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The Republic of Užupis

The Republic of Užupis
Author
Haïlji
Co-Author
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Translator
Ju-Chan Fulton,
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Published Year
2014
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

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

Original Title
우주피스 공화국
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Ujupiseu Gonghwaguk
ISBN
9781628970654
Page
160
Volume
15
The Series
Dalkey Archive's Library of Korean Literature
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  • Haïlji
  • Birth : Unknown ~ Unknown
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : ïlji
  • Family Name : Ha
  • Korean Name : 하일지
  • ISNI : 0000000050895042
  • Works : 8
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 하일지 우-Ful LTI Korea Library Available - -
Descriptions
  • English(English)

Užupis (meaning “on the other side of the river”) is, in reality, a neighborhood in Vilnius, Lithuania’s capital city, which took the peculiar step of declaring itself an independent republic in 1997. In this novel, however, it is the lost homeland of a middle-aged man named Hal, who lands in Lithuania hoping to bury his father’s ashes in the country of his birth – a place he is told does not exist.

In this unique and melancholic work author Haïlji, while appearing to shun Korea, is in fact examining the yearnings and dislocation of his contemporary Koreans, and posits the idea that freedom and nationhood themselves may be just a dream.

 

Source: http://www.dalkeyarchive.com/product/the-republic-of-uzupis/