Riding the Wave: The Steady Rise of Korean Manhwa

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Riding the Wave: The Steady Rise of Korean Manhwa

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Article: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/riding-the-wave-the-steady-rise-of-korean-manhwa/
Journal: lareviewofbooks
Issued Date: October 24, 2020
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: -
Book: Grass
Writer: Kim Keumsuk
Translator: Janet Hong

About the Author

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Birth : 1971 ~ -
Occupation : cartoonist
First Name : Keumsuk
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김금숙
ISNI : 0000000477401160
Works : 18

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English(English)

IN LATE 2019, the story of a Korean “comfort woman” made a number of lists of the best comics and graphic novels of the year. This benign moniker, of course, belies the horrors experienced by these women. Authored by Keum Suk Gendry-Kim and translated by Janet Hong, Grass (Drawn & Quarterly, 2019) depicts the life of Granny Lee Ok-sun, a woman forced into sexual slavery as a girl during the Imperial Japanese Army’s World War II occupation of Korea. Lee’s life transforms across black-and-white panels in which darkness swallows characters as they endure brutality and bright white spaces offer a biting reprieve.

Translated Books18 See More

French(Français) Book Available
La saison des pluies
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim / 김금숙 / 2022
Spanish(Español) Book Available
Hierba
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim / 김금숙 / 2022
Russian(Русский) Book Available
Трава
Ким-Жандри Кымсук / 김금숙 / 2021