Nabiwabook | Korean Stories in English

  “Just one more page before bed.” 🌙 Now the tea has gone cold, and the story is getting too good to put down. Soft candlelight. Purple flowers. A page held between your fingertips. On an autumn evening, these little things can take you somewhere far away. You wander through an unfamiliar city, overhear a secret, and pause at a sentence you want to remember. Let the unfinished tasks wait for a while. Tonight, settle into a story that makes you forget where you left your bookmark. What book has been keeping you up lately? 📖 We discover stories. Nabiwabook 🦋 #Nabiwabook #JustOneMorePage #AutumnReading #CozyReading #Bookstagram #BookLovers #ReadingAfterDark

  A pet snake disappears, leaving only its shed skin behind. Years later, while editing a stranger’s interview, the narrator encounters a familiar name: Yumi. In Molting , Korean author Youngin Kwon draws us into a story of family memories, identity, and the desire to change. What do we leave behind when we try to become someone new—and what follows us? Watch the short teaser below for a glimpse into the story. Molting is included in 3 Stories: Mystery — Volume 1 , alongside The Merman of H County and Pehera’s Curse . Published by Nabiwabook, this collection brings three Korean short stories to readers in English translation. 📖 Buy the paperback on Amazon 🦋 Explore more books from Nabiwabook

  What happens when a story written in Korean finds its voice in English? At Nabiwabook, we bring Korean genre fiction to English-language readers. Behind every English edition are people who carefully consider how to carry a story across languages. The journey begins with a fresh reading of the original manuscript. What must stay with the story? A character’s voice? The atmosphere of an unfamiliar alley? The chill that lingers after the final scene? Understanding the heart of the work is the first step. Nabiwabook commissions professional translators to translate our Korean fiction into English. We work with them to help preserve the original meaning, each story’s distinctive atmosphere, and the voices of its characters while making the English feel natural. Getting the words right does not always mean capturing the feeling. A sentence that reads smoothly without a subject in Korean may become unclear in English. Even a simple form of address can hold clues about relationships an...

  Some evenings, a whole novel feels like too much to begin. But a short story? You can open one after dinner, follow a stranger into an unfamiliar place, and reach the last page before the night is over. The story may be short. The question it leaves behind might stay much longer. At Nabiwabook, we publish Korean short fiction in Korean and English. Some of our stories are mysterious; others take a turn you may not expect. You can read the English translation on its own, or turn to the Korean text and see how a moment sounds in another language. This blog is a place to spend a little more time with those stories. We’ll introduce our books and share questions you can take into your next conversation—or keep to yourself for a while. What was the last short story that stayed with you? Explore Nabiwabook: https://nabiwabook.com/

  A story can begin in one language and find a new reader in another. Nabiwabook is an independent publisher in South Korea. We publish Korean short fiction in bilingual Korean and English editions, bringing together the original story and its English translation in one book. Our stories move across genres and moods. Some begin with a mystery. Others follow an unsettling question, an unexpected transformation, or a choice that stays with the reader after the final page. Each book is an invitation to spend time with a story and see where it leads. Why publish in two languages? We want readers to have more than one way into a story. You can read it in English, turn to the Korean text when you are curious, or move between the two. You do not need to study Korean to enjoy the book. You can simply start reading. This blog is where we will introduce our books, share questions for readers, and write about bringing Korean fiction to readers beyond Korea. We are glad you found us. Nabiwaboo...