A Korean “Comfort Woman” Tells Her Story in a Harrowing Comic

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A Korean “Comfort Woman” Tells Her Story in a Harrowing Comic

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Article: https://hyperallergic.com/513389/grass-keum-suk-gendry-kim-drawn-quarterly/
Journal: Hyperallergic
Issued Date: August 23, 2019
Page: -
Language: English(English)
Country: UNITED STATES
City: -
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 : 28

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English(English)

Cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim relays the story in a documentarian manner that isn’t for the faint of heart. Lee Ok-sun was 15 years old when she was kidnapped and forced into sexual slavery. She was taken shortly after her parents — who were convinced she’d have a better upbringing outside of their modest home — sold her to a noodle shop’s owners in Busan, South Korea in 1942. ....

Translated Books28 See More

English(English) Book Available
Grass
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim et al / 김금숙 / 2019
Italian(Italiano) Book Available
Le Malerbe
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim et al / 김금숙 / 2019
Portuguese(Português) Book Available
Grama
Keum Suk Gendry-Kim et al / 김금숙 / 2020