Kim Young-ha et al / 김영하 / 2012 / -

"'Can a nation disappear forever?' . . . [In] a tale of collective loss, political revolution and the individual quest for self-determination . . . Kim brings us the souls caught up on the ground of this larger drama." — Minneapolis Star Tribune In 1904, facing war and the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans leave their homes for the promise of land in unknown Mexico. After a long sea voyage, these emigrants — thieves and royals, priests and soldiers, orphans and entire families — discover that they have been sold into indentured servitude. Aboard the ship, the orphan Ijeong fell in love with a nobleman's daughter; separated when the hacendados claim their laborers, he vows to find her. Then, after years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution. A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world, Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history. "Kim is at the leading edge of a new breed of South Korean writers." — Philadelphia City Paper "Spare and beautiful." — Publishers Weekly, starred review "Readers who remember the historical fiction of Thomas B. Costain, Zoé Oldenbourg and Anya Seton will appreciate [Kim's] extensive research and empathic imagination." — Kirkus Reviews Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/9EE0E245-FAE8-4ED1-86AF-20A636BA8610

Kim Young-ha et al / 김영하 / 2021 / -

At the dawn of the 20th century, the world was changed. While in Korea the Japanese invasion began, in Mexico the enequenera industry saw its best time at the expense of the exploitation of the Mayas and Yaquis. In the port of Chemulpo, today Incheon, just over a thousand people embarked for America in search of a better future. They had been promised a job in a distant place called YucatÁn. Once there, in the middle of the Mexican green gold plantations, the dust, the heat and the exhausting days would end up taking away their hopes. En los albores del siglo XX, el mundo estaba cambiado. Mientras que, en Corea la invasiÓn japonesa comenzaba, en MÉxico la industria henequenera veÍa su mejor Época a costa de la explotaciÓn de mayas y yaquis. En el puerto de Chemulpo, hoy Incheon, poco mÁs de mil personas se embarcaron con rumbo a AmÉrica en busca de un futuro mejor. Se les habÍa prometido un trabajo en un lugar lejano llamado YucatÁn. Una vez ahÍ, en medio de las plantaciones del oro verde mexicano, el polvo, el calor y las extenuantes jornadas terminarÍan por arrebatarles las esperanzas. Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/6885810?cid=37224

Kim Young-ha et al / 김영하 / 2017 / -

In 1904, a group of Koreans seeks a new life in Mexico, in this "powerful, sweeping" novel based on a little-known chapter in history (List Magazine). In 1904, facing war and the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans leave their homes for the promise of land in unknown Mexico. After a long sea voyage, these emigrants — thieves and royals, priests and soldiers, orphans and entire families — discover that they have been sold into indentured servitude. Aboard the ship, the orphan Ijeong had fallen in love with a nobleman's daughter, and after the hacendados claim their laborers and the two are separated, he vows to find her. But after years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution... A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world—from an author who is "at the leading edge of a new breed of South Korean writers" (Philadelphia City Paper)—Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history. "Can a nation disappear forever?' . . . [In] a tale of collective loss, political revolution and the individual quest for self-determination . . . Kim brings us the souls caught up on the ground of this larger drama." — Minneapolis Star Tribune "Spare and beautiful." —Publishers Weekly, starred review "Readers who remember the historical fiction of Thomas B. Costain, Zoé Oldenbourg and Anya Seton will appreciate [Kim's] extensive research and empathic imagination." —Kirkus Reviews Source : https://lti.overdrive.com/media/3640230?cid=37224