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Printed/Published Work Korean(한국어)

리나

About the Original Works

Original Title
리나
Title Romanization
Rina
Title Sub
강영숙 장편소설
English Title (Printed)
-
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Author
Kang Young-sook
Co-Author
-
Published Year
2006
Publisher
-
ISBN
8925501228
The Series
Munye Joongang Novels
Main Characters
Lina, an old singer, a mute boy named Ppi
Subject/Theme
Refugees, utopia

About the Author

  • Kang Young-sook
  • Birth : - ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Young-sook
  • Family Name : Kang
  • Korean Name : 강영숙
  • ISNI : 0000000050186043
  • Works : 7
Plot

Lina and about 20 refugees cross the border in search of a utopia known as the State of P. They follow the broker and begin a life of painful and precarious wandering around the border.

Descriptions(Languages 2)
  • English(English)
  • Korean(한국어)

Through the wanderings of refugees, this novel depicts a world that is a hotbed of terrible crimes. However, even in the midst of such horrors, the author maintains a humorous tone, giving the entire work it a sense of lightness. She is acclaimed as "a writer who expresses the new femininity of this era in a fictional place, created to appease and reproduce the suffering of the real world".

P국'이라는 이상향을 찾아 국경을 넘은 '리나'와 20여명의 난민들. 그들은 브로커를 따라 국경지대를 떠돌며 고통스럽고 위태로운 유랑을 시작한다.

Translated Books3

  • Japanese(日本語) Book Available
    リナ
    Kang Young-sook et al / 姜英淑 / 2011 / -
  • English(English) Book Available
    Rina
    Kang Young-sook / Kang Young-sook / 2015 / -
  • English(English) Book
    RINA
    KANG YOUNG-SOOK / KANG YOUNG-SOOK / 2024 / -
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