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Lost Souls

About the Books

Title Sub
stories
Author
HWANG SUNWŎN
Co-Author
-
Translator
Ju-Chan Fulton,
Publisher
컬럼비아대 출판부
Published Year
2010
Country
UNITED STATES
Classification

KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)

Original Title
황순원 단편집: 목넘이 마을의 개 외
Original Language

Korean(한국어)

Romanization of Original
Hwangsunwon danpyeonjip: mongneomi maeurui gae oe
ISBN
9780231149686
Page
354
Volume
-

About the Author

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  • Hwang Sun-Won
  • Birth : 1915 ~ 2000
  • Occupation : Novelist
  • First Name : Sun-Won
  • Family Name : Hwang
  • Korean Name : 황순원
  • ISNI : 0000000108762577
  • Works : 85
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  • English(English)

These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War. Lost Souls echoes the exceptional work of China's Shen Congwen and Japan's Kawabata Yasunari. Modernist narratives set in the metropolises of Tokyo and Pyongyang alternate with starkly realistic portraits of rural life. Surrealist tales suggest the unsettling sensation of colonial domination, while stories of the outcast embody the thrill and terror of independence and survival in a land dominated by tradition and devastated by war. Written during the chaos of 1945, "Booze" recounts a fight between Koreans for control of a former Japanese-owned distillery. "Toad" relates the suffering created by hundreds of thousands of returning refugees, and stories from the 1950s confront the catastrophes of the Korean War and the problematic desire for autonomy. Visceral and versatile, Lost Souls is a classic work on the possibilities of transition that showcases the innovation and craftsmanship of a consummate—and widely celebrated—storyteller.

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  • Lost Souls
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    Lost Souls
    Sun-Won Hwang / 황순원 / 2012 / KDC구분 > literature > Korean Literature > Complete Collection > Library > Complete Collection (individual)

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