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Graceful 'Court Dancer' Can't Escape Her Sorrows

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Article
https://www.npr.org/2018/08/11/637488722/graceful-court-dancer-cant-escape-her-sorrows
Journal
NPR
Issued Date
August 11, 2018
Page
-
Language
English(English)
Country
UNITED STATES
City
-
Book
The Court Dancer
Writer
Shin Kyung-sook
Translator
Anton Hur

About the Author

  • Kyung-Sook Shin
  • Birth : 1963 ~ -
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Kyung-sook
  • Family Name : Shin
  • Korean Name : 신경숙
  • ISNI : 000000008374681X
  • Works : 136
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  • English(English)

When we first meet Yi Jin, the lithe heroine of Kyung-Sook Shin's atmospheric, tragic novel The Court Dancertranslated by Anton Hur, she stands at a ship's helm beside "a tall Frenchman, his pale face covered in a mustache," while she holds "a hat embroidered with roses and a coat to wear later when the wind blew," with a "light blue dress that rustled like lapping waves." That last image is appropriate, since Jin is gazing out on the ocean for the first time. Her Western garb strikes passersby as shocking, since at that point in time Korea, the original "Hermit Kingdom," was largely sequestered from the wider world. Jin's cross-cultural cross-dressing will not be the last time she serves as a bridge between East and West.

Translated Books136 See More

  • Indonesian(Bahasa Indonesia) Book Available
    Please Look After Mom
    Kyung-Sook Shin / 신경숙 / 2011
  • Japanese(日本語) Book Available
    すばる
    Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 et al / 1998
  • Chinese(汉语) Book Available
    单人房
    Kyung-Sook Shin et al / 신경숙 / 2006

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