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광장

Original Title: 광장
Title Romanization: Gwangjang
English Title(Printed): The Society for Studies in Matryoshka and Basting Pins
Classification: KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > Historical > Biographical > Political > Social
Author: Choi In-hun
Co-Author: -
Published Year: 1960
Publisher: -
ISBN: -
Main Characters: Lee Myeong-jun, Eun-hye
Subject/Theme: Freedom, equality

Choi In-hun
Birth : 1936 ~ 2018
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : In-hun
Family Name : Choi
Korean Name : 최인훈
ISNI : 0000000116984436
Works : 44

Plot

This novel begins with the recollection of a prisoner of war Lee Myung-jun who rejected both Koreas and chose to head to a neutral country. Three years after Korea’s liberation from the Japanese rule, Myeong-jun smuggles himself into North Korea but despairs of life there, and returns to South Korea. However, the Battle of the Nakdong River soon breaks out, and Myeong-jun is taken prisoner there. In the evaluation for the repatriation of prisoners, he chooses to go to a neutral country, rather than either Koreas.

Descriptions(Languages 2)

English(English)
Korean(한국어)

In the field of literature after the division of the Korean Peninsula, which constitutes a large proportion of the history of Korean literature in the late 20th century, this novel is considered a work that heralded the new beginning of modern Korean fiction with a style and ideas that are significantly different from the post-war literature of the 1950s

20세기 후반 한국문학사에서 큰 비중을 차지하는 분단문학 분야에서 1950년대의 전후문학과는 확연히 다른 형식과 발상으로 현대소설의 새로운 시작을 알린 작품으로 평가된다.

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