Togani

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Togani

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Author: Gong Ji Young
Co-Author: -
Translator: -
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published Year: 2023
Country: UNITED STATES
Classification: KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 21st century
Original Title: 도가니
Original Language: Korean(한국어)
Romanization of Original: Dogani
ISBN: 9780824894870
Page: 272
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About the Author

Ji-Young Gong
Birth : 1963 ~ -
Occupation : Novelist
First Name : Ji-Young
Family Name : Gong
Korean Name : 공지영
ISNI : 0000000121485666
Works : 68

About the Original Work

도가니
Author : Ji-Young Gong
Published Year : 2009
English Title : -

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Atmospheric and fast-paced, this novel of manners set in a provincial South Korean city leads readers through the silent corridors of a school for hearing-impaired children and the city's foggy back streets and murky centers of power to a stirring courtroom climax. Gong Ji-young's Togani (The Crucible), published in Korean in 2009, is based on a historic case of child sexual abuse at a state-run institution. The novel went on to sell nearly a million copies and, along with a 2011 film adaptation directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk, prompted the South Korean National Assembly to pass the "Togani Laws" to provide greater legal protections for children and vulnerable adults under state care and harsher penalties for those convicted of their abuse. At a time when Korean popular culture drives cultural production worldwide, Togani reminds us of the power of fiction to effect meaningful societal change.
A story of courage in the face of corruption, Togani offers nuanced portraits of a failed young businessman seeking a new life as a teacher and his counterpart, a young woman committed to a career in human rights; a police officer of humble origins who rose through the ranks as he turns a blind eye to the abuse of students by the school's administrators; and a hearing-impaired teenage girl, a victim of that abuse, who cares deeply for the other children at the school. The book testifies to the legacy of neo-Confucian class conflict, gender disparity, and the vulnerability of those near the bottom of the social ladder. It is a heart-wrenching and provocative work that helped bring about change to a system it dared to challenge.

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