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A Floating City on the Water

A Floating City on the Water
Author
Jang-Soon Sohn
Co-Author
-
Translator
Peter Hyun
Publisher
호마 앤 세키 북스
Published Year
2005
Country
-
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Korean Fiction > 20th century > 1945-1999

Original Title
물 위에 떠있는 도시
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Mul wie tteo inneun dosi
ISBN
1931907188, 9781931907187
Page
178
Volume
-
Writer default image
  • Jang-Soon Sohn
  • Birth : 1935 ~ 2014
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Jang-Soon
  • Family Name : Sohn
  • Korean Name : 손장순
  • ISNI : 0000000078834479
  • Works : 3
No. Call No. Location Status Due Date Reservation
1 영어 813 손장순 물-최 c.2 LTI Korea Library Available - -
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Descriptions
  • English(English)

A Floating City on the Water is a novel that carves in powerful relief how ideological division between South and North Korea wreaks tragic consequences upon a family for three generations. It is also a poignant story of incest between Sujin, an older sister born and raised in South Korea and Hansuk, a younger brother born in North Korea, who meet and fall in love in Paris, and who find out much later that they are siblings of the same parents.

Too horrified and anguished over their fate, they decide to stay far apart and live their separate lives, Hansuk in France and Sujin in Korea. Sujin has never told Hansuk of the existence of Hyungwoo, their son. After nearly 20 years, Hyungwoo meets his father Hansuk in a dramatic encounter …

 

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