두만강
About the Original Works
- Original Title
- 두만강
- Title Romanization
- tuman'gang
- English Title (Printed)
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- Classification
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KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
- Author
- Yi Ki-yong
- Co-Author
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- Published Year
- 2012
- Publisher
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- ISBN
- 9789946224718
- Main Characters
- Han Gil-ju, Pak Gom-son, Lee Jin-gyeong, Pak Ssi-dong, Pak Bun-i, Han Chang-bok, Choe Hyeok
- Subject/Theme
- Rural Korean towns from the 1910s to early 1930s, nationalists, downfall of landowners, miners
After the Russo-Japanese war, landowner Han Gil-ju believes that the only way for Korea to survive is to befriend Japan. He sends his son to a Japanese language school and exploits tenant farmers, but his family is ultimately destroyed. Meanwhile, Pak Gom-son, a tenant farmer, incites other farmers and laborers to resist the tyranny of landowners and Japanese imperialism. He is captured while leading the March 1st Independence Movement in Musan and is tortured to death. His son Pak Si-dong grows up to be a staunch nationalist. Learning the socialist ideology, he comes to lead a strike in the coal mines.
Translated Books1
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Japanese(日本語) Book豆滿江