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The guest

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Author
Hwang Sok-yong
Co-Author
-
Translator
Kyung-Ja Chun,Maya West
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Published Year
2011
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Original Title
손님
Romanization of Original
Sonnim
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781583229729
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

  • Hwang Sok-yong
  • Birth : 1943 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sok-yong
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황석영
  • ISNI : 0000000121322250
  • Works : 133
About the Original Work
  • 손님
  • Author : Hwang Sok-yong
  • Published Year : 2001
  • English Title : The guest
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Based on actual events, The Guest is a profound portrait of a divided people haunted by a painful past, and a generation's search for reconciliation.
During the Korean War, Hwanghae Province in North Korea was the setting of a gruesome fifty-two day massacre. In an act of collective amnesia the atrocities were attributed to American military, but in truth they resulted from malicious battling between Christian and Communist Koreans. Forty years later, Ryu Yosop, a minister living in America returns to his home village, where his older brother once played a notorious role in the bloodshed. Besieged by vivid memories and visited by the troubled spirits of the deceased, Yosop must face the survivors of the tragedy and lay his brother's soul to rest.
Faulkner-like in its intense interweaving narratives, The Guest is a daring and ambitious novel from a major figure in world literature.

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  • Hebrew(עברית) Book
    האורח
    הואנג סוק-יונג / 황석영 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • Japanese(日本語) Book
    客人 [ソンニム]
    黃晳暎 / 황석영 / 2004 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • Spanish(Español) Book
    El huésped
    Hwang Sok-yong / 황석영 / 2008 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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