Agnita Tennant, nee Hong, was born in Korea and educated at Chong-ju Girls' High School and Yonsei University. She married an Englishman, Roger Tennant, and has lived in Leicestershire since 1964. She started translating Korean stories in the 1970S, and published a collection in 1972. She worked as a librarian for Leicestershire Libraries and Information Service until retiring in 1993. In 1990 she received a Ph.D. from Loughborough University for her study of Thomas Hardy's influence on Korean literature.
Chapter 1 THE STAR, Yoo Jai-yong
Chapter 2 MY FATHER'S LAND, Im Chol-woo
Chapter 3 A THIN LINE, Yoo Keumho
Chapter 4 THE GUEST, Choi Hak
Chapter 5 SHE KNOWS, I KNOW AND GOD KNOWS BUT ..., Park Wan-suh
Chapter 6 WHY THE SILKWORM DOES NOT LEAVE ITS COCOON, Yoon Chongmo
Chapter 7 THE POET OF WONMI-DONG, Yang Guija
Chapter 8 SNOWY ROAD, Yi Chong-jun
