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Book review: Grappling with the personal and political toll of Korea’s division

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Article
https://www.nknews.org/2022/10/book-review-grappling-with-the-personal-and-political-toll-of-koreas-division/
Journal
NK News
Issued Date
October 27, 2022
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
-
Book
The Prisoner
Writer
Hwang Sok-yong
Translator
Sora Kim-Russell,Anton Hur

About the Author

  • Hwang Sok-yong
  • Birth : 1943 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sok-yong
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황석영
  • ISNI : 0000000121322250
  • Works : 133
Descriptions - 1 Languages
  • English(English)

Hwang Sok-yong is widely regarded as one of South Korea’s greatest living novelists. Perennially named on the shortlist of authors with a shot at winning the Nobel Prize for literature, the 79-year-old “grandfather of modern Korean fiction” has wrestled with the contradictions and complications of Korea throughout his life and work.

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  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    客人
    Hwang Sok-yong et al / 황석영 / 2006
  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    故园
    Hwang Sok-yong et al / 황석영 / 2005
  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    悠悠家園
    Hwang Sok-yong et al / 황석영 / 2002

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