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Fiction. Asian-American Studies. "EAST GOES WEST is a stunning testament to Younghill Kang's indomitable spirit, his perspicacious eye, and his special mirth. The book provides us with a rare view of how urban American life was experienced-and critiqued-by Korean immigrants in the 1920s"-Elaine Kim. Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States, Han lands in New York with only four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name. Struggling to support his studies, Han becomes by turns traveling salesman, domestic worker, and farmer. In the process, he observes the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. In its beautifully nuanced portrayal of Han's spiritual evolution and revolutions, its richly detailed examination of a cosmopolitan immigrant subculture, and its biting portraits of racism, alienation, and hypocrisy at every level of society, EAST GOES WEST is a unique American classic.

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"A wonderfully resplendent evocation of a newcomer's America" (Chang-rae Lee, author of Native Speaker) by the father of Korean American literature A Penguin Classic Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States with nothing but four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name, the young, idealistic Chungpa Han arrives in a New York teeming with expatriates, businessmen, students, scholars, and indigents. Struggling to support his studies, he travels throughout the United States and Canada, becoming by turns a traveling salesman, a domestic worker, and a farmer, and observing along the way the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. Part picaresque adventure, part shrewd social commentary, East Goes West casts a sharply satirical eye on the demands and perils of assimilation. It is a masterpiece not only of Asian American literature but also of American literature.   Source : https://www.amazon.com/East-Goes-West-Younghill-Kang/dp/0143134302

Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 et al / 1975 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 / 1938 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Autor (narozený na počátku XX. století v Koreji a později žijící v USA) vzpomíná v této knize, která u nás vyšla již v době meziválečné, na dobu, kdy Korea byla ještě nezávislým císařstvím. Y. Kang zde jednak formouobjektivně pojatých pamětí vypráví o svém dětství a jinošství a o národních tradicích a duchovní kultuře a jednak formou básnického vidění navozuje obraz ztraceného domova Source : https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/drnova-strecha-52994

Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 / 1937 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 / 1949 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century

Gang Yongheul et al / 강용흘 / 1999 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century