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The Descendants of Cain

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Author
Hwang Soon-Won
Co-Author
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Translator
Ji-moon Suh,Julie Pickering
Publisher
Taylor Francis
Published Year
2015
Country
UNITED KINGDOM
Classification

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

Original Title
카인의 후예
Romanization of Original
Kainui huye
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

ISBN
9781317457510
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
About the Original Work
DLKL
  • 카인의 후예
  • Author : Hwang Sun-Won
  • Published Year : 1954
  • English Title : The Descendants of Cain
More About the Original Work
Descriptions -
  • English(English)

Hwang Sun-won, perhaps the most beloved and respected Korean writer of the 20th century, based this extraordinary novel on his own experiences in his North Korean home village between the end of World War II and the eve of the Korean War when Korea had been divided into North and South by its two "liberators" - the United States and the Soviet Union. In this story the Soviet-backed communist party, using the promise of land reform, sets people at each other's throat. Portrayed here is an entire community caught in the political and social firestorm that brings out the selfishness, cruelty and ignorance of simple people, but also shows their loyalty and nobility. Compelling here, too, is a heroine who represents the "eternally feminine" for all Korean men, and the setting, the harsh political, psychic and physical landscape of rural postwar North Korea rarely glimpsed by the outside world. Hwang Sun-won is an artist of consummate delicacy and subtlety, and his writing is marked by keen psychological insight and steely asceticism. While three collections of his short stories have appeared in Hong Kong and the West, "The Descendants of Cain" is the first English translation of a Hwang Sun-won novel.

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Translated Books5 See More

  • Die Nachfahren Kains
    German(Deutsch) Book
    Die Nachfahren Kains
    Sun-Won Hwang / 황순원 / 2021 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Каиново семя
    Russian(Русский) Book
    Каиново семя
    Хван Сунвон / 황순원 / 2016 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
  • Les Descendants de Caïn
    French(Français) Book
    Les Descendants de Caïn
    Hwang Soon-Won / 황순원 / 2002 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999
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