The reason for M’s attempt to kill 007, whom he thought of as his own son, was that he loved him too much. M takes his own life, and Mimi continues to live the life of 013, the secret safe with her.

"A page-turner. Despite the somber message, the narrative remains taut." - Dong-A Ilbo

"A fun novel. The depiction of Bond and Bond Girl’s pettiness is as entertaining as a scene from a graphic novel." - Joongang Ilbo

About the Author
Oh Hyun-jong was Born 1973, Seoul. Studied social work at Ehwa Womans University and creative writing at Myeongji University. Recipient of the 1999 Literature and Ideology New Writers Award. She has published Seiren, You Are a Witch, and The Taste of the Apple.

The story of fateful, unrequited love across generations that takes place about three hundred years ago in Korea when arranged marriage was the norm and interclass marriage was banned by law.

Myo Yeon, the daughter of an infamous philanderer Ryu Ho, marries into an impeccable family of Minister through the strong matriarchal influence of her mother. In her new home where everyone is intense, Myo Yeon decides she will be intensely reticent. One day, her half-sister who had married the widower Pharmacist Ch’oe shows up at her door, extremely pregnant, and gives birth to a child they later name Nan. Nan leaves her own impoverished home at five and is raised at Myo Yeon’s house.
Myo Yeon notices the budding yet forbidden love between Hee Woo, her own son, and Nan. Nan and Hee Woo secretly perform marriage rites for fun, and make flower tea with Myo Yeon´s favorite chrysanthemum as a way of strengthening their love. Although they do not share blood, the two are clearly siblings. Unable to express her true feelings, Myo Yeon hastily marries Hee Woo off to another family. Keeping his love for Nan inside, Hee Woo can no longer resist the marriage proposals from other families and marries another woman while Nan cuts off the dangerous relationship and leave Myo Yeon´s house. 
Yeo Moon happens to see the cripple Hyang cry while passing in front of Choi´s Pharmacy and falls in love instantly. Yeo Moon, however, cannot do anything besides watch Hyang as she gradually wears off taking care of her sick father. After marrying some other woman as a result of his mother’s insistence, he stalks around Hyang’s house. Oblivious to the fact the Hyang is pregnant, Yeo Moon kills Pharmacist Choi in order to free her, but Hyang jumps into the water and kills herself, unable to stand the loneliness.

The novel is composed of monologues of 9 people from 4 families of 3 generations. The story is put together like a puzzle from 9 narrators’ different perspectives. Misunderstandings, secrets, and doubts between the family members and the lovers influence their lives and relations over generations. All these happen with the backdrop of beautiful Korean scenes 300 years ago –Mother’s room in the traditional housing (detailed depiction of tea-making and fabric embroidery work), gardens, an herbal medicine pharmacy, and a temple in the mountain.

"Moon Eclipse depicts love that crumbles before the wall of misunderstanding. Nine narrators tell the story of their love in their own voices." - Dong-A Ilbo

About the Author
Kim Jin-kyu was born 1969 and spent her childhood at the Chrysanthemum house in the countryside. She majored the Iranian Language at Korea Foreign Language University, got married the fall after graduation, and is living with her husband and daughter.  She debuted as a writer with her first novel Moon Eclipse winning the 13th Munhakdongne Novel Award, 2007.
 

"What a story-teller! Expect never-ending lively conversations and descriptions!"

Ichido begins his career as a thief by stealing money from the local comic book store. After a while of petty thievery, he meets an older thief named Wang Hak, who impresses Ichido. He decides to learn from Wang Hak. One day while at Wang Hak’s house, he meets Wang Hak’s daughter, a young woman named Wang Doo-ryeon. Ichido falls in love with her. Doo-ryeon has other plans, however, to run away to the city and becomes a prostitute. Ichido follows her to the city, but eventually returns to his island home after being away for seven years.

