E-books

We provide e-books of Korean literary works published in over 48 languages around the world. Click here to access multilingual e-books

English(English) E-Book

Lost Names

About the E-Books

Title Sub
Scenes from a Korean Boyhood
Author
Richard E. Kim
Co-Author
-
Translator
-
Publisher
University of California Press
Published Year
2014
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

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

Original Title
잃어버린 이름
Romanization of Original
Ppaeatgin ireum
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9780520948129
Page
200
Series
OverDrive Read

About the Author

Writer default image
  • Kim Eunguk
  • Birth : 1932 ~ 2009
  • Occupation : Writer
  • First Name : Eunguk
  • Family Name : Kim
  • Korean Name : 김은국
  • ISNI : 000000008383705X
  • Works : 1
About the Original Work
DLKL
  • 잃어버린 이름
  • Author : Kim Eunguk
  • Published Year : -
  • English Title : Lost Names: Scenes from the Korean Boyhood
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

In this autobiography, Richard E. Kim paints seven vivid scenes from a boyhood and early adolescence in Korea at the height of the Japanese occupation during WWII, 1932 to 1945. Taking its title from the grim fact that the occupiers forced the Koreans to renounce their own names and adopt Japanese names instead, the book follows one Korean family through the Japanese occupation to the surrender of Japan and dissolution of the Japanese empire. Examining the intersections of Japanese and Korean history that influenced Korea-Japan relations at the time, Lost Names is at once a loving memory of family, an ethnography of Zainichi Koreans in 1930s Japan, and a vivid portrayal of human spirit in a time of suffering and survival.

Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/72437C6C-8B05-408E-AFD8-65A8C9F3A97C

Translated Books1

  • Lost Names
    English(English) Book
    Lost Names
    RICHARD E. KIM / 김은국 / 2011 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999