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Author
Hyun Jin-geon
Co-Author
-
Translator
Sora Kim-Russell
Publisher
Literature Translation Institute of Korea
Published Year
2014
Country
SOUTH KOREA (Seoul)
Classification

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

Original Title
고향
Romanization of Original
Gohyang
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9788993360615
Page
-
Series
20th Century Korean Literature

About the Author

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  • Hyun Jin-geon
  • Birth : 1900 ~ 1943
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Jin-geon
  • Family Name : Hyun
  • Korean Name : 현진건
  • ISNI : 0000000108631411
  • Works : 39
About the Original Work
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  • 고향
  • Author : Hyun Jin-geon
  • Published Year : -
  • English Title : -
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  • English(English)

“Home,” which came out in 1926, is a concise portrait of colonial Korea. This short work summarizes Korea of the 1920s, when the Japanese Empire’s colonial exploitation of the peninsula had reached its full stride, by focusing on one unique character. The narrator is seated in a train car with a man dressed in an unusual set of clothes and in short order learns that he had left his home village for Manchuria and then moved on to Japan before returning to Korea to search for work in Seoul. His impoverishment and misery serve as a dramatic allegory for the impact of Japanese colonialism on Korean life.

Translated Books7 See More

  • Родная сторона
    Russian(Русский) Book
    Родная сторона
    Ли Ги Ён / 이기영 / 1967 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • 故乡
    Chinese(简体) Book
    故乡
    李箕永 / 이기영 / 1978 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
  • 故鄕
    Chinese(简体) Book
    故鄕
    李箕永 / 이기영 / 1983 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
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