La espera

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La espera

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Author: KEUM SUK GENDRY-KIM
Co-Author: -
Translator: Joo Hasun
Publisher: Reservoir Books / Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Published Year: 2023
Country: CHILE
Classification: KDC구분 > Social science > Sociology and social problems
Original Title: 기다림
Original Language: Korean(한국어)
Romanization of Original: Gidarim
ISBN: 9789566206392
Page: 256
Volume: -

About the Author

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Birth : 1971 ~ -
Occupation : Cartoonist
First Name : Keumsuk
Family Name : Kim
Korean Name : 김금숙
ISNI : 0000000477401160
Works : 40

About the Original Work

기다림
Author : Keum Suk Gendry-Kim
Published Year : 2020
English Title : The Waiting

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Keum Suk Gendry-Kim era adulta cuando su madre reveló un secreto familiar: había sido separada de su hermana durante la Guerra de Corea. No es una historia poco común: la península se dividió a lo largo del paralelo 38, dividiendo un país en dos. Como muchos huyeron de la violencia en el norte, no todos pudieron llegar al sur. La historia de su madre inspiró a Gendry-Kim a comenzar a entrevistarla a ella y a otros coreanos separados por la guerra; La investigación impulsó una novela gráfica profundamente resonante.

The Waiting es la historia ficticia de Gwija, contada por su hija novelista Jina. Cuando Gwija tenía 17 años, después de enterarse de que los japoneses se estaban apoderando de niñas solteras, su familia se apresuró a casarla con un hombre que no conocía. Japón cayó, Corea obtuvo su independencia y la pareja formó una familia. Pero la paz no llegó. La joven familia de cuatro miembros huyó al sur. En el camino, mientras amamantaba y cambiaba a su hija, Gwija fue separada de su marido y su hijo.

Luego pasaron setenta años. Setenta años de espera. Gwija es ahora una mujer mayor y Jina no puede dejar de pensar en la promesa que hizo de ayudar a encontrar a su hermano.

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: she had been separated from her sister during the Korean War. It’s not an uncommon story―the peninsula was split across the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother’s story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; the research fueled a deeply resonant graphic novel.

The Waiting is the fictional story of Gwija, told by her novelist daughter Jina. When Gwija was 17 years old, after hearing that the Japanese were seizing unmarried girls, her family married her in a hurry to a man she didn't know. Japan fell, Korea gained its independence, and the couple started a family. But peace didn’t come. The young family of four fled south. On the road, while breastfeeding and changing her daughter, Gwija was separated from her husband and son.

Then seventy years passed. Seventy years of waiting. Gwija is now an elderly woman and Jina can’t stop thinking about the promise she made to help find her brother.

source: https://www.amazon.com/espera-Spanish-Keum-Suk-Gendry-Kim/dp/8418897775

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