About the Author
Born in 1960 in Sangju of Kyungbook Province. He made his literary debut as a novelist in 1995 when his first short story “The Last 4.5 Seconds of My Life” was published in quarterly Munhakdongne. He has won numerous prominent awards of Korea including the Hankook Ilbo Literature Prize, Dongseo Literary Award, the Lee Hyo-seok Literary Award, The Dong-in Literature Prize, the Contemporary Literature Prize and Oh Young-soo Literary Award.
His works include There Live Morons, Enjoyable Life, The Last 4.5 Seconds of My Life, Jo Dong-gwan, I Saw a Tiger, Possessed, Thus Said Hwang Man-geun, Shining Ecstatic Moment, My Mon Used to Sing This Song, Finding the King, Beautiful days, Human Strength, In the middle of merry dancing, Picnic, etc.
 

- 2006 Arts Council Korea Outstanding Books List Selection.
 
According to the Dangun Myth, the bear and the tiger who wanted to become human took Hwanwoongs advice and remained in a cave for a certain period of time eating only garlic and herbs. The bear endured the long period, became a beautiful woman, and later gave birth to the origin of Korea, Dangun. What happened to the tiger who ran away, unable to stand another piece of garlic.

Suspicious Maids starts on the insolent premise that the tiger who refused to obey the gods found her own way to become a woman. The women who were referred to as Tiger Ladies, until the 19th century, they fought against the male-dominated society aiding in the impeachment of Yeonsangun and the Donghak Revolution, and exposing the corruption of the local lords. Suspicious Maids are a group of women who have inherited the spirit of the Tiger Ladies who have secretly fought against the forces that monopolized the wealth and fame in Korea. In contemporary society where people are categorized according to capital, their mission is to infiltrate into bourgeois families, expose their depravity, and wreck their homes. The last of these Suspicious Maids whose entire body has turned into stone as a punishment for disobeying orders seeks to record the history and activities of the organization, asks the protagonist to dictate all the memories in her head through the "Rats That Gnaw on Dreams" on the condition that he inherit all of her property when she dies. The second there is no more memory left in her head, the kitchen knife hanging from the ceiling by a thread breaks and the knife is stuck her neck. The subversive interpretation of history and the disquieting imagination make this novel one that transcends common sense in its imagination.

"Rapid, subversive, exuberant imagination!"

"Great imagination and huge talent."  Dong-A Ilbo

"Fundamentally discredits conventional values and in the end aims for criticism and satire."  Chosun Ilbo
 

The protagonist, branded as a “retard,” was caught peeking at a dirty magazine at school. When the teacher demands that he bring his parents to school, the boy decides to take his own life. He goes up to the roof of a building, dons a cape and writes a big “S” on his chest with a sharpie to make it seem like he died trying to imitate Superman because he doesn’t want people to say he died because the teacher caught him looking at porn. Just as he jumps, Superman comes out of nowhere and saves the boy and takes him to the Super Headquarters where he gets to meet Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. They’re all members of the Superfriends. The boy finds it an honor that he gets to be a part of such a noble mission although he only gets to do all the bitchwork like
getting Robin his Aspirin and getting Wonder Woman her tampons. After some time, the boy is inducted as an official member under the name, Banana Man. However, as someone who’s white only on the inside and not on the outside, the boy is never truly accepted by the predominantly white society. The fate of Banana Man is to pose with Superfriends and be their gopher. He wakes up one day to find himself in a mental institute. An American Citizen who doesn’t have American fingerprints, he is treated for quite a while in the loony bin before he’s returned to Korea. He becomes a successful English academy teacher thanks to the English he picked up working at Super Headquarters. Of course, he gets himself a wife, too. He still believes Superfriends really exist.

Criticizing the most powerful country in the world in a sarcastic yet lighthearted way, this novel deals with a heavy issue with a cartoonlike imagination.

About the Author
Park Min-gyu was born 1968 in Ulsan. Graduated from Joongang University with a degree in Creative Writing. Made his debut through the 8th Munhakdongne Writer Award and 8th Hankyoreh Literature Award in 2003. Works include Legends of Earth Heroes, Castella, The Last Fan Club For Sam Mi Superstars, and Ping Pong.  Recipient of Shin Dong Yeob Creative Prize in 2005. Recipient of Shin Dong Yeob Creative Prize in 2005.