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The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness

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Author
Kyung-Sook Shin
Co-Author
-
Translator
Ha-yun Jung
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Published Year
2015
Country
UNITED STATES (New York)
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Original Title
외딴 방
Romanization of Original
Oettanbang
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781605988641
Page
-
Series
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About the Author

  • Kyung-Sook Shin
  • Birth : 1963 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kyung-sook
  • Family Name : Shin
  • Korean Name : 신경숙
  • ISNI : 000000008374681X
  • Works : 136
About the Original Work
  • 외딴 방
  • Author : Kyung-Sook Shin
  • Published Year : 1995
  • English Title : The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness is a stark and lyrical work that follows a teen-aged girl who has just arrived in Seoul to work in a factory while struggling to achieve her dream of finishing school and becoming a writer. Shin sets the this complex and nuanced coming of age story against the backdrop of Korea's industrial sweatshops of the 1970's and takes on the extreme exploitation, oppression, and urbanization that helped catapult Korea's economy out of the ashes of the war.Millions of teen-aged girls from the countryside descended on Seoul in the late 1970's. These girls formed the bottom of the city's social hierarchy, forgotten and ignored. Richly autobiographical, the novel lays bare the conflict and confusion Shin goes through as she confronts her past and the sweeping social change that has taken place in her homeland over the past half century. The Girl Who Wrote Loneliness has been cited in Korea as one of the most important literary novels of the decade, and cements Shin's legacy as one of the most insightful and exciting young writers of her generation.

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Translated Books8 See More

  • Arabic(اللغة العربية) Book
    فتاة كتبت العزلة
    كيونغ سوك شين / 신경숙 / 2021 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Norwegian(Norsk) Book
    Jenta som skrev ensomhet
    Shin Kyung-sook / 신경숙 / 2017 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Vietnamese(Tiếng Việt) Book
    Cô Gái Viết Nỗi Cô Đơn
    Shin Kyung-sook / 신경숙 / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
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