discovery of Peter's biological father, Seiji, a Japanese magnate and intellectual, who donates his kidney and saves Bach, his erstwhile adversary. "Hence the propriety of the eye-catching subtitle, Union of Korea and Japan," Sharar points out, "an improbable fantasy at first glance, given the history of the two countries." Not so with Peter, whose Korean and Japanese parentage is an embodiment of this union, especially in view of their common origins 10 millennia ago judging from the affinity of their two languages, as well as their close anatomy. "Ty Pak gets us to think beyond regional geopolitical expedients and look once again at the possibilities for our global community to bring nations, languages, and cultures together," concludes Sharar. "If Koreans and Japanese with their deep historical resentments will try, so might the rest of the world." Selected publications In addition to his numerous articles and reviews in Semiotica, Journal of Formal Logic, Language, and other academic journals, his fiction appears in the following anthologies: "America, the Accursed?: The Dilemma of Korean Americans," Fides, (2021, Alum Journal of Seoul National University, Law College), Vol. 10, 160–70. "Reflections as a Korean American Writer," Fides, (2020, Alum Journal of Seoul National University, Law College), Vol. 9, 146–159. "Guilt Payment," Pow Wow (2009, Da Capo Press), 319–329. "Exile," Honolulu Stories (2008, Mutual Publishing), 489–497. "The Water Tower," Kori (2001, Beacon Press), 186–208. "The Court Interpreter," LA Shorts (2000, Heyday Books), 239–257. "The Tiger Cub," Amerasia Journal (1992, Vol. 18, #3), 51–60. "Mercy Home," Amerasia Journal (1990, Vol 16, #1), 223–243. "A Fire," Asian Pacific Literature (1981, State of Hawaii Department of Education), 443–450. Books A Korean Decameron, 1961 (reprinted in 2019 by Bo-Leaf Books under a Harvard grant) Guilt Payment (short story collection), Bamboo Ridge Press, 1983, Moonbay (short story collection), Woodhouse Inc, 1999 Cry Korea Cry (novel), 1999, Dear Daughter: On the Eve of Her Wedding, Amazon.com, 2018 The Polyglot: Union of Korea and Japan, Amazon.com, 2018 The SEE Creed: Sex Equality and Emancipation, Amazon.com, 2021 The Global Federalist Manifesto, Amazon.com, 2021 ''Lucy Wong, the Guardian Angel for the USW: United States of the World," amazon.com, 2022. References Living people American writers of Korean descent American academics of Korean descent University of Hawaiʻi alumni 1938 births American short story writers South Korean emigrants to the United States American male novelists American novelists of Asian descent Seoul National University School of Law alumni Bowling