Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2022 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

女とは、階級とは、国とは、人種とはー。 海を越え、運命を切り拓く少女たちの物語。 構想10年。国際アンデルセン賞韓国候補作家が、日本軍慰安婦、対日協力者、アメリカ日系人収容所など、 複雑な日韓の近現代史を、女の視点から描く傑作エンタテインメント。 「人間は複雑で多面的な存在で、完全な善人も悪人もいない。誰もが自らの欲望や利益を前に、揺れながら生きている。人間を日帝強占期という歴史の枠組みに閉じ込めて、二分法的に描きたくなかった」ーーイ・グミ(本書より) 2018年度国際児童図書評議会オナーリスト選定図書。 Source : https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4907497164

Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2023 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Can’t I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress’s place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. Source: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Cant-Go-Instead-Lee-Geum-yi/dp/1915590388

Lee Geumyi et al / 이금이 / 2023 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century

Can't I Go Instead follows the lives of the daughter of a Korean nobleman and her maidservant in the early 20th century. When the daughter’s suitor is arrested as a Korean Independence activist, and she is implicated during the investigation, she is quickly forced into marriage to one of her father’s Japanese employees and shipped off to the United States. At the same time, her maidservant is sent in her mistress's place to be a comfort woman to the Japanese Imperial army. source: https://www.amazon.com/Cant-Go-Instead-Lee-Geum-yi/dp/1250859557