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A Distant and Beautiful Place

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Author
Kwija Yang
Co-Author
-
Translator
Kim So-young,Julie Pickering
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Published Year
2002
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Original Title
원미동 사람들
Romanization of Original
Wonmidong saramdeul
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780824861230
Page
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Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

  • Yang Gui-ja
  • Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Gui-ja
  • Family Name : Yang
  • Korean Name : 양귀자
  • ISNI : 0000000081869648
  • Works : 23
About the Original Work
  • 원미동 사람들
  • Author : Yang Gui-ja
  • Published Year : 1987
  • English Title : A Distant and Beautiful Place
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Somewhere on the periphery of Seoul, between the modern metropolis and the traditional farming communities, lies a "distant and beautiful place," the neighborhood of Wonmi-dong. Here, a young couple from the city struggles to make a home for themselves; a hapless "salary man" is forced into door-to-door sales after losing his job; a precocious seven-year-old questions the meaning of friendship and community veryone seems to be chasing the intangible dream of a better life. Set against the backdrop of South Korea's breakneck drive for industrialization and economic development in the 1980s, these compassionate and often humorous stories capture the essence of modern South Korean life-including the ubiquitous atmosphere of violence and fear that clouded the country prior to democratization in 1987. They also depict the Korean people's unfailing optimism and love of life.

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Translated Books6 See More

  • Japanese(日本語) Book
    ウォンミドンの人々
    梁貴子 / 양귀자 / 2018 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • Italian(Italiano) Book
    Gente di Wŏnmidong
    YANG GUI-JA / 양귀자 / 2006 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
  • German(Deutsch) Book
    Die Leute von Wonmidong
    Yang Guija / 양귀자 / 2000 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
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