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Lost Souls: Stories
Sunwon Hwang
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Description for Lost Souls: Stories
Hardback. Translator(s): Fulton, Bruce; Fulton, Ju-Chan. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War. Lost Souls echoes the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's Kawabata Yasunari. Modernist narratives set in the metropolises of Tokyo and Pyongyang alternate with starkly realistic portraits of rural life. Surrealist tales suggest the unsettling sensation of colonial domination, while stories of ... Read more
These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War. Lost Souls echoes the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's Kawabata Yasunari. Modernist narratives set in the metropolises of Tokyo and Pyongyang alternate with starkly realistic portraits of rural life. Surrealist tales suggest the unsettling sensation of colonial domination, while stories of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Series
Weatherhead Books on Asia
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231149686
SKU
V9780231149686
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About Sunwon Hwang
Hwang Sunwon (1915-2000) is one of modern Korea's most influential writers. His career ranges from the colonial 1930s to the industrial 1990s, and he is the author of more than one hundred stories, seven novels, and two collections of poetry. Four of his novels have been translated into English, most recently Trees on a Slope. Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton ... Read more
Reviews for Lost Souls: Stories
In this evocative collection, Korean novelist Hwang depicts the struggle of every man to survive in tumultuous mid-20th century Korea. Publishers Weekly ...a modernist piece of work... Korea Herald