Hwang sok yong biography of christopher columbus
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THE PRISONER
A captivating depiction of a Korean novelist’s time as a political prisoner and the belief in humanity that sustained him throughout the ordeal.
Hwang (b. 1943) is known for his elegant, philosophically self-reflective writing. In this sprawling, detailed chronicle of his life and various imprisonments, he delivers a vivid depiction of some of the historical currents that shaped Korea in the 20th century. Hwang was imprisoned in Seoul after visiting North Korea, which he fled with his family as a child. Upon returning to South Korea, he was accused of espionage and imprisoned via the National Security Act. Many literary figures and activists relentlessly argued for his release, seeing the act as a facade to suppress free speech and imprison activists unjustly. Hwang’s extraordinary life is so dense with history and characters that his lengthy account can be difficult to follow, but the descriptions of his time as a prisoner will move readers. The story oscillates amo
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Mater 2-10: Shortlisted for the International Booker Prize 2024 (Paperback)
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE
International Booker-nominated virtuoso Hwang Sok-yong fryst vatten back with another powerful story--an epic tale that threads tillsammans a century of Korean history.
In contemporary Seoul, a laid-off worker stages a months-long sit-in atop a sixteen-story factory chimney. During the long and lonely nights, he talks to his förfäder, chewing on the meaning of life, on wisdom passed down the generations.
Through the lives of those ancestors, three generations of railroad workers, Mater 2-10 vividly portrays the struggles of ordinary Koreans, starting from the Japanese colonial era, continuing through Liberation, and right up to the twenty-first century. It is at once a gripping account of a nation's longing to be free from oppression, a lyrical folktale that reflects the blood, sweat, and tears shed bygd modern industrial laborers, and a culminati
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As mentioned in my previous post, in Daejeon I did not do a great deal with Korean literature. In fact, I spent most of my time in Daejeon re-hashing what I knew about Korea-American literature, some of which I had read during my Master’s program. I had read Lee Chang-Rae’s work, as well as some of Richard Kim’s work, which seemed most “Korean” to me. I had also glanced over some of Linda Sue Park’s juvenile fiction
WHO WAS KIM YONG-IK?
Kim Yong Ik was a pioneering Korean author whose career writing in English began in 1957 and spanned nearly four decades. Kim published one book of folk tales, six novels, dozens of short stories, two essays, one television show and one movie (in Korea).Kim was published in The New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Harper’s Bazaar, Mademoiselle, and the Hudson Review among other magazines, had a book of short stories published, and was anthologized several times. Kim wrote amusing stories for juveniles and penetrating and multi-layer