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English(English) E-Book

Lost Souls

About the E-Books

Title Sub
Stories
Author
Sun-Won Hwang
Co-Author
-
Translator
,Ju-Chan Fulton
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Published Year
2012
Country
UNITED STATES (New York)
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)

Original Title
황순원 단편집: 목넘이 마을의 개 외
Romanization of Original
Hwangsunwon danpyeonjip: mongneomi maeurui gae oe
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780231520508
Page
-
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

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  • Hwang Sun-Won
  • Birth : 1915 ~ 2000
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sun-Won
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황순원
  • ISNI : 0000000108762577
  • Works : 85
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Descriptions -
  • English(English)

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 the outcast embody the thrill and terror of independence and survival in a land dominated by tradition and devastated by war.

Written during the chaos of 1945, "Booze" recounts a fight between Koreans for control of a former Japanese-owned distillery. "Toad" relates the suffering created by hundreds of thousands of returning refugees, and stories from the 1950s confront the catastrophes of the Korean War and the problematic desire for autonomy. Visceral and versatile, Lost Souls is a classic work on the possibilities of transition that showcases the innovation and craftsmanship of a consummateand widely celebratedstoryteller.

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Translated Books1

  • Lost Souls
    English(English) Book
    Lost Souls
    HWANG SUNWŎN / 황순원 / 2010 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)