East Goes West

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Title Sub: The Making of an Oriental Yankee
Author: Kang Young-hill
Co-Author: -
Translator: -
Publisher: CHARLES SCRIBNER`S SONS
Published Year: 1937
Country: UNITED STATES
Classification: KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century
Original Title: East Goes West
Original Language: English(English)
Romanization of Original: East Goes West
ISBN: 9781885030115
Page: 401
Volume: -

About the Author

Gang Yongheul
Birth : 1898 ~ 1972
Occupation : Writer
First Name : Yongheul
Family Name : Gang
Korean Name : 강용흘
ISNI : 0000000096540036
Works : 7

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East Goes West
Author : Gang Yongheul
Published Year : 1937
English Title : East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee

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Fiction. Asian-American Studies. "EAST GOES WEST is a stunning testament to Younghill Kang's indomitable spirit, his perspicacious eye, and his special mirth. The book provides us with a rare view of how urban American life was experienced-and critiqued-by Korean immigrants in the 1920s"-Elaine Kim. Having fled Japanese-occupied Korea for the gleaming promise of the United States, Han lands in New York with only four dollars and a suitcase full of Shakespeare to his name. Struggling to support his studies, Han becomes by turns traveling salesman, domestic worker, and farmer. In the process, he observes the idealism, greed, and shifting values of the industrializing twentieth century. In its beautifully nuanced portrayal of Han's spiritual evolution and revolutions, its richly detailed examination of a cosmopolitan immigrant subculture, and its biting portraits of racism, alienation, and hypocrisy at every level of society, EAST GOES WEST is a unique American classic.

